Like this post? Help us by sharing it! If you’re heading to Southeast Asia, don’t miss the chance to explore the mighty Mekong, a river spanning 2,700 miles from the Tibetan Plateau, through China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Watch the landscapes chop and change as vast limestone karsts rise above and calm tributaries spread […]
Transport & Travelling
Road trip: Top five road journeys in Southeast Asia
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Having lived and travelled extensively within the region, Chris Greener has racked up some miles on the open road in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Here are five of his favourite road journeys. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Is Halong Bay worth the hype?
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Last year, I headed to one of Vietnam’s most famous destinations: Halong Bay. Photographs of serene waters, disturbed only by striking moss-covered limestone casts and a smattering of boats are famous, but they don’t always tell the full story. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Taking a Vespa tour in Hoi An, Vietnam: Look beyond the lantern festival
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We haven’t met anyone who hasn’t loved Hoi An; those old ochre buildings and magical lantern festivals really are something special. But few visitors get beyond the edges of the town to explore the surrounding countryside – Lawrence ventured out on a Vespa tour to look beyond […]
The journey is the destination: 10 of the best journeys in Myanmar (Burma)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The busy streets of Mandalay, the gilded Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, the lapping waters of Inle Lake, the vast plains of Bagan… We could go on and on about beautiful places to explore in Burma. But let’s talk logistics. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Riding Yangon’s circle train in Burma (Myanmar)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! On Yangon’s circle train, the journey is the destination. Buy a ticket and clamber aboard; peer out of the window and, nose to the breeze, see what life is like beyond the glitz of the city. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! On Yangon’s circle train, the journey is the destination. Buy a ticket and clamber aboard; peer out of the window and, nose to the breeze, see what life is like beyond the glitz of the city. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!