Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We all love those reminders of our holiday-of-a-lifetime and treat our friends to gifts not found in our home countries, but how often are you actually going to wear that conical hat? And are your friends really going to put that Buddha statue on their mantelpiece? Like […]
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Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos: Tour leader top tips
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We’ve met some well-travelled people in our time, but few compare to tour leader Aaron Edgington. From favourite restaurants to unmissable waterfalls, he shares his top tips for a special trip to Southeast Asia (as well as a few of his hairier travel moments!) Like this post? […]
Photo blog: Highlights of Hoi An, Vietnam
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With no less than 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Vietnam isn’t short of highlights, but there’s one place that never fails to capture the imagination: Hoi An. So, what is it that makes this pretty port town so popular? Tyler Palma captures just a few highlights of Hoi […]
Photographing Vietnam’s tribes: Réhahn’s Precious Heritage project
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! French photographer Réhahn is currently working on an ambitious, eight-year project to photograph all 54 of Vietnam’s tribes. It’s taken years of travelling Vietnam by motorbike to explore the remote corners of the country but, with 53 tribes and just one left to find and photograph, he’s […]
Just ask Google? Your Vietnam and Cambodia questions answered
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When in doubt, 9 times out of 10 we’ll Google it, but there are gazillions of pages, often with contradictory information. Our Social Media Co-ordinator, Brock, has been busy fact-checking Google’s most frequently asked questions about Vietnam and Cambodia so you can call off the search! Like […]
5 ways to learn about rice in Southeast Asia
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Few images are as romantic as the terraced rice paddies found throughout Southeast Asia, but whether witnessing an eccentric harvest ceremony outside the National Museum in Phnom Penh or sampling the most royal of rice in Hue, we recommend going beyond the pretty vistas to discover what […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Few images are as romantic as the terraced rice paddies found throughout Southeast Asia, but whether witnessing an eccentric harvest ceremony outside the National Museum in Phnom Penh or sampling the most royal of rice in Hue, we recommend going beyond the pretty vistas to discover what […]