With only one day in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates capital, we recommend you soak up the history of Abu Dhabi and its traditional Emirati heritage and culture, as well as get a taste of its art, architecture and cuisine, and remodelled historic sights and contemporary museums that have brought a new breed of … Read more
48 Hours in Ho Chi Minh City dedicated to eating and drinking and snacking and cooking Vietnamese food – browsing the markets, grazing at streets stalls on food tours, and savouring Vietnamese cuisine in restaurants – is our idea of a delicious weekend in Ho Chi Minh City, as Vietnam’s southern city is officially known. … Read more
The Battambang Bamboo Train is running again – in two locations. There is a new dedicated tourist train near Banan Mountain that lacks the authenticity of the original but is popular with locals, while the old bamboo train has resumed rides for tourists on a stretch of the original line upon which a real train … Read more
World’s Top Landmark on Trip Advisor for 2017 is Angkor Wat according to travellers who use the site, garnering top scores from 32,800 reviewers, who gave the stupendous temple a five out of five. Angkor Wat is the World’s Top Landmark for 2017. Yay! It’s not often that we report on a Trip Advisor announcement, however, we … Read more
Prambanan temple is not a priority for most foreign travellers to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, who are here to visit Borobudur – which probably explains why the ninth century Hindu temple becomes such a surprisingly memorable experience for so many. Prambanan temple – or Candi Prambanan – was on my radar and I had planned that we’d … Read more