Luxury travel company andBeyond is set to launch its first lodge in Asia, with andBeyond Punakha River Lodge scheduled to open in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan in September 2023. Situated on the banks of the Mo Chu River in the Punakha Valley, the lodge will feature six tented suites, as well as a two-bedroom villa with a private pool and a one-b...

A boat ride along the Mekong River is one of the highlights of a trip to Vietnam and can be combined with a visit to the unique floating markets. Cai Rang is the largest floating market in the Mekong Delta and is located about six kilometres from the town of Can Tho. You can reach the market by boat from Ninh Kieu Wharf in Can Tho and it takes abou...

What springs to mind when one hears about Mumbai? For many it is the iconic, opulent and supremely grandesque Taj Palace hotel on Apollo Bandar Road. It is without doubt the majestic epicentre of Mumbai adjacent to the historic Gateway of India from where the last troops of the Somerset battalion exited when Indian gained independence. Th...

​The Dharavi slum was founded in 1884 during the British colonial era, and grew because of the explosion of factories and residents from the peninsular city centre by the colonial government and from the migration of rural Indians into urban Mumbai. For this reason, Dharavi is currently a highly diverse settlement, religiously and ethnically. Dhara...

​ I found out recently that the classic route isn't the only way to reach Everest Base Camp in Nepal. I've just been the hard way! When I took the picture above... I was the other end of a long flight, too far away to go home. I was sharing this room with a stranger who became a good friend. Anticipating a trek which I hoped would become an adventu...

Norpeo happily allows me to slather her with handful after handful of silky-smooth river mud. And she doesn't mind when I follow her into the crystal-clear waters of the River Kwai to splash and scrub the mud off with a big kitchen broom. Maybe she's such a trusting friend because earlier I hand fed her watermelons and bananas as she winked at me a...