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 [...]
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 [...]
As the boat sped across the Celebes Sea, a smile tugged at my lips and I shimmied into my wetsuit. We were on our way to Sipadan, an uninhabited island off the east coast of Malaysian Borneo. [...]
For many visitors to Borneo, a few nights on Gaya Island is the ideal end to the trip. A short boat ride from Kota Kinabalu, the island is covered in rainforest and surrounded by coral reefs and [...]
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 [...]
This is a post by Marbree, a member of the Luxury Travel in Asia team. Despite being pictured here in Namibia, she spends most of her time in Asia. Marbree just finished a research trip in Borneo [...]
This is a guest post by the lovely Eva (pictures here on board of the Eastern & Oriental Express) who works with me at Fleewinter (a boutique London tour operator that offers Asia holidays). [...]