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Asia Traveling Tales Mahabalipuram Girl, India Lantau Island, Hong Kong Buddhist Nun, Vietnam You, yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. - Buddha Stories Bhutan: • Top of the World by Ed Gray Cambodia: • Angkor Afloat by David Fuller India: • Trekking in Uttaranchal by Rick Dar • The Dreaded Bombay Toilet Rat by Ian Jones • At the Cradle of Maratha History by Santosh Kumar • Riding Roadless by Santosh Kumar • Mumbai to Himachal by R. Subramanian Japan: • Mystical Japan by Christina Whitt Turkey: • Turkish Smells by Rachel Kaufman Vietnam: • Cho Moi, The Mekong (1) by Beth Buffam • Rach Gia, Western Mekong (2) by Beth Buffam • Ca Mau (3) by Beth Buffam • Ben Tre, Tien Tuy and Can Tho (4) by Beth Buffam • Sai Gon (5) by Beth Buffam • Sai Gon (6) by Beth Buffam • Tay Ninh (7) by Beth Buffam • Nha Trang (8) by Beth Buffam • My Son by Melissa Broudy • Sipping Wine by Melissa Broudy Region Overview Asia is the largest continent, with a total land area of approximately 17,226,000 square miles, covering about one-third of the Earth's total land surface. Population is estimated to be 3 billion, 270 million with a 1.4 percent rate of natural increase. Languages are richly diverse, however, thousands of languages spoken by ethnic tribes have become functionally extinct in the recent past. Economies include subsistance farming for people in most areas, in contrast to some highly developed economies such as Japan. Maps: Political Map - Physical Map

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