Malaysia

August is a month where you have a choice to make. You either have to watch everyone around you skip off on holiday while you stay at home being jealous and picking up the extra workload in the [...]

June might mean all the great things about summer have arrived in the UK and Europe, but it’s a beautiful time to visit Asia too. Here’s our round up of where we would head in Asia [...]

Welcome/ Welcome back! It’s time for our tips about where to go in Asia in May, and spoiler alert, it’s a great one. We have some new countries featuring for the first time, we have [...]

Typically I’m quite spontaneous with my holidays but April is one of those months where it pays to be a planner and take advantage of a little trick to maximise your holiday time.  By using just [...]

Welcome back! Asia is really varied in March, there is definitely something for everyone. Like February,  there are lots of festivals and activities to follow and the weather continues to be [...]

Hot on the heels of our ‘Where to go in Asia in January’ blog, it’s time to talk about February. Something of a theme emerged as we settled down to think about our favourite February spots. It’s [...]

As you’d probably expect from the contributors to this blog, we all rather like Asia.  There’s a lot to love (great food, outstanding scenery, gorgeous wildlife…let’s stop there, [...]

The island of Penang is one of my favorite parts of Malaysia and I recommend it to nearly everyone. Not only is it home to the UNESCO-designated Historic City of George Town but also beaches, [...]

Boutique beachside resorts are one of our favorite things around here and we’re always looking for new ones. So earlier this month, I checked out The Kasturi, a 20-room resort on [...]

Disposable plastic water bottles: We’ve all seen them washed up on beaches, bobbing in the oceans, bays, and rivers of Southeast Asia. They aren’t pretty and the problem isn’t [...]

Kuala Lumpur is one of my favorite cities in Asia but unlike Bangkok, it’s a bit lacking in the world of fabulous boutique hotels. After staying in huge high rises and backpacker-filled [...]