History of Krabi Town

Pronounced ‘Gra-bee’, this small town located 814 kilometers from Bangkok is not a particularly attractive one in the ...

HSIPAW – A PEACEFUL STOPOVER

We leave Mandalay reluctantly but with the desire to explore what here they branded ‘the way to China’. The bus is ...

I sleep 11 hours in a row and I do not even hear the 5am litany. After a breakfast of homemade cookies and tea in a Chinese teahouse, ...

I wake up with a start, it’s still dark outside the window. I look at the phone: it’s 5am! Extremely noisy speakers that ...

November sees one the best and most magical festivals Thailand has to offer. Loy Krathong is held every year on the full moon of the ...

Ao Nang, in Krabi province, is, or should be, a common heritage for both Thai and foreign residents, and for the thousands of tourists ...

After leaving Mandalay in direction north-east, we had a pit-stop of a few days in Hsipaw, a small outpost town situated on the way to ...

On October 5th, 2009 I traveled to Padang, the capital of West Sumatra and the focal point of relief efforts for the victims of the ...

Today I wish to rely mainly on fate and chance, as I often do when I travel. I fill the daily backpack with snacks and fruit from the ...

Despite being a tourist town, Nyaungshwe is still the main trading hub for the local villages, as well as the departure point for craft ...

When I was a kid, I often played with some of my mates, and one of the many games consisted in projecting on a wall, with the help of a ...

Inle Lake, located strategically in the heart of Myanmar’s Shan State, is a shore-less expanse of water and marshes 20km long and 10km ...

Magic Sa Morakot Exploring Sa Morakot, located in the last significant area of lowland rainforest in Thailand can mean a day of ...

Mangrove trees live in salty water, like ocean water. Mangrove forests are found along tropical and subtropical coastlines in both the ...

Bidayuh is the second largest ethnic group in Sarawak after the Iban. The number of Bidayuh population in Sarawak is around 200000 ...

Sitting on a curb waiting for a bus to Kunming, immersed in my thoughts on how to continue the journey, I stop to look at the building ...