Bangkok

• 1 It's the year 2554!
  Songkran is always a special occasion, but this year it coincides with the king's 84th birthday. In the Buddhist tradition, based on a twelve year lunar cycle, every twelfth birthday is especially important,...

• 2 Destinations to see in the New Year in style
  Skiing in the French Pyrenees What better way to welcome in the New Year than with a few days of skiing, snowboarding and all kinds of other winter sports at Piau Engaly on the north face of the French...

• 3 From Singapore to Bangkok: a journey to remember
  Click on photo for more images of this luxury train ride

• 4 Your pass to the finest VIP clubs in the world
  Fortunately, not all the world's private clubs are quite as exclusive as the Carlton Club, founded in London in 1832 by aristocratic Tories, where, until last year, Margaret Thatcher was the only female...

• 5 On top of the world
    At the top of the Eiffel Tower Who could have predicted that the controversial hulk, designed for the 1889 World Fair, would eventually become the symbol not just of Paris, but of the whole of France?...