End of monsoon in northern Southeast Asia means time to do some travel planning. When rainy season ends, the low season also finishes, and the dry high season begins. If you want to snag a travel bargain you need to do it now. Those grey...
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20 travel lessons from 20 years living abroad and travelling the world is a celebration of our two decades as citizens of the world. Travel teaches us things. Yet after a decades-long education on the road it feels like there’s still so much to learn....
Things we can do to save wildlife from extinction include everything from symbolically adopting an animal and donating to established wildlife protection and conservation organisations to learning a bit about endangered species and sharing what you learn on social media. I spent some time on...
World Wildlife Day is a global observance day designated by the UN as a day dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants on the brink of extinction. This year’s theme is Big Cats: Predators Under Threat but all the...
Our 10 Most Popular Places of 2017 on Grantourismo included the Southeast Asian destinations we love and frequently cover – Cambodia’s main cities and towns, Thailand’s capital and most off the beaten track region, Vietnam’s key destinations, and lovely Luang Prabang in Laos. As 2017...
A Cambodia reading list at last! I can’t tell you how many times our friends, readers, tour and retreat participants, and itinerary clients have asked what Cambodia books they should read before they come or pack for their holiday reading. Well, here’s some essential Cambodia...
Want to be a travel writer? Find out in 8 days. Come to Cambodia and do one of our Travel and Food Writing and Photography Retreats. Our next Retreats are in May and July 2018 and we’re offering between 10% and 15% discounts to fill the...
This experiential travel guide is a guide to making sense of one of the most compelling travel trends of recent years – experiential travel. What is experiential travel, why is everybody doing it, and why is experiential travel a deeper, more immersive style of travel? Experiential...
How to Get Paid to Travel the World as a Travel Writer was the title of a recent promotional email that landed in our in boxes. It was impossible to ignore for two travel writers who have been paid to travel the world for close...
How to review restaurants like a professional restaurant critic isn’t a post I envisaged ever writing here — it’s the sort of thing Lara covers in our food and travel writing retreats — however, comments by a journalist and foodies we met on our recent...
Bangkok street food stalls are not going anywhere for now so street food lovers around the world can breathe a deep sigh of relief, cancel those direct flights to Phuket and Chiang Mai, and start salivating once again. UPDATE: The situation appears to be changing...
Things we hate about cookbooks include everything from missing recipes and no recipe list to cookbooks that have obviously not been well researched or, at worst, haven’t had their recipes tested. We love cookbooks. As much as it’s convenient to pull up a recipe on an...
