A new year often brings new travel plans—but few regions offer the range and depth of Asia. Across its countries, travelers encounter a spectrum of experiences that rarely exist so closely together—modern cities and ancient civilizations, structured itineraries and spontaneous discovery, natural landscapes and cultural immersion. For many, what begins
As the world’s largest continent, Asia is defined less by its scale than by its range. Across the region, ancient civilizations and modern cities exist side by side, while landscapes shift from dense urban skylines to remote mountain valleys and island coastlines. For travelers, this creates not just variety—but the
When you are creating your bucket list, one of the most important things to consider is all the places you want to see before you die. There are so many amazing places on this planet, and you want to be sure you don’t forget to add the best of them
The beers of South East Asia are brewed specifically for hotter climates with almost all of them being rice-based beverages with lighter flavors of hops and malt, often imported from beer-drinking European countries such as Germany and France. Perhaps better still, these beers are universally cheap and widely available, costing
Former Royal Capital of Laos, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this small city nestled amongst rolling green mountains and saddling the Mekong is not only one of the most beautiful cities in the South-East Asia, but quite possibly the world. Indeed, it doesn’t feel like a city at all,
In recent years the explosion of luxury travel opportunities throughout Southeast Asia has meant that it’s no longer just a backpacker destination filled with cheap options for bedding down for the night and street food. In fact South East Asia is now gaining power in the luxury side of things,
Hong Kong was administered as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom until 1997, when it was then handed peacefully back over Chinese rule. However, today it enjoys the title of “Special Administrative Region” (SAR), which gives Hong Kong a greater amount of autonomy over its own affairs than the
Taking that long-awaited trip to Asia is no doubt exciting but can also be daunting at the same time. Combining our in-house on the ground expertise with invaluable feedback from our esteemed travelers throughout the years, we have compiled a nice list of useful travel tips and answers to many of the
Few places on the planet boast a wider array of shopping options than Japan, and Tokyo sits at the very pinnacle. For the avid shopper, Tokyo is simply paradise – with its numerous colorful open air shopping arcades, mega shopping centers, eclectic Otaku, punk fashion boutique shops, and everything in between.
For the vast majority of us, taking the family to Asia probably isn’t at the top of the list, especially when traveling with little ones — the killer long flights, the jetlag, different foods, the costs, the list can go on and on. Having two young children of my own,
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