Browsing: Asia
Turkey is one of those countries that keeps confounding your expectations. I first came expecting mosques, bazaars and beaches — and found all three — but…
Bali has become one of those destinations that everyone visits and very few people actually see. The Instagram version, Seminyak and Canggu with their rooftop pools…
Most people assume Everest Base Camp is for serious mountaineers only. It is not. The trek to Base Camp at 5,364 metres is a long, cold,…
Southeast Asia has more islands than any traveller can visit in a lifetime. Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam together have tens of thousands of them,…
Bali does not need defending. It is the most visited island in Southeast Asia for reasons that are immediately obvious from the moment the plane descends…
Tokyo operates at a frequency that most visitors do not expect. It is the largest city in the world — 37 million people in the greater…
Japan beyond Tokyo is a different country. The shinkansen network means that Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Nara, and the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail are all within a…
Indonesia is 17,000 islands, and most travellers see three of them. Bali is the entry point; Lombok is the stepping stone east; everywhere else is, for…
Southern Vietnam moves faster than the north. Ho Chi Minh City (still called Saigon by everyone who lives there) has the energy of a city that…