5 Hidden Destinations in Asia
India
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India · Meghalaya
In this remote Indian village, spoken names are replaced by unique, melodious whistles composed by mothers for their children, a practice passed down through generations.
Deep in the lush hills of Meghalaya, the residents of Kongthong communicate using a unique 'Jingrwai Iawbei' tradition, where each person ha...
India · Manipur
Picture a national park, teeming with rare deer, that isn't on land or entirely in water, but *floating* on a sprawling freshwater lake.
Keibul Lamjao is the world's only floating national park, an otherworldly expanse of circular, buoyant islands called 'phumdis' that drift a...
India · Andhra Pradesh
An entire ancient Buddhist city, once lost to a dam's floodwaters, was meticulously resurrected, brick by painstaking brick, onto a remote island in the middle of a man-made lake.
In a feat of archaeological engineering, the ruins of Nagarjunakonda — a thriving Mahayana Buddhist center from the 3rd century AD — were ca...
India · Nagaland
In a remote corner of Northeast India, a village chief's house literally straddles an international border, allowing him to dine in India and sleep in Myanmar.
Longwa is home to the Konyak Naga tribe, once feared headhunters, whose traditional ways persist in a world of modern borders. The Angh (chi...
India · Ladakh
Clinging precariously to a cliff face in the remote Himalayas, this ancient Buddhist monastery is built directly into a giant natural cave, reachable only by foot via treacherous mountain trails.
Dating back to the early 12th century, Phugtal Monastery is a breathtaking architectural marvel and one of the most isolated monasteries in ...