Chiang Mai offers a stunning array of cuisines, served at its streetside eateries through to high-end fine dining restaurants. Diners are spoiled for choice, with options including traditional ...

This week I’m leading with a good story on one of the best examples in the region of the age-old tourism favourite of paving over paradise—Bali. More importantly, you may have seen news coverage of ...

This week I’m leading with a good interview with Ewan Cluckie about leakages—no, Ewan’s not leaking anything (at least nothing that I know of), but he is the co-founder of Tripseed, a Thailand-based ...

A look at the shift to social media for travel intelligence—what does it mean? Not only for the traveller, but for the destination too.

Threads or Mastodon are your best first ports of call if you need to get in touch.

Phnom Penh has dozens of hostels to choose from, scattered right across the city. Dorm beds often go for $5 and under, with private air-con rooms with bathroom floating around the $20 to $30 mark.

Bali is big, beautiful, round(ish) and dotted with interesting places to visit — it’s ideal for a road trip. You can circumnavigate Bali in as little as a couple of days or as long as a couple of ...

Vientiane’s city centre is laid out in a grid of one-way streets bordered by the Mekong river and Quai Fa Ngum to the south, Samsenthai Road to the north, Chou Anou Road in the west and the ...

Vietnam's days as a pariah state, cut off from the rest of the world are long gone. Today the country boasts numerous land crossings with all of its neighbours and international flight connections to ...

With international cuisines joining authentic Thai and the ever-present seafood barbecues and street bites, Ko Lipe does not disappoint when it comes to food. The growing nightlife scene can be a lot ...

With that in mind, we’ve spotlighted 16 reliable venues where travellers can nang samadhi, to use the Thai phrase for sitting in meditation, during retreats and courses of varying lengths and levels.

As an important commercial port that flourished in the 17th and 18th century, Hoi An was at the crossroads for trade that spanned Asia and Europe. Chinese and Japanese merchants—as you no doubt will ...