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1. Eye of the storm

   Posted Jul 16th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Stokes

   ... conditions - are displayed in his latest book, Exploring Landscape Photography with Edward Stokes. Many of the photographs depict the ominous storm clouds that make him long to pick up his camera ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/556804/eye-storm
2. Getting the five-star treatment

   Posted Dec 05th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Medical tourism is increasingly attracting patients seeking high-quality, low-cost hospital services MEDICAL TOURISM sounds like a contradiction in terms. Surely 'vacation' and 'surgery' do not belong in the same sentence. And yet in T ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/574154/getting-five-star-treatment
3. Reading into...the endless slummer

   Posted Nov 26th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Gone Troppo - Hot Babes, Warm Weather, Cold Beer, Paradise! by Stu Lloyd Monsoon, HK$124 Stu Lloyd's name will be familiar to fans of the Hardship Posting series. For neophytes, this comprised three volumes of anecdotes of the funny ha-ha (some very, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/573030/reading-intothe-endless-slummer
4. Brussels sprouts

   Posted Nov 19th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Many people would find it hard to fill the back of a beer coaster with the names of famous Belgians. And despite the fact the country is still partying hard in the wake of its 175th anniversary, Brussels primarily springs to mind as the headquarters of th ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/572085/brussels-sprouts
5. Macleay Street, Sydney

   Posted Nov 12th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Sydney doesn't come any sleazier than Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross, a strip of strip joints, porn and pawn shops, flophouses and adult bookstores that don't stock much in the way of literature. But walk past the El Alamein Fountain (where a si ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/571222/macleay-street-sydney
6. Shadow of the Silk Road

   Posted Nov 05th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron Chatto & Windus, HK$300 High in the wilds of Kyrgyzstan, Colin Thubron - parfit gentil troubadour - takes shelter at the home of Nazira, a herdswoman. 'Of course it's hard here,' she says. ' ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/570381/shadow-silk-road
7. Personal touch puts the block on culture shock

   Posted Oct 11th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Company provides new arrivals with 'orientation specialists', who meet them at the airport and go to extraordinary lengths to make them feel at home SERVICED APARTMENTS provide the welcoming cushion that protects and soothes business travellers ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/567157/personal-touch-puts-block-culture-shock
8. Weekend Escapes

   Posted Oct 06th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Much as the tourism types may bang on about Hong Kong being Asia's World City, the temptations beyond the confines of the SAR are legion, whether it's Bali's verdant vistas, the bravura that is Seoul or Colombo's newfound chic. The Air ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/566597/weekend-escapes
9. Entertainment oasis

   Posted Sep 20th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... DUBAI, WHOSE ADDRESS could well be Number One, Arabian Riviera, combines the sophistication of a first world metropolis with the potent tang of the Middle East. Justly viewed as one of the most go-ahead cities on the planet, it has transformed sand dunes ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/564593/entertainment-oasis
10. Korea Witness: 135 Years of War, Crisis and News in the Land of the Morning Calm

    Posted Aug 06th 2006, 12:00am by Edward Peters

    ... Korea Witness: 135 Years of War, Crisis and News in the Land of the Morning Calm edited by Donald Kirk and Choe Sang Hun EunHaeng NaMu, $99 Reflecting on the Korean war, long-time Newsweek and Los Angeles Times correspondent Robert Elegant gets right to t ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/559305/korea-witness-135-years-war-crisis-and-news-land-morning-calm

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