Lara Dunston

A travel and food writer who has experienced over 70 countries and written for The Guardian, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Feast, Delicious, National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia, DestinAsian, TIME, CNN, The Independent, The Telegraph, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, AFAR, Wanderlust, International Traveller, Get Lost, Four Seasons Magazine, Fah Thai, Sawasdee, and more, as well as authored more than 40 guidebooks for Lonely Planet, DK, Footprint, Rough Guides, Fodors, Thomas Cook, and AA Guides.

Living Like Locals in Phuket – Settling into a Surin Beach Apartment

Living Like Locals in Phuket, Thailand – Settling into a Surin Beach Apartment.

Living like locals in Phuket will give you a more enriching experience of the Southern Thai island than staying at a beach resort. Rent an apartment, breakfast with the locals, learn to cook some Phuket food, and you’ll leave with more than a taste of Phuket. Living like locals in Phuket, the Southern Thailand island, … Read more

Weekend in Perth Itinerary – How to Spend 2 Days in the Western Australian Capital

Our weekend in Perth itinerary will give you a good taste of Australia’s most far-flung capital city, famed for its fantastic beaches, fabulous food and wine, and enviable lifestyle. Obviously 48 hours isn’t enough time in the sunny Western Australian capital but two days in Perth is better than one! Our weekend in Perth itinerary … Read more

Sri Lanka Luxury Escape for Less at Fortress Resort and Spa

This Sri Lanka luxury escape for less deal is for a 7-night stay at the seafront Fortress Resort and Spa boutique hotel at Koggala, Sri Lanka, which has been designed in the style of Galle’s historic fort and pays homage to Sri Lanka’s Dutch influence. Today’s Sri Lanka luxury escape for less package is at … Read more

100 Mahaseth Restaurant Chef Chalee Kader on Northeastern Thai Food and Getting Creative

100 Mahaseth restaurant chef Chalee Kader and partner Chaichat ‘Randy’ Noprapa are responsible for one of our new favourite Bangkok restaurants – a nose-to-tail joint in hip Charoenkrung specialising in wonderful Northern Thai and Northeastern Thai food that is laidback, fun, and eco-friendly. While Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand are familiar to most travellers to … Read more

Song Saa Private Island Cambodia – A Luxury Island Escape for Less

Song Saa private island on Koh Ouen off the southern coast of Cambodia is barefoot luxury at its best. Our friends at Luxury Escapes have an incredible 5-night package for our Australian readers, but you have to hurry as it’s ending very soon. Song Saa private island on Koh Ouen off the southern coast of … Read more