10. 新加坡 10. Singapore
新加坡是一个城市国家 坐落于马来半岛南端 Singapore, a city-state, lies at the south end of the Malay Peninsula
距离赤道仅有137公里 just 137km above the equator.
华人是当地最主要的族群 占总人口的75% Chinese are the predominant ethnic group, at 75 percent of the population.
游客们会听到当地居民说着各种各样的语言 Travellers will hear residents speaking a variety of languages:
包括普通话 英语 马来语 以及泰米尔语 Mandarin, English, Malay and Tamil.
新加坡过去是英属殖民地 其最佳景点包括 Singapore is a former British colony, with its top sights including
华丽的莱佛士酒店 自然步道与花园 the graceful Raffles Hotel, gardens and nature trails,
佛牙寺龙华院 以及新加坡动物园 the Buddha Tooth Relic Museum, and the city zoo.
9. 皮皮岛 9. Ko Phi Phi
皮皮岛是一片美丽的群岛 位于甲米府 离普吉岛并不远 Phi Phi is a beautiful archipelago located in the Krabi Province not too far from Phuket.
大皮皮岛是这片群岛中唯一拥有常住居民的岛屿 Ko Phi Phi Don is the only island in the group with permanent inhabitants
而小皮皮岛则作为 while the smaller Ko Phi Phi Leh is famous as the filming location
2000年的电影《海滩》的拍摄地闻名遐迩 for the 2000 movie “The Beach”.
游客们在此尽情享受阳光沙滩 也会参加各式各样的 Travelers go here to enjoy the beaches and to participate in a variety of
娱乐活动 比如浮潜 水肺潜水 以及划独木舟 water recreation activities, such as snorkeling, scuba diving and kayaking.
该岛屿曾在2004年印度洋海啸的摧残下变得满目疮痍 The island was devastated by the 2004 tsunami,
但随着重建工作的推进 该岛屿逐渐恢复往日的生机 but is bouncing back with new constructions.
8. 琅勃拉邦 8. Luang Prabang
琅勃拉邦位于老挝中北部 Luang Prabang lies at the confluence of the Mekong
介于湄公河与南康河的交汇处 and Nam Khan rivers in northcentral Laos.
这座昔日的皇城因其大大小小的佛院寺庙而闻名 The former royal capital is famous for its Buddhist temples and monasteries,
每天早上 僧人们会在城市中穿行 四处化缘 with monks walking through the city collecting alms in the morning.
想要购物 游览寺庙或是沉浸于浓厚的佛教氛围的游客 The old town is popular with tourists who want to shop,
十分青睐老城区 visit temples or soak in the atmosphere.
老城区附近还有著名的巴乌石窟以及几道瀑布 There are several waterfalls nearby, as well as the famous Pak Ou Caves.
7. 婆罗浮屠 7. Borobudur
婆罗浮屠坐落于爪哇岛 位于日惹市西北40公里处 Located on the island of Java, 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta,
是世界上最大最著名的佛寺 the Borobudur is the largest and most famous Buddhist temple in the world.
婆罗浮屠建造于公元8世纪至9世纪之间 耗时约75年 The Borobudur was built over a period of some 75 years in the 8th and 9th centuries
耗材约200万块石头 out of an estimated 2 million blocks of stone.
但婆罗浮屠废弃于14世纪 其原因至今仍是未解之谜 It was abandoned in the 14th century for reasons that still remain a mystery
几个世纪以来 它一直藏匿于丛林之中 并埋没于层层火山灰之下 and for centuries lay hidden in the jungle under layers of volcanic ash.
6. 伊富高水稻梯田 6. Ifugao Rice Terraces
来到吕宋岛上风景如画的伊富高水稻梯田 Photographers will want to have lots of memory cards with them
摄影师们肯定想要多带几张相机存储卡了 when they visit the picturesque Ifugao Rice Terraces on the island of Luzon.
两千年来 这里的人们都在梯田上培育水稻 For 2,000 years, people have been growing rice on terraces
而梯田则沿着科迪勒拉山脉顺势而建 that follow the contours of the Cordilleras Mountains.
其中最出名的当属巴纳韦镇附近的梯田 The most famous ones can be found around the town of Banaue.
这些梯田是伊富高族人民在没有现代工具的情况下建造出来的 They were created by the Ifugao ethnic people without modern tools
并一直沿用至今 and are still used today.
5. 蒲甘 5. Bagan
作为能够与吴哥窟相媲美的缅甸城市 蒲甘拥有全世界最大的 Myanmar’s answer to Angkor Wat, Bagan is home to the largest concentration of
佛寺 宝塔 及舍利塔建筑群 Buddhist temples, pagodas and stupas in the world.
从公元9世纪到13世纪 蒲甘一直都是蒲甘王朝（缅甸的第一个统一王朝）的都城 Bagan was the capital of the First Burmese Empire from the 9th and 13th centuries.
该城曾被马可·波罗誉为“镀金之城” The site that Marco Polo once described as the “gilded city”
公元11世纪 该城步入全盛时期 那时大约13000座佛寺都坐落于此 was home to around 13,000 Buddhist temples in its 11th-century heyday.
如今留存下来的佛寺还有几千座 其中便包括塔尖金光闪闪的阿南达神庙 Thousands remain, including the famous Ananda temple with its sparkling gold spires.