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 ...

Many of the standard dishes served around Laos are adaptations from Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese food. One dish that is 100 percent traditional Lao though is laap, arguably the national dish of Laos; ...

Da Lat has a large selection of quality accommodation, from clean, comfortable US$5 a night hostels to four-star French-colonial style hotels. Places to stay are dotted throughout the city and you’ll ...

This enormous station is also known as Chatuchak Terminal and most locals refer to it as “Morchit Mai” (New Morchit) or “Morchit Song” (Second Morchit) to differentiate it from Mo Chit BTS Station and ...

As of 2018, construction of the six billion dollar high-speed railway from Southern China to Vientiane was well underway, expected to be completed in 2021. Construction includes a bridge across the ...

The Lao language is quite direct and does not encompass many polite phrases. While ‘thank you’, kop chai, is widely used in interactions, the word for ‘please’ is so rare, it’s only ever used in ...

Virtually all immigration services for foreigners in Thailand are now handled at the new office in Building B at the end of Chaeng Watthana Soi 7. The exception is if you're working in Thailand, in ...

Entire books are devoted to the cuisine of Vietnam. This single page cannot do justice to the incredible array of foods, street food joints, Vietnamese and international restaurants, cafes, and, of ...

While the zi char can be loosely translated as “cook fry”, it means so much more to the average Singaporean. When done well, zi char dishes excite the tongue, fill the belly, warm the heart and go ...

As an important commercial port that flourished in the 17th and 18th century, Hoi An was at the crossroads for trade that spanned Asia and Europe. Chinese and Japanese merchants—as you no doubt will ...

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.