Best "Culture" Categories :
Best
Cultural Attractions
?
No1 :
Army of Terracotta Warriors, Xian, China
No2 :
Forbidden City, Beijing, China
No3 :
Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
Backpackers' Choices : Please vote !
Tibetan monasteries, Ladakh, India "real buddhist life without the pressure from the Chinese"
(Achim Kneifel, German)
Other proposals :
Great Wall, China
Summer Palace, Beijing, China
Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Taj Mahal, India
Best Archaeological
Sites ?
No1 :
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
No2 :
Bagan, Myanmar
No3 :
Sukhothai, Thailand
Backpackers' Choices : Please
vote !
Prambanan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia "very impressive" (Achim Kneifel,
German)
Other proposals :
Ayuthaya, Thailand
Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
Mrauk U, Myanmar
Borobodur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Prambanan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Best Museums
?
No1 :
National Museum, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
No2 :
National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand
No3 :
Shaanxi History Museum, Xian, China
Backpackers' Choices : Please
vote !
Other proposals :
Museum of Art, TST, HK
Cultural Museum, Melaka, Malaysia
Best Cultural
Shows
?
No1 :
Balinese Dances, Bali, Indonesia
No2 : Water Puppet, Vietnam
No3 : Shadow Puppet, Yogyakarta
Backpackers' Choices : Please
vote !
Local dances in a longhouse, Sarawak, Malaysia "every tourist have to try, have you ever seen a western guy doing the
"warrior-dance" or a girl dancing the "hornbill" ?" (Achim Kneifel,
German)
Other proposals :
???
Best Festivals
?
No1 : Water Splashing Festival, Thailand
No2 : Procession of the Tooth (Perahera), Kandy, Sri Lanka
No3 : Lantern Festival, Hong Kong
Backpackers' Choices : Please
vote !
Ladakh festival, Ladakh, India "i´ve never seen such slow dances..."
(Achim Kneifel, German)
Water splashing festival, Don Kong, Siphandon, Laos (Maike, Germany)
Other proposals :
Rocket Festival, Thailand
