Mekong River Photography – A Monk on the Mekong River in Laos

A monk blessing a new Temple on the Mekong River, Laos. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

I have to be honest. After a few hours on the Mekong river in Laos, I was getting a little bored photography-wise. There are only so many sun-baking cows, narrow speed boats throwing up rooster tails of water, and children wistfully waving from the sandy shores that you can photograph before you start to worry … Read more

Bangkok’s Best Live Music Venues

Bangkok's Best Live Music Venues. Unicorn, Titanium Ice Bar, Bangkok, Thailand. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

From a rockabilly band playing at a fish and chips joint to an all-girl rock group performing nightly at an ice bar, Bangkok’s live music venues can most accurately be described as ‘quirky’. Bangkok’s music scene may not be the best in the world – you’re not going to fly to the Thai capital to … Read more

Monday Memories – Siem Reap Dance Troupe Portraits

Apsara Dancer Portraits, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Sometimes, as a photographer, you go to an event where you think you might be able to make good photographs for your story, but when you arrive you just know that it’s not going to work. That’s what happened when we were staying at the gorgeous Amansara resort in Siem Reap where there was a dance … Read more

Eating Out in Bangkok – Bangkok’s Best Restaurants

Bangkok's Best Restaurants. Eating Out in Bangkok – Bangkok's Best Restaurants. Nahm, Bangkok. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Eating out in Bangkok has never been as exciting as it is now. Bangkok’s best restaurants offer up everything from Thai street food with a twist and molecular Thai, to creative contemporary French and ‘progressive Indian’.A few years A few years ago a “Bangkok’s best restaurants” post would have been inconceivable as it’s often said … Read more