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Sustainable Souvenirs to Buy in Southeast Asia – No, Not Elephant Pants

Sustainable Souvenirs to Buy in Southeast Asia and Market Shopping Tips. Luang Prabang Puppet Souvenirs. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo.

Sustainable souvenirs to buy in Southeast Asia include anything that’s handmade and handcrafted, fair trade and ethically-produced rather than factory-made, and locally created rather than imported. Traditional crafts, art and artisanal wares, along with eco-friendly, pre-loved, recycled, and up-cycled things are all good sustainable choices. Elephant pants are not. There’s a reason I’m singling out … Read more

Where to Eat in Chinatown Bangkok, A Yaowarat Road Eating Itinerary

Where to Eat in Chinatown Bangkok, Our Yaowarat Road Eating Itinerary. Bangkok street food, Yaowarat Road, Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Where to eat in Chinatown Bangkok overwhelmed us on our first visit to the Thai capital over 25 years ago. There were a bewildering number of eating options then and there are even more now, from old-school seafood restaurants to lane-way noodle joints and glam shop-house fine-diners. If you also find the Chinatown eating options … Read more

Where to Taste Multicultural Australia and Australia’s Delicious Culinary Diversity

Rumi's, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. Where to Get a Taste of Multicultural Australia.

Multicultural Australia is where you can get a taste of Australia’s rich and delicious culinary diversity – in the suburbs of every city, and in regional towns across Australia. This is a guide to where to sample everything from Vietnamese-Australian pho to traditional Iraqi lamb by local experts who cook, eat, grow, and write about … Read more

Asian Kitchen Essentials – Best Kitchen Tools for Cooking Asian Food

Asian Kitchen Essentials – Best Kitchen Tools and Utensils for Cooking Asian Food. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

These Asian kitchen essentials are the best kitchen tools for cooking Asian food – a solid mortar and pestle or two, a quality rice cooker, a sturdy cleaver, and a set of bamboo rice baskets are just some of the Asian kitchen tools we use in our kitchen in Cambodia and recommend if you’re a … Read more

Angkor Wat Without the Crowds – Insider Guide to a Quieter Side of Angkor

Angkor Wat Without the Crowds – Insiders Guide to Avoiding the Crowds at Angkor. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Angkor Wat without the crowds is not the challenge that some travel writers, bloggers and travellers would have you believe. Follow our insider guide to experience a quieter side of Angkor. Visit in low season, avoid weekends, national holidays and equinoxes, after sunrise make a beeline for the ‘back door’ or East Gate entrance, and … Read more