For the first time in the history of the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurants list – the globe’s most highly regarded restaurant awards, recently announced in London – Bangkok, Thailand, has a restaurant ranked: Chef David Thompson’s Nahm at number 32. Best Bangkok Restaurants on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants List While that’s exciting news for … Read more
Celebrating Songkran in Thailand means getting absolutely soaked. The traditional Theravāda Buddhist festival to mark Thai New Year has turned into one big water fight over the years. While you can still visit pagodas to observe rituals, you’ll still need to prepared to get drenched. Celebrating Songkran in Thailand is fun for some, a nightmare for … Read more
Here’s a look back at the best of 2012 travel highlights from another year grand touring – from the bathtub of New Zealand’s beautiful Matakauri Lodge no less – a year in which our travels focused largely on Asia and Australasia. It was a year in which we seemed to continuously be doing journeys, by … Read more
I was asked to craft a Grantourismo-style romantic city escape or luxury honeymoon holiday, a break focused firmly on love and romance but one involving a slow, local and experiential travel, and a lot of food and wine. Grantourismo Guide to Love, Romance and Local Travel – Romantic City Escapes Barcelona, Spain Stay The intimate ABaC Hotel, … Read more
We’ve travelled the length and breadth of Southeast Asia over many years. When we first shared this post we’d been living in Bangkok for four months while updating a guidebook and working on stories. Bouncing across the region on assignments, we’d travelled all over Thailand, we cruised along the Mekong, and travelled to Vietnam, Laos … Read more