Online Travel Research
Online Travel Research: What’s Good, What’s Bad, and What to Avoid When Smiling Albino first came to Southeast Asia, the Internet was in its infancy. There were rudimentary blogs and pages with photo albums, but nothing even remotely resembling the selection today’s travelers have. In 2016, we are spoiled for choice. Indeed, there is actually […]
Bangkok Revisited
What can I do in Bangkok if I’ve already been there before? Due to a geographical location that can only be described as ‘advantageous’, Bangkok is one of the world’s busiest transit points, which means that even if it’s not a final destination, millions of travelers each year spend a few glorious days in the […]
Smiling Albino Celebrates 15 Years With New Bangkok HQ
As we begin 2016, Smiling Albino celebrates 15 successful years of pioneering luxury and adventure travel in Southeast Asia. It has been a lot of fun and we cherish all the new friends we’ve made, as well as all the fabulous experiences and achievements. The last quarter of 2015 was been a busy time […]
Bangkok Then and Now
Bangkok’s history is fascinating. There’s nothing we love more than getting lost in its spaghetti-like maze of streets and alleys that have been worked and reworked since before the city was founded in 1782. As Smiling Albino calls Thailand home, we have a special affinity for the steamy, huge, wonderfully complex capital. Indeed, one of […]
The Art of Navigating Crowded Attractions
Tourism in Asia has been growing at an impressive, consistent rate for some time now. Every once in a while the numbers will dip in the wake of a natural disaster or political upheaval, but still… the numbers keep climbing. For a bit of perspective: in 2010, the ten member countries of ASEAN saw a […]