To journey in Asia is to set a fire under your senses. From the zesty aromas of India’s spice markets and the tantalising flavours of Vietnamese street food, to the frenetic noise and pace of the continent’s major cities, its epic ancient sites, and the breathtaking beauty of its islands, beaches and wild places, Asia is at once spellbinding and confronting, challenging yet captivating.
Asia is the first continent we travelled to as a couple, and it cast an immediate spell. Since our first six-week stint in Vietnam back in 2004, we’ve returned to Asia’s beguiling landscapes time and again and no two trips are ever alike, whether we’re on the lookout for wild orangutans in Malaysian Borneo, wandering remote pagoda complexes in Myanmar, diving the beautiful reefs of the Indonesian archipelago, or tantalising our tastebuds in the hawker markets of Singapore. Asia will always call us back.
Posts from Asia
The Hungry Traveller’s Guide To Eating In Singapore
For hundreds of years, the tiny island nation of Singapore has been a gateway to Asia, and a cultural crossroads absorbing customs, cuisines and flavours from around the world. Like many travellers, we’ve passed through this international hub lots of times, catching random glimpses of the outside world as we dash …
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Muck Diving In Bali: All The Small Things
We’re trundling down a dirt track towards the sea on the outskirts of Amed, a jumble of villages stretching for miles along Bali’s east coast. Gentle waves lap against a beach of large, smooth stones lined with narrow, brightly-coloured fishing boats. Behind us, the steep sides of Mount Agung, an active volcano, rise sheer above …
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Bali’s underwater wonderland: Photo Gallery
Superb shipwrecks, mantas, mola mola, fantastic coral, cute cuttlefish, morish muck diving, nifty night diving and fantastic tropical water with awesome visibility. Add easy, relatively short flights from Sydney, great cheap accommodation overlooking the ocean, and friendly, gentle people, and you’ll get the gist of why Bali is our go-to …
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A birthday diving adventure in Bali
Hopping across to Bali from Sydney may not be your typical long weekend break, however for this birthday boy it seemed like a great antidote to the depths of a Sydney winter. Sunshine and diving anyone . . . . yes please!! So we packed up our diving gear and …
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Hong Kong & Macau: Foreign and familiar
In Hong Kong, I felt the dormant shopper in me stir. Who wouldn’t feel the burn of their credit card, standing under the bright lights and big brands of what feels like the world’s biggest shopping mall? Somehow, I resisted. Perhaps it was the discipline borne of a year where …
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Scenes of Sri Lanka: Photo Gallery
Sri Lanka is an island treasure, a diverse landscape of lush rainforest, ambient highland tea plantations, dazzling white sand beaches, bustling cities that never feel crowded, resilient and warm people, and over 2000 years of fascinating history and culture. Easy to travel, and a delight to explore, here’s a gallery of …
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Sri Lanka: Circumnavigating the emerald teardrop
We arrive at Colombo International Airport at 5am, weary and a little tetchy after taking the red eye from Mumbai. After a long queue through immigration with a plane load of other grumpy travellers, we finally emerge into a breaking Sri Lankan dawn, and soon find ourselves in a hybrid …
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Vibrant India: Photo Gallery
India has long been on our bucket list. A country of 1.2 billion people, it’s a vast stirring pot of humanity with all the shades of society that such a large and diverse population brings. No other country we’ve travelled has been as challenging, engaging, frustrating, enlivening or eye-opening. It leaves …
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