Asian Food Etiquette – Eating, Drinking and Dining Etiquette

Asian Food Etiquette – Eating, Drinking and Dining Etiquette. Street Food in Hanoi old town, Hanoi, Vietnam. Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Asian food etiquette isn’t rocket science. So why do so many travellers in Asia get it so wrong? So you don’t become one of them, here’s our guide to Asian food etiquette, whether you’re eating on the street, drinking with local friends, or dining out. We all want to be welcomed when we travel – … Read more

Asian Travel Etiquette – Greetings, Gestures and Good Manners

Asian Travel Etiquette – Greetings, Gestures and Good Manners. Luang Prabang, Laos. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Asian travel etiquette is not so complicated to understand, nor is it mysterious. Almost every Asian guidebook, travel website and those free little tourist magazines seem to have a section on etiquette – how you should greet people, how to conduct yourself, what’s considered good manners and what’s not, and what you should wear. Yet … Read more

Celebrating Songkran in Thailand – A Big Water Fight and Buddhist Festival

Celebrating Songkran in Thailand means getting soaked. The traditional Theravāda Buddhist festival to mark Thai New Year has turned into one big water fight over the years.

Celebrating Songkran in Thailand means getting absolutely soaked. The traditional Theravāda Buddhist festival to mark Thai New Year has turned into one big water fight over the years. While you can still visit pagodas to observe rituals, you’ll still need to prepared to get drenched. Celebrating Songkran in Thailand is fun for some, a nightmare for … Read more

12 Reasons We Are Smitten With South East Asia

12 Reasons We Are Smitten With South East Asia. Monks, Bangkok. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

We spent a lot of time in 2011 in South East Asia. Based out of Bangkok for four months while researching a book and working on stories, we bounced across the region on assignments, around Thailand, along the Mekong, and to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. It’s since we left, while posting our Asian stories, that we’ve … Read more

Photographing Prasat Phanom Rung Temple, Thailand

Photographing Prasat Phanom Rung Temple, Thailand. Prasat Phanom Rung Temple, Isaan, Thailand. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Photographing Prasat Phanom Rung Temple in Thailand’s Isaan region is a joy. Visiting the temple at dawn, when only the temple dogs are awake, is a sublime experience. When we visited a few months ago there had been overnight rain and the sky was quickly clearing. We took our time exploring and photographing the temple and we were there alone … Read more