Like this post? Help us by sharing it! While a noisy countdown, hearty cheers and the sweet sounds of Auld Lang Syne ring out on 1st January in the West, the celebration of New Year (Thingyan) in Burma takes place between 13th and 16th April with some very different traditions. Less champagne, more water. Lots […]
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How to spend two weeks in Vietnam
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Vietnam is a sprawling country filled with UNESCO World Heritage Sites, national parks, otherworldly natural highlights, modern cities, laidback towns and remote villages… And you’ve got two weeks – where to start?! Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
New InsideAsia brochure: See Southeast Asia in 2019
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We’ve been squirrelling away to make the latest InsideAsia Tours brochure. Having had many footsteps on the ground since the last version, it’s jam packed with experiences and trips to make your 2019 a memorable one. Climbing mountains, sleeping in luxury lodgings, meeting local people, trying the region’s favourite dishes… […]
7 of the best Buddhist festivals in Myanmar (Burma)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With an enormous Buddhist population, Burma is peppered with pagodas, and pilgrims travel from far and wide to celebrate festivals. If you have the chance to see one, seize it! Expect something unique, occasionally eccentric (bamboo elephant dancing, anyone?), and rarely entirely pious. Like this post? Help us […]
Phare: The Cambodian Circus
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! There aren’t many shows that you can say hand on heart you’d like to see again and again, and again… Dylan discovered just that when he went to see Phare: The Cambodian Circus perform in Siem Reap. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! There aren’t many shows that you can say hand on heart you’d like to see again and again, and again… Dylan discovered just that when he went to see Phare: The Cambodian Circus perform in Siem Reap. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!