Vietnam's crusty baguette - banh mi - packed with savoury fillings.
Crater lake ringed by three volcanoes and Maya villages — Aldous Huxley called it the most beautiful lake in the world.
Drift the palm-lined waterways by houseboat.
Twenty-five thatched farmhouses and a kabuki stage moved from across Japan into a wooded park — the old countryside in one walk.
The full fry-up: eggs, bacon, beans and toast.
Flaky honey-and-nut pastry from the Levant.
Creamy spiced tomato curry from northern India.
Korean rice bowl with veg, egg and gochujang.
Britain's battered fish with thick-cut chips.
Spit-roasted spiced meat wrapped in flatbread.
Crisp pastry triangle of spiced potato or meat.
Coffee-soaked, layered Italian dessert.
Hungary's paprika-rich beef stew.
Vienna's crisp breaded veal cutlet.
Shanghai soup dumplings that burst with broth.
Creamy chickpea-and-tahini dip, best scooped warm.
Italy's dense, intensely flavoured ice cream.
Eggs poached in spiced tomato and pepper sauce.
Crisp deep-fried chickpea balls from the Middle East.
Unspoilt island of boatbuilders.
The world's largest saltwater lagoon.
Land of fortified tower-houses, UNESCO-listed.
Cultural village and over-water night show.
One of the region’s biggest livestock markets, camels haggled over by the hundred.
The original vine-bungee land diving.
Desert town and old religious centre.
Remote valley facing the Hindu Kush.
River villages deep in the rainforest.
Traditional island life on a quiet atoll.
Traditional island of stone money and reefs.
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