THE specific gravity of the tea is off the scale, laden as it is with sugar and flavour. At 8am, as the city-state of Singapore awakens, the brew is just what you need to sensitise yourself to the experience ahead. Even this early, your senses are lured this way and that.

Words fail to describe the Legend of Angkor Wat Show. The only true way to comprehend the glory and the pageant is to experience it first hand. Running only from 5th December to 31st January 2009, the show tries (and succeeds) to recreate the glory of the ancient temple city using brilliant lights, haunting songs and hypnotizing Apsara dances. This is probably the most impressive annual event at the ancient temple complex. Why not take an add on to your Thailand holiday and travel back in time to the golden period of the Khmer Civilization and discover the history of the ancient city of Angkor! Far East Tours offers 3D/2N tour packages inclusive of 2N accommodation, roundtrip airport transfer, full day tour, buffet dinner and the show ticket.

The Eugenia is a Colonial Style Hotel in Bangkok embodied in a late nineteenth century, colonial-style house, charmingly decorated and tastefully furnished by its owner in the heart of downtown Bangkok for travelers with refined taste who seek to enjoy more than just a touch of the fabled East. Each of the 12-suites of The Eugenia is appointed with antique furniture and fittings. The 4-poster beds, settees, dressers and desks are of various vintage, as are the light switches and light fittings which will take you back perhaps eighty or a hundred years. For more information please click here.

IT'S like visiting the dentist without painkillers. Uncomfortable, painful and dull. Have your say!

Yes, it's another airport stopover. Gritty-eyed and groggy, your head and body are operating in two different time zones courtesy of jet lag and interrupted in-flight sleep patterns. You're ready to keel over but sleeping in the terminal isn't that simple. Airports can be noisy, airport chairs are uncomfortable and security guards are growing ever-more suspicious.

The top spots of the Airports Council International (ACI)’s worldwide “Best Airport Worldwide Quality Survey (ASQ)” appraisal for 2007 Asian airports has awarded the top three spots for world’s best airports to Seoul Incheon (serving 25-49 million passengers annually) in South Korea, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (15-25 million) in Malaysia, respectively. Singapore comes third (25-49 million).