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 ...

July marks the beginning of a steady rise in rainfall and very slight drop in daily average temperatures that will continue on a monthly basis through to September. As long as you don't mind the rain, ...

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.

Though it isn’t always the first area travellers think to stay in Bangkok, Chinatown has plenty to recommend it—aside from the food. The main drag through the district, Yaowarat Road, has some ...

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.

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 ...

Laos boasts international land crossings with Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and China and international flight connections to Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The vast majority of ...

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.

The interprovincial bus terminal in Krabi town can be reached by white songthaews that pick up at or near all three of the piers servicing public boats to Railay. You can also book transfers through ...

The weather in Bangkok in September, along with Central Thailand, sees a sharp increase in the rain — in Bangkok is increases by over 50%, but after September the rains beat a speedy retreat. The ...