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Beijing is booming. But amid the sprawling highways and high rises, the Chinese capital harbours little-visited pockets of the past.

Once the site of a notorious prison, these idyillic islands are on a journey of reinvention.

Roll it, fold it, stuff it, bundle it; learn from the pros to solve your packing woes.

Strike out on two feet into an eye-popping wilderness of red-rock mesas, slot canyons and winding rivers.

Sunshine and samba... Rio seduces at any time, but there's a special reason to go with the Olympics rolling into town.

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