The Vang Vieng bus station is about two kilometres north of town on Route 13 near the high school. With backpacks, it’s a long way to walk. If you arrive at the bus station, tuk tuks are organised and ...

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While Chiang Mai has thousands of hotels and guesthouses spread across a vast area, we’ve concentrated on what we believe are the two most convenient areas to stay: within the Old City walls and ...

Ad Average rating 8.9 from 1,028 reviews. Though it isn’t always the first area travellers think to stay in Bangkok, Chinatown has plenty to recommend it—aside from the food. The main drag through the ...

With that in mind, we’ve spotlighted 16 reliable venues where travellers can nang samadhi, to use the Thai phrase for sitting in meditation, during retreats and courses of varying lengths and levels.

Cambodia's wet season comes courtesy of the southwest monsoon, which blows from May to October, bringing with it some three-quarters of Cambodia's annual rainfall. Not surprisingly, wet season is ...

Huay Xai has a good range of accommodation from cheap guesthouses through to quite comfortable midrange small hotels. Some of them have Thai mobile numbers so calling ahead from Thailand is an option.

A look at the shift to social media for travel intelligence—what does it mean? Not only for the traveller, but for the destination too.

July marks the beginning of a steady rise in rainfall and very slight drop in daily average temperatures that will continue on a monthly basis through to September. As long as you don't mind the rain, ...

Though Malaysian law forbids Muslims from imbibing alcoholic beverages, the rest of the population is free to do so. Licensing laws for the sale of alcohol are regulated by local municipal councils, ...

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Too many islands, too little time! Thailand alone has more than its fair share of islands, and for the first time visitor, picking the right Thai island can be a pretty daunting undertaking. So, ...