Asia

A mountainous crossroads of Central and South Asia.

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Monasteries on gorge edges, Mount Ararat on the horizon and a pink-stone capital.

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A Caspian capital of flame towers and a walled old city.

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River deltas, the world's longest beach and a capital that never stops moving.

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A Himalayan kingdom of monasteries and valleys.

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Rainforest, a royal capital and a water village built on stilts.

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Angkor's temples, the Mekong and a fast-changing capital.

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The country with the world's largest high-speed rail network, built almost entirely within two decades.

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Caucasus peaks, sulphur baths and vineyards said to be the world's oldest.

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A harbour city of peaks, ferries and one of the world's best metro systems.

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Home to one of the largest railway systems on earth, carrying tens of millions of passengers every day.

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Thousands of islands, volcanoes and the busy megacity of Jakarta.

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The country that invented high-speed rail, where punctuality is measured in seconds and stations are cities in themselves.

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Steppe horizons, Soviet-era grandeur and very long-distance sleeper trains.

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Alpine lakes, summer pastures and some of Central Asia's best trekking.

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Mekong towns, mountains and a brand-new high-speed railway.

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Rainforest, islands and a capital of layered cultures.

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Coral atolls, over-water resorts and a capital island packed onto two square kilometres.

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Steppe, ger camps and the Trans-Mongolian railway between Russia and China.

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Temple plains, river journeys and a slow, historic railway network.

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The Himalaya, trekking routes and the temple valleys of Kathmandu.

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A closed state on the northern Korean peninsula.

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Mountain highways, Mughal cities and a main railway line running the length of the country.

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An archipelago of beaches, dive sites and dense, energetic cities.

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A city-state where the transport system is the city's clearest achievement.

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A mountainous peninsula where KTX high-speed trains connect Seoul with the southern ports in under three hours.

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Tea hills, surf coasts and one of the world's great scenic railways.

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Night markets, mountain railways and a high-speed spine down the west coast.

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The Pamir mountains of Central Asia.

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Temples, islands and street food, with Asia's easiest independent travel.

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The eastern half of Timor island.

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Desert, the Karakum and a white-marble capital.

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Silk Road tilework in Samarkand and Bukhara, joined by fast, comfortable trains.

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A long coastal country of old quarters, limestone bays and river deltas.

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