Luang Prabang, a Languid Riverside Escape in Lovely Laidback Laos
Located on the Mekong River in northwestern Laos, lovely languid Luang Prabang with its glittering temples and colonial mansions is an ideal Southeast Asian escape.
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Chiang Rai, Thailand – More Than a Mekong River Launching Pad
For many travellers, Chiang Rai, Thailand is little more than a launching pad for hill tribe treks and explorations into the Golden Triangle, the border region of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar (Burma), as well as a departure point for Chiang Khong on the Thai-Laos border, for Mekong River cruises. The first time we visited Chiang Rai … Read more
Bangkok’s Best Live Music Venues
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
Eating Out in Bangkok – Bangkok’s Best Restaurants
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
Bangkok Food Tours – A Foodie Walk Through Old Bangkok
We sighed with relief – and salivated too – when a trio of young Thai foodies set up Bangkok Food Tours and started offering foodie walking tours in Bangkok, one of the world’s great eating capitals. We signed up for their food walk through historic Bangrak or Old Bangkok. We met our culinary guide Jan, from … Read more