To journey in Asia is to set a fire under your senses. From the zesty aromas of India’s spice markets and the tantalising flavours of Vietnamese street food, to the frenetic noise and pace of the continent’s major cities, its epic ancient sites, and the breathtaking beauty of its islands, beaches and wild places, Asia is at once spellbinding and confronting, challenging yet captivating.
Asia is the first continent we travelled to as a couple, and it cast an immediate spell. Since our first six-week stint in Vietnam back in 2004, we’ve returned to Asia’s beguiling landscapes time and again and no two trips are ever alike, whether we’re on the lookout for wild orangutans in Malaysian Borneo, wandering remote pagoda complexes in Myanmar, diving the beautiful reefs of the Indonesian archipelago, or tantalising our tastebuds in the hawker markets of Singapore. Asia will always call us back.
Posts from Asia
21 Epic Adventures Around The World
In this post, we’ve rounded up a collection of our favourite epic adventures around the world – 21 awesome travel goals for your bucket list. We certainly didn’t anticipate, as we cheerfully booked flights and a hire car for an interstate road trip in late 2019, that less than four …
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Diving, Dragons & Volcanoes: A Two Week Flores Itinerary
Explore above and below the waves on this 14-day Flores itinerary in Indonesia, taking in the highlights of Komodo National Park, along with volcanoes, traditional villages, and some of the best off-the-beaten track beaches in Indonesia on the island of Flores.
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Andaman Itinerary: Castaway on India’s Beautiful Andaman Islands
In this post, we share our 10-day Andaman itinerary and highlights from one of the most offbeat destinations in India: the beautiful, far-flung tropical archipelago of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tucked between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea between India and Myanmar, a cluster of little-heard-of islands …
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Highlights of an Epic Rajasthan Road Trip in India
This incredible Rajasthan road trip will introduce you to the unmissable highlights of Rajasthan, along with a few of the must-see attractions en route in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, in the north of India. Nothing quite prepares you for the pure assault on the senses, the kaleidoscopic chaos and …
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Human by Nature: An Adventure in Kerala
In India’s far southwest, an emerald streak of tropical coast and highland skirts the Arabian Sea. This is a corner of India entirely unlike anywhere else in the country, a seductively serene and slow-paced place shaped over thousands of years by shifting waves of water, time, people, culture and faith. …
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Bai Tu Long Bay Cruise: A Spectacular Alternative To Halong Bay
Halong Bay in Vietnam is seriously spectacular. But the word is well and truly out, and the environment is feeling the heat. So is it possible to explore this spectacular World Heritage area responsibly, and get away from the crowds? We find out on a Bai Tu Long Bay cruise.
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A One-Day Off The Beaten Path Hanoi Itinerary
There’s a plethora of cool things to do in Hanoi, but if – like us – you’re keen to use your 24-hours to explore a slightly more quirky side to Vietnam’s vibrant capital city, get your walking shoes on with our one-day off the beaten path Hanoi itinerary. Buzzing, chaotic, …
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The Curious Story Of The Jains & Cranes of Khichan
Around 150-kilometres north of Jodhpur in India’s state of Rajasthan, the dusty town of Khichan emerges through a dusty haze. At first glance, there’s nothing extraordinary about this small village in the parched landscape of the Thar Desert. It’s an unlikely place for a wildlife spectacle. But for one bird …
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Diving With Mantas In Komodo National Park
There comes a moment, when you’re ten metres below the surface, face into a driving current, hanging on by a finger to your divemaster’s fin and doing your best to avoid the stinging fire coral just inches away, that you wonder whether you’re actually ready for the sometimes challenging reality of diving in Komodo.
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