Lara Dunston 
A petition to end elephant riding was started after an elephant called Sambo, whose job was to carry tourists around Angkor Archaeological Park, home to Angkor Wat near Siem Reap, collapsed and died. We are posting here to ask our readers to sign it. We’re posting here to ask you to help end elephant riding at Angkor … Read more
Come join us for a Local Travel Twitter chat, which we’re co-hosting live on Tuesday 3rd May with travel enthusiasts from Skyscanner Australia and Skyscanner New Zealand. Times and details below. As we’ve long been passionate advocates of slow, local and experiential travel we were delighted to be invited by Skyscanner to co-host a local … 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
Bewilderingly, many travellers don’t buy travel insurance before they go away. Travel insurance should be at the top of your trip planning checklist as far as we’re concerned. While you can trust us on this, as we’re pro travel writers who’ve been travelling professionally for decades, we thought we’d ask a travel insurance industry expert … Read more
Planning a holiday in Vietnam with food a high priority? Who better to consult for Vietnam eating trips than a local expert, the kind we go to for recommendations when we head back to Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh City resident, writer, and street food tour operator, Barbara Adam. Below is their Vietnam eating tips. As long … Read more