India
Old Goa – Time machine dreams and the fragility of civilisation
Notes on Panaji – The quaint capital of Goa, and the Macau of India
Notes on North Goa Beaches
Notes on Bengaluru (The Garden City) – Old city mayhem, transport apps, and fancy airports
Indonesia
Jalan Jaksa – The slow demise of Jakarta’s backpacker street
Notes on Jakarta – Metros, moto apps, an airport train, and a giant seawall
Notes on Palembang – The port city of South Sumatra
Japan
Visiting the world’s largest Starbucks in Tokyo
Notes on Kyoto – temple hopping and urban wanders
Malaysia
Chow Kit – an emerging inner city neighbourhood in Kuala Lumpur
Taiwan
Notes on Kaohsiung – an underrated city for when you have the #overtourism blues
Vietnam
Notes on Phu Quoc 2021- The tourism developments that have transformed this tropical island paradise
Notes on Vung Tau – A weekend at the beach of Saigon
Notes on Con Dao – From prison island to pilgrimage paradise
Notes on Soc Trang – Big Buddhas and superb soups deep in the Delta
Notes on Bac Lieu – Most people don’t go here
Notes on Ca Mau – the most southerly provincial capital in Vietnam
Notes on Ha Tien – An unexpectedly agreeable port and border town
Notes on Long Xuyen – a provincial capital in the Mekong Delta
Notes on Sa Dec – An overlooked city in the Mekong Delta
Notes on Phan Rang–Thap Cham
Notes on Da Lat – The cool mountain city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
Notes on Nha Trang – pandemic edition
Notes on Lao Cai – The provincial capital on the Vietnam-China border
Notes on Sapa – Visiting a tourist town without tourists (2020 pandemic edition)
Notes on Ha Long – the city by its namesake bay
Notes on Phan Thiet – Mui Ne Beach, Phan Thiet city, and riding along the Binh Thuan coast
Hanoi beyond Hoan Kiem – how the metro will open up the city outside the old quarter
Notes on Ninh Binh – an abandoned backpacker street and the mega mansions that look like cathedrals
Notes on Sam Son Beach – The hyper-local resort city in Northern Vietnam
Scenic Ninh Binh – The Trang An Landscape Complex
Notes on Thanh Hoa – A provincial capital in the North Central Region of Vietnam
Notes on Quy Nhon – an emerging beach city in Vietnam (2020 trip report)
Vinh Hoa Beach – An idyllic small beach getaway in Vietnam
Notes on Tuy Hoa – Just the right amount of nothing much to do
Visiting Hoi An without international tourists
Notes on Can Tho – Urban life in the Mekong Delta
Notes on Tra Vinh – Khmer temples and a tourist town that might have been
Notes on Ben Tre – Coconuts and the bad-ass women of Vietnamese history
Dong Hoi – Like Da Nang, 10 years ago
Could Hue be the next Chiang Mai?
Experience the Phong Nha Caves and rural life in Vietnam
