Having surpassed its sibling Mumbai in the number of
millionaire residents who call it home, New Delhi is celebrating its
economic rise with gusto. It’s even added speed to its notoriously
creaky infrastructure. Delhi’s new metro system,
currently in its latest stage of expansion to the Outer Ring Road,
provides a smooth yet surreal ride from the dense cacophony of the
ancient Mughal bazaars to the hypermodern mega-malls of the grassy
suburbs. Immaculate, cheap and air-conditioned, the metro might be the
most ambitious construction since India won its independence. And there
are lots of new places to visit: cutting-edge galleries like Latitude 28 and Gallery Threshold in the emerging Lado Sarai arts district, and new restaurants like Varq and Indian Accent, which are expanding the horizons of nouvelle Indian cuisine.
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NEW DELHI Come for the new metro, stay for where it takes you.
Having surpassed its sibling Mumbai in the number of
millionaire residents who call it home, New Delhi is celebrating its
economic rise with gusto. It’s even added speed to its notoriously
creaky infrastructure. Delhi’s new metro system,
currently in its latest stage of expansion to the Outer Ring Road,
provides a smooth yet surreal ride from the dense cacophony of the
ancient Mughal bazaars to the hypermodern mega-malls of the grassy
suburbs. Immaculate, cheap and air-conditioned, the metro might be the
most ambitious construction since India won its independence. And there
are lots of new places to visit: cutting-edge galleries like Latitude 28 and Gallery Threshold in the emerging Lado Sarai arts district, and new restaurants like Varq and Indian Accent, which are expanding the horizons of nouvelle Indian cuisine.
Having surpassed its sibling Mumbai in the number of
millionaire residents who call it home, New Delhi is celebrating its
economic rise with gusto. It’s even added speed to its notoriously
creaky infrastructure. Delhi’s new metro system,
currently in its latest stage of expansion to the Outer Ring Road,
provides a smooth yet surreal ride from the dense cacophony of the
ancient Mughal bazaars to the hypermodern mega-malls of the grassy
suburbs. Immaculate, cheap and air-conditioned, the metro might be the
most ambitious construction since India won its independence. And there
are lots of new places to visit: cutting-edge galleries like Latitude 28 and Gallery Threshold in the emerging Lado Sarai arts district, and new restaurants like Varq and Indian Accent, which are expanding the horizons of nouvelle Indian cuisine.
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Asia
MERGUI ISLANDS, MYANMAR live-aboard diving in a remote archipelago
With white sands, coconut trees and 800 mostly uninhabited
islands, the Mergui Archipelago on the southern coast of Myanmar has
been tantalizing travelers for decades — sitting right there on the map
but seemingly just out of reach. That’s changing as the country takes
baby steps toward democracy and the region becomes more accessible to
tourists with a budget for live-aboard boat trips. Only a handful of
companies are running trips to the Mergui islands right now, so expect
all the clichés: lazing on deserted islands
inhabited by a seminomadic population.
inhabited by a seminomadic population.
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Asia
SINGAPORE spot green shoots in a financial capital
As one of the world’s richest nations and a capital of global
finance, Singapore has been awash in green for decades. But lately the
densely populated city-state is burnishing its credentials as another
type of green center — the ecological kind. A study released in 2011 by
The Economist magazine’s Intelligence Unit and Siemens ranked Singapore
as the greenest city in Asia, and this year the metropolis of glass and
steel inaugurates two vast nature projects guaranteed to boost the green
quotient further and to enhance the city’s image as a destination for
environmental tourism. Gardens by the Bay,
an ambitious 250-acre nature reserve, won the building-of-the-year
prize at the World Architecture Festival for its glassy, hill-like main
building, which houses attractions like the Flower Dome and Cloud
Forest. Not to be outdone, the new Marine Life Park
is already touting itself as “the world’s largest oceanarium.” It
features a huge water park
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Asia