Asia

Langkawhat? Langkawho? Langkawhich? Etc. I’d never heard of Langkawi prior to two months ago, when I was looking at a quick and affordable way to […]

Or “When timing goes terribly, terribly wrong”. Please, for the love of God, leave early.   Taal Volcano is nestled in a lake, on an […]

It really is though. Temples   From the beautiful Kinkaku-Ji in Kyoto, to the Ninja Temple in Kanazawa which is full of secret passageways and […]

I’ve been living in Beijing for just under a year now, but have had a fair few visitors so I’m something of a reluctant expert […]

Kanazawa seemed like a bit of a mystery to me. The tourists I met up until then hadn’t heard of it, but it was raved […]

With all this talk about Burma, I’ve seen a few things cropping up on tourist websites and travel blogs about the beauty of Bagan, Inle […]

I’ve been living in China on and off for almost a year. Despite this, I still find the language impossible as ever. I’ve lost count […]

As I write this, I’m sat on a train twisting further up into the Japanese Alps, the sun setting over the green hills. I’m headed […]

As we prepared for our trip across the Cambodian border into Vietnam, yet another backpacker dispensed the same advice we had already heard countless times. […]