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Unearthing Asia – Festive Asia!

Unearthing Asia Magazine is here!

Lunar New Year, the most festive time of the year in Asia. Learn all about it in Issue 5 of Unearthing Asia travel magazine! This winter’s edition is chock-full of entertaining travel stories from some of Asia’s best travel writers and photographers, including yours truly. (My article on Beijing Lunar New Year Celebrations runs through pages 70-81.)

Read up on some of Korea’s most fascinating festivals, enjoy stunning imagery of India’s Holi Festival, and take in some of the amazing Lunar New Year events on order in Beijing, China. This issue of Unearthing Asia is our most colorful and entertaining to date!

Browse Issue 5 of Unearthing Asia online

In this issue
+ India’s Holi Spring
+ Lunar New Year Beijing
+ Sunny Xmas in New Zealand
+ Macau’s Historic Treats
+ Delhi, the Immortal City
+ Auckland, City of Sails
+ Great Malaysian Adventures
+ Korea Festival Showcase
+ Wellington’s Capital Adventures

Carrie Marshall (formerly Carrie Kellenberger) is a Canadian writer, business and operations strategist, patient advocate, and multidisciplinary creative best known for her long-running publication, My Several Worlds. Since 2007, she has built a career through writing, content strategy, digital publishing, systems development, and online community building. Over the past two decades, Carrie has worn many hats — travel and culture writer, educator, entrepreneur, communications director, recruiter, editor, and creative consultant — while living and working internationally for more than 20 years in Taiwan. Today, her work focuses on storytelling, disability advocacy, creative projects, and helping businesses streamline their content, systems, and online presence with clarity and heart. Carrie is endlessly curious about people, culture, design, and the small details that make spaces feel alive. She loves books, art, gardening, flower arranging, paper crafts, and creating cozy, slightly whimsical environments. She is also deeply devoted to her cats, cries over animal videos far too easily, and still firmly dislikes cooking. After nearly two decades navigating complex chronic illness, her work increasingly explores resilience, identity, healthcare systems, creativity, and what it means to rebuild a life while living inside a changing body. Her hope is simple: to create work that informs, comforts, connects, and reminds people they are not alone.