Travel Guides

The hardest thing about writing this blog was making this ‘5 things’ rather than 50 things, but who has time to read 50 things!? It wasn’t easy, but we’ve condensed [...]

Nearly twenty years ago, I read an account of climbing Borneo’s Mount Kinabalu and although I can’t recall where I read it, I do know that it fueled a burning desire to follow in the [...]

Thailand’s mystical North has always been a magnet for tourists: the landscape is lush and green, one can wander through jungles and cross hills, meet rural villagers and encounter [...]

Hi, this is Eva again, Thailand Specialist at Fleewinter. Clients often ask me what the differences are when it comes to picking an island in the Gulf of Thailand. Koh Samui, Koh Phangan or Koh [...]

This is a guest post by the lovely Eva (staring at fifty shades of blue on her new favourite island) who works with me at Fleewinter (a boutique London tour operator that offers Asia holidays). [...]

We’ll tell you another secret: Travelling around and checking out places for a living is a lot of fun, but the best part of our job are those nights when we try out hotels. AND we are in [...]

Are you also one of these people for whom a holiday is not complete without a native wildlife encounter? We are too! Are you also worried that you might step into a tourist trap and pay money for [...]

Hi, it’s Eva again, Fleewinter’s Thailand Travel Specialist. Whenever I see a long weekend coming up, I am trying to go somewhere new in Thailand so I can combine work with pleasure, [...]

The far east is blessed with some of the world’s most beautiful beaches… in fact with a plethora of white sand, turquoise water, palm trees and incredible underwater life, you are spoilt for [...]

This is a guest post by the lovely Barbara (pictured here looking particularly zen) who works with me at Fleewinter (a boutique London tour operator that offers Asia holidays). She’s our resident [...]

This is a guest post by the lovely Kate Glover (pictured here with a fried elephant?!) who works with me at Fleewinter (a boutique London tour operator that offers Asia holidays). She’s [...]

Before I start telling you all about the best beaches in Myanmar I need to make a bit of a confession. When I began my seven-week trip trip through this gorgeous country I knew there would be a [...]

Mandalay must have one of the most evocative names in the world. Just seeing it written on my boarding pass conjured up images of grandly dressed Burmese kings, opulent temples and exotic [...]

If you are in search of some inspiration for the perfect Cambodia luxury holiday itinerary then look no further… because I have tried, tested and got the t-shirt champagne in my face. [...]

The first thing that hits you when you arrive in Hanoi is the motorbikes. Well not literally, (hopefully) anyway. It is a city that has the sound-track of a thousand whizzing motorbikes and you [...]

The thing I love most about rice (or at least rice fields) is that they are constantly changing colours. Over the course of a year rice paddies seem to go through all the colours of the rainbow. [...]