"Hey, you guys were here last night!" shouted a mop-haired Aussie tout to my wife and I as we meandered...
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Splashing out with jaw-dropping lures like the golden-roofed Royal Palace in Phnom Penh and the awe-inspiring Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, and showcasing culture and cuisine unlike anything found elsewhere...
There are literally thousands of islands in South-East Asia, ranging from tiny, uninhabited atolls to heavily populated slices of land, larger than some European countries. It would take a lifetime...
For travellers to Southeast Asia, a visit to a museum generally isn’t the motivation to come to the area. And for a long time, museums in the region did not...
SoutheastAsia.org asked its writers what they would do with 2 weeks to spend in Southeast Asia. Two weeks in Southeast Asia will give you a brief taste of the region,...
SoutheastAsia.org asked its writers what they would do with 2 weeks to spend in Southeast Asia. Two weeks? Endless options? I need more limits…we’re in Vientiane, my brother is in...
Buddhists of Southeast Asia may celebrate their mid-April New Years in different ways, but all the festivities share one common factor…water…and plenty of it.From bathing Buddha images and sprinkling “lustral...
The state of the environment – and our impact upon it – is a thorny issue. While responsible tourism and sustainable development have been prevalent concepts for decades, concerns about...
Southeast Asia is a place of vibrant ethnic and religious diversity. The northern region is predominantly Buddhist but ancient spiritual beliefs also play a major role in many people’s lives....
The colonial architectural heritage in Southeast Asia has rarely been emphasized by tourism authorities. The lack of interest was likely due to the difficulty in assimilating the legacy of foreign...
SoutheastAsia.org asked its writers what they would do with 2 weeks to spend in Southeast Asia. Call me sentimental, but I’d probably spend most of my two weeks growing weepy...
The Mekong River carries Southeast Asia’s cultural diversity and history from Laos’ forested northern mountains to Thailand and Cambodia’s rice fields, and visitors can easily access its many highlights and...
Insiders have known for some years that Southeast Asia is a golfing paradise. But it took the global recession for the region to metamorphose into something else: A deserted golfing...
It is a sight to take your breath away: row after row of human-built terraces snaking along the contours of a valley, bright green before harvest or starkly barren afterwards....
It’s great that air travel throughout South East Asia is as cheap and accessible as it is. And it speaks volumes that, even though it’s possible to take a one-hour...
When travelling, there’s no better way to relax after a hard day of shopping and seeing the sights than with a well-made cocktail. It’s even better when the cocktail is...
Chinese merchants were already trading in the Philippine archipelago when explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in 1521, and later the Spanish colonial rulers encouraged the development of Southeast Asia’s first Chinatown...
Casinos dot Southeast Asia from small border gaming halls to Vegas-like casinos. Many cater to Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese players, who cannot legally gamble at home, but westerners are welcome...
My first climbs were a means to an end…jumping into a waterfall pool in central New York’s Finger Lakes region. Tourists know this glacier-gouged region for its vineyards and Cornell...
To extreme thrill-seekers, life without the imminent risk of death is as boring as a box of cauliflower. (How else do you explain something as blatantly mad as base-jumping?) But...
Southeast Asia, and Indochina in particular, offer some of the world's best cycling routes; spectacular journeys along tropical coastlines, through verdant jungle and rice terraces, and over craggy mountain ranges....
If you are slinging on the backpack and travelling to Southeast Asia for the first time, here are a few words of sage advice to ensure the experience is the...
As 2009 turned into 2010 there were celebrations all over the world but one of the biggest parties took place on a small Thai island called Ko Pha Ngan. The...
Southeast Asia is perfect those who enjoy watching birds. Not only is it one of the most biologically diverse regions, and home to over 15% of the Earth’s ornithological species,...
I’m in a protected forest in Cambodia's Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, staring through a high-powered telescope at a Great Hornbill. Five minutes before I had little idea what a Great...
SoutheastAsia.org asked its writers what they would do with 2 weeks to spend in Southeast Asia. Hmmm, good question.Southeast Asia is similar to Europe in the fact there is a...
On a recent visit to Dal, an ethnic Jarai minority village in Cambodia's Ratanakiri Province, I had a moment of enlightenment. Standing guard outside one of the tombs in the...
SoutheastAsia.org asked its writers what they would do with 2 weeks to spend in Southeast Asia. Two weeks in spectacular, exotic Southeast Asia is an exciting prospect. While you can’t...
Southeast Asia’s porous limestone geology presents spelunkers with infinite crevices, chasms, caverns and underground rivers to explore. Caves from Indonesia to Laos can challenge the experienced and amaze adventurous tourists....
Southeast Asia has given birth to many wonderful things: fiery food, stunning architecture and holistic healing systems. Added to this cultural smorgasbord is a range of elaborate, highly effective fighting...
As I explored the remains at Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park I couldn’t help but feel a bit humbled. Seeing first-hand the extent of humanity’s ingenuity and capability, the effect is...
One of the most rewarding experiences when arriving in any Southeast Asian country is heading straight to the nearest marketplace and checking out the streetfood. The fruit colors, the aromas,...
Cooking classes offer far more than a bunch of new recipes to impress your mates back home. Because food plays a central role in festivals and religious ceremonies, and dishes...
The exotic, interesting, unique and occasionally frightening is on display in Southeast Asia. Wildlife encounters and adventures are becoming more and more popular benefiting both travelers and those often volunteer-led...
The diverse landscape that exists in Southeast Asia is an explorer's paradise. Jungle treks, mountain hikes, hillside tribes, remote temples, stunning vistas, the list goes on. When CNN correspondent Anderson...