Smiling Albino’s Deluxe Cycling Tours
Smiling Albino offers deluxe cycling tours in and around Bangkok as an addition, or even included, in your Thailand travel adventures. We have city tours that appeal to history and architecture buffs, rural tours for nature lovers, or a combination of the two, with distances and routes tailored to all levels of cyclists. What is […]
Bia Hoi: All About Vietnam Beer Culture
Bia Hoi: All About Vietnam Beer Culture 3 August 2020 Vietnam is a popular destination for many adventurous tourists to enjoy street food, pagodas and beautiful landscapes. One other distinct experience is the Bia Hoi beer which predominantly can be found along the narrow streets of Hanoi. Bia Hoi is a fast produced and light […]
Deciphering Vietnam’s Weather
Vietnam is an amazing country to visit any time of year because it has so many things to offer. Due to its shape – long and narrow, covering 1,650km – there are a vast range of climates and landscapes available, from sandy beaches to misty mountains to steamy, crowded cities. So when is the […]
Bargaining in Southeast Asia
by Greg Jorgensen Some of you may remember that classic scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian where Brian, running from pursuing Roman soldiers, tries to buy a disguise from a vendor for full price. The vendor, insulted at Brian’s disinterest in haggling, schools him on the rules of getting the best price. It’s a hilarious scene […]
Planet Asia Podcast: Talking Photography with David Lemke
One of the great things about being in the travel business in SE Asia is meeting interesting people. Canadian David Lemke is one of them. He didn’t intend to become a professional photographer or live in Vietnam, but both happened. Over the last few years he’s gone from being an avid photographer to making it […]