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 ...

Entire books are devoted to the cuisine of Vietnam. This single page cannot do justice to the incredible array of foods, street food joints, Vietnamese and international restaurants, cafes, and, of ...

June arrives and it feels like the wet season has had a false start. In most of Thailand the level of rainfall drops a little (except for Ko Chang where it increases a lot). Temperatures stay around ...

Accommodation on Ko Chang runs the gamut from spartan shacks to huge luxury resorts. You’ll find a handful of solid budget options along with great value in the ...

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.

The trip from Bangkok to Siem Reap and Angkor Wat is one of the most talked about routes in the region: scam buses, visa rip-offs, over-priced taxis and a whole legion of shysters and con artists to ...

Disgusting? Cheesy? Stomach-turning? Delicious? No visitor to Camboida is ever ambivalent when faced with the strongest of local delicacies. And that’s because there really is nothing delicate about a ...

The Northeast region of Thailand, also known as Isaan, is often ignored by backpackers and travellers to Thailand. Many seem to write it off as dusty, flat and boring—they couldn't be more off the ...

Don’t worry about finding a travel agent to process your visa to Vietnam — it’s insanely easy (and cheaper) to get by yourself and Bangkok is a great place to do it. You will need: two passport photos ...

The Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge stretches 1.2 kilometres over the Mekong, connecting the small border town of Nong Khai, Thailand with Vientiane, Laos. A shuttle bus and train runs across. The border ...

When Singapore’s historic Tanjong Pagar railway station closed in 2011, all trains out of Singapore moved to depart from the Woodlands Train Checkpoint. Here’s everything you need to know about ...

This is where the action is: the bustling, thumping heart of Siem Reap. It may be a small town, but you’ll find a huge range of restaurants, bars, shops and markets here, as well as a few notable ...