Cairns is a bit of an anomaly as far as Australian tourism goes. While the state capitals and the areas surrounding them are the obvious destinations for visitors, this regional collection of townships finds itself ranked the fourth most visited city, following Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. This is definitely thanks in part to its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef, but Cairns has also figured out how to keep people coming back. The city ...

Deep in the heart of Nepal, bordering Tibet and India, is the culturally rich city of Kathmandu. Kathmandu is the largest urban center in Nepal, and is considered a metropolitan city. Kathmandu has a population of nearly 1 million people, merely a fraction of the population of Nepal, hundreds of which are expats who live and work abroad in Kathmandu. Living in Kathmandu is similar to living in India, and the prices of transportation, food, entert...