But its misty climate, crumbling colonial grandeur, and evocatively named Perfume River lend it an air of romance.

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But his main fascination with Scotland lies in its misty past.

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With its comparably haunting scenery, including rice fields in the south and misty mountains in the north, its temples, some of which predate Angkor Wat, and its relative lack of crowds, Laos, ready or not, may just be it.

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On the other, the broad St Lawrence River is a steely grey-blue, its opposite bank a distant misty outline.

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Werner also found time to visit Hangzhou, Shanghai's mirror-lake-and-misty-mountain version of the Hamptons ( Escapes), and its ethereal Amanresort, Amanfayun.

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And Wednesday night saw the sport bid adieu to one of the greatest duos in its history: the U.S. team of Kerri Walsh Jennings, and Misty May-Treanor.

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