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...crowded alleys leads to surprises: a glimpse of intricate architecture, a stunning historic mosque or the shop of a local artisan peddling his handcrafted wares. After a day just following your nose?and fending off the smiling but insistent merchants?it's rejuvenating to return to a home base that is secluded from the commotion, yet infused with the city's imperial grandeur. Your best chance of finding that is at a riad, one of the converted traditional villas built around courtyards that are multiplying all over the country. After staying initially at a modest yet charming riad...
...When Singapore was ejected from Malaysia in 1965, it had no natural resources save for the enterprise of its largely Chinese population and its port's position astride one of the world's major shipping lanes. It possessed little industry or infrastructure besides a naval base and ship-repair facilities left behind by Britain's shrinking navy. Most of the population lived cheek by jowl in ramshackle two-story shophouses or traditional village houses fashioned of rattan and bamboo. It was poorer than Mexico. Today, the city is one of Asia's most modern metropolises, the business district bristling with...
...buildings that the government has deemed safe are vacating anyway. The Tokyo Association of Architectural Firms is receiving 100 calls a day from homeowners worried about earthquakes (it used to get two a week). And the body of an architect who had worked with Aneha was found at the base of a cliff outside Tokyo last week. The police have yet to disclose the cause of death, but suicide is suspected. The Aneha quake has already taken a toll, but the aftershocks may have only just begun...
Sydney and Auckland Base Backpackers, with locations all over Australia and New Zealand, offers hostels with hotel-like amenities, including saunas and spas. Private rooms start...
...Card, but now he has scaled back his White House schedule to being there "when he needs to be," the friend says, and otherwise keeps a regimen that is "a little more reflective of his age, station and health." Yet Cheney is still a big draw with the Republican base. The White House says he will have a heavy run of speeches on Iraq and economic policy over the next two months and will have a grueling fund-raising schedule for the midterm elections...