Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world, covering approximately 44.5 million square kilometers of China, Japan, Thailand, India, and the Middle East. Not surprisingly, it’s also the most populous continent on Earth, with over 4.5+ billion people, all trying to stream Netflix at the same time. With such a vast array of cultures, languages, and religions, Asia can lay claim to many of the world’s most important historical and cultural sites, too (see the Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, and Angkor Wat). Asia’s diverse landscapes range from frozen tundras to tropical rainforests, and from soaring mountain ranges to scorching deserts. Whatever you want to see or do, Asia has it. And it’s probably legal there to boot.
Jordan’s Wadi Rum is like visiting Mars without being the billionaire CEO of a rocket company.
Why visit the Red Planet when you can experience all its inhospitality and desolation right here on Earth?
Israel’s Masada would make an amazing Airbnb if its last occupants hadn’t trashed the place.
The Ancient Romans aren’t getting their security deposit back.
Everything you were told about Bethlehem as a kid was a lie.
Bethlehem is nothing like the place they told you about in the Bible.
Jerusalem may be popular with Christians, but Jesus probably hated the godforsaken place.
People have been returning to Jerusalem for almost 2,000 years, but why would Jesus ever go back?
The Holy Land inspired three bestselling books that have more devoted fans than Harry Potter.
Visit the only place that’s a more popular backdrop for blockbuster books than Hogwarts.
The visions people had in Jaffa were inspired by either religious fervor or a ton of opiates.
St. Peter had a vision in Jaffa that changed Christianity forever. Or was he just high?
Tel Aviv is located in the Holy Land yet, weirdly, it’s never once mentioned in the Bible.
Find out why ancient religious authors entirely passed on writing about Tel Aviv, Israel.
Kyoto Japan is so well-preserved, it doesn’t look a day over a thousand.
If you like temples, tea gardens, and time-travel, you’ll love Kyoto, Japan.
Tokyo Japan is irrefutable proof that the Japanese hate suburbs.
If you’re headed to Tokyo, Japan, you’ll need help surviving in the world’s most monster-prone battleground.
Seoul Korea: The city where smartphones never sleep.
Once in a while, I get the chance to go somewhere far away for a stupid length of time, and Seoul recently made that list.
Phuket, Thailand: It’s called ‘poo-KET,’ not FOO-ket (and definitely not ‘FUK-it’).
We’d heard that Phuket was popular. Despite that, we decided to go there anyway.
Bangkok Thailand: A lot fewer prostitutes and lady-boys than we expected.
We expected Bangkok to be a den of unspeakable acts of human depravity—I mean, why else go?
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