How to get from Bali to Java and Yogyakarta now Mount Agung volcano has erupted is a question a lot of travellers who have been stranded on the Indonesian island have been asking. Here’s the lowdown on how you can get off the island. Bali’s Mount Agung volcano, 70kms from tourist hotspot of Kuta, which has … Read more
These Siem Reap Angkor Wat FAQs have come from readers of Grantourismo, friends who have visited, travellers who have reached out to us on social media and participants of the culinary tours and writing and photography retreats we used to host occasionally. If you don’t find the answer you’re looking for, please leave your questions in … Read more
One of the questions we most get asked by readers is how to get to Siem Reap, Cambodia, the gateway to Angkor Wat and departure point for excursions into nearby Angkor Archaeological Park. Here’s what you need to do. Every day we get contacted by people planning a trip to Asia and at the moment we’re getting … Read more
Some call Saigon, Vietnam, the city of millions of motorbikes. Some say that there are 10 million bikes. We’re not entirely sure there are ten million motorcycles – estimates vary from 2.5 to five to ten and more – so let’s just settle on millions. Either way, for a small city, that’s a lot of … Read more
The weather had been glorious my first couple of days snowboarding at Zell am See in Austria, with plenty of sunshine and still some untracked powder, albeit with a fast-decreasing snowpack. On the third day, however, the weather closed in. It was around -10°C in Zell am See and only getting colder up on the … Read more