If you spend some time in Chiang Mai, you tend to develop strong opinions on everything: best fruit smoothie, best khao soy noodles, best vegetarian meal, best place for breakfast, best massage, worst place to wake up hungover Continue reading Best Fruit Smoothie in Chiang Mai
All About Lao Food
Laos spices things up with unique cuisine. Read about how this small Southeast Asian nation turns up the heat with big, bold flavours.
How to get to Kuang Si Waterfall, Luang Prabang
Kuang Si or Kouang Si Waterfall is one of the highlights – if not THE highlight – of Luang Prabang. Continue reading How to get to Kuang Si Waterfall, Luang Prabang
Shopping in Luang Prabang: 10 unique handicrafts of Laos
Doing some shopping in Luang Prabang? Laos has a wonderful tradition of unique handicrafts, especially textiles. Even today, remote rural villages naturally dye fabrics and hand weave them with intricate patterns distinctive to their tribe and village, a skill that has been passed down for generations. Many of the handicrafts require a painstaking amount of time and detail.
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A review of Wink Hostel, Singapore: flashpacker heaven
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Backpacking has never looked so cool and comfortable. Opened in 2011, Wink Hostel is an upscale hostel in the heart of Singapore’s historic Chinatown.
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Morning alms in Luang Prabang: religious tradition turned into tourist spectacle
It’s 6 a.m. and the normally peaceful, sleepy streets of Luang Prabang are buzzing. The tourists have arrived.
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A lesson in Lao: The “key” to learning the Lao language
Learning Lao has not been easy. Admittedly, I’ve been key-kahn (lazy) in studying Lao, finding it easier to do a series of grunts and charades than trying to master the six tones and complicated vowel sounds from books like Lao for Beginners. Continue reading A lesson in Lao: The “key” to learning the Lao language
Peaks and Paddies, Southern Laos
It feels like someone is snapping an elastic band at my foot, a sharp, painful pinch and burning sensation repeated over and over again. Oww!
Kayaking Ang Thong Marine Park, Koh Samui, Thailand
Towers loom above me, their sheer rock walls soaring up from iridescent tropical waters. I paddle in close and crane my neck up at limestone giants that stand at attention like guardians of a mysterious aquatic world.
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Khao soi: The signature dish of Chiang Mai
No trip to Chiang Mai should be without trying khao soi or khao soy. This delicious noodle soup is so iconic of the northern Thailand city that it is often simply called “Chiang Mai noodles.”
Hearty egg noodles swim in a coconut milk curry soup with tender fall-off-the-bone meat, usually chicken or beef. It’s topped with crispy deep-fried noodles, cilantro and always served with lime wedges, pickled mustard, sliced shallots and chili paste. Continue reading Khao soi: The signature dish of Chiang Mai