THE SEVEN YOGA TYPES YOU WILL INEVITABLY MEET ON BALI
Female? On Bali? You’ll likely end up doing yoga. And when you do, you’ll encounter these seven types. The Insanely Bendy Pensioner Slender, graceful and...
Category: Places
How to Enjoy Vietnam as a First-Time Traveller
Vietnam isn’t the easiest destination to visit at first blush. But my friend Barbara Adam, who’s just released her guide to Vietnam, Vietnam: 100 Unusual...
Oh, BTW, I Thoroughly Recommend Slovenia
I’m not big on counting countries. But it hadn’t escaped my notice that I hadn’t visited a new country for a whole two years, although...
The Elephant in the Room at TBEX Asia
A travel blogger requested on Twitter that I write something about the political situation in Thailand, rather than merely “trolling” by sharing links about the...
THIS Is Why I Love Indonesia
I whine about Bali a lot, both because Bali and because British. But I love Indonesia. And this trip I’m on has reminded me why....
ALL OF THE THINGS ARE BROKEN, ALL OF THE TIME
In Bali, every seven months or so, according to one of the island’s two Hindu calendars, which, together, are so fantastically complicated that many Balinese...
What to Do About Volcano Flight Cancellations (on Bali or Elsewhere)
Updated 29 November 2017 to include advice on ongoing eruption. At time of writing, Bali airport is closed until at least 7am local time on...
Hong Kong – Island of a Thousand Stories
For a city-state that dynamited two mountains and pushed the shattered remnants into the sea to grow its airport, for an engine of global capitalism...
The 10 Best Things to Do with Kids in Singapore
Famously urbanised, a global business centre and a regional transport hub, Singapore might seem, at first blush, like an odd place to take the kids....
The Best Books for Learning Indonesian
As an intellectual friend, an intimidating chap who can be cerebral in several languages and do the basics in a handful more, observed, “Indonesian really...