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October/November 2012
Flashback: Antarctica 1910
It was one of the last great episodes in the age of exploration: the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910–1913, a British scientific journey led by Robert Falcon Scott to the inhospitable Antarctic.Rafting the Grand Canyon
None of the thousands of photos I’d seen of the canyon prepared me for its staggering beauty.Frédéric Lagrange: Wakhan Wayfaring
Frédéric Lagrange captures the rugged, elemental beauty of one of Asia's wildest landscapes.Chateaux and Cellars: A Champagne Road Trip
Chef de cave Didier Mariotti greets us. “I love the peace of the cellar,” he says. “No phones, no one working, just complexity quietly happening.”Trekking the Road to Kanchenjunga
A land of mystical monasteries and towering Himalayan peaks, Sikkim lends itself to exploration by foot.A Culinary Journey Through North Thailand
From curried egg noodles and grilled pork sausages to any number of minced-meat salads, the food of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai offers some of the most complex and intense flavors in the kingdom.Shopping and Style in Istanbul
Istanbul’s ancient financial center is undergoing a 21st century renaissance as the city’s chicest retail quarterRodrigues: A Desert Island Hideaway
A far-flung dependency of Mauritius, the island of Rodrigues combines Creole charm with one of the most alluring settings in the Indian OceanWuxi Grand Theatre: Glowing Terms
The Wuxi Grand Theatre by PES-Architects of Finland fits the bill perfectly in Wuxi, an industrial center of seven million people.Singapore Restaurants: Turning The Tables
Fast on the heels of its first wave of celebrity-chef openings, Singapore has seen a new crop of pedigreed restaurants open in the last year.London: Putting It All On The Table
In the kitchen, chef Chris Slaughter (really) works magic with fresh cuts of Dorset pork, Hertfordshire beef, and fallow deer that he butchers and smokes on-siteHandbag Museum Arrives in Seoul
After 25 years of supplying accessories to renowned fashion houses, Kenny Park, the founder of Korean handbag maker Simone, has opened BagStage, a 10-story temple to the toteSingapore: Gillman’s New Groove
Built to house British soldiers in the 1930s and retooled as a low-key commercial precinct called Gillman Village in the ’90sKudos For Kooddoo
A new airport opens up the atolls.Brazil’s Backcountry Beauty
Nestled in a valley in Brazil’s Mantiqueira Mountains, roughly midway between São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, Botanique Hotel & Spa will be a talking point when it opens in NovemberBhutan: Higher Ground
Getting to Uma by Como, Punakha is its own reward: the road climbs up through pine and rhododendron forests past some of the prettiest countryside in BhutanThe Luxe List 2012
Our roll call of Asia-Pacific’s best new places to stay is as alluring as ever, spanning a dozen countries and featuring no fewer than 30 hotels.