"There are good people and bad people everywhere"
March 3, 2011, 10:29 am
Sometimes a place can make you feel better just by knowing it exists. That's how I feel about Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort.
February 25, 2011, 7:35 pm
Take yoga class, sweat it out on an oval or consume fresh organic food and juice at the BaliSpirit Festival in Ubud.
February 24, 2011, 10:25 am
There are tours and activities from cycling and snorkelling to safaris and cooking lessons and
visitors can experience traditional legong dance dramas.
From the craziness of Bangkok to the traditions of Vietnam, there's much to love about boutique cruising in Asia.
February 18, 2011, 8:35 pm
The image that stays with me as I try to make sense of a five-day visit to Cambodia is a pail full of cooked black tarantulas in Phnom Penh.
February 9, 2011, 11:19 pm
The 62nd Sapporo Snow Festival started in northern Japan on Monday February 7 and is set to attract more than two million visitors. Glenn A. Baker reports.
February 9, 2011, 11:07 pm
In once-glorious gin palaces of Asia famous writers arrived, scribed and swanned off, leaving behind bon mots and minor scandals.
February 4, 2011, 8:57 pm
The locals like to say that Sabah is a land full of treasures from mountain high to ocean deep - and they're not wrong.
February 4, 2011, 8:50 pm
Not long after we set sail they came into view - the first of more than 40 islands positioned like sentries over Phang Nga Bay Marine National Park.
February 2, 2011, 7:58 pm
It's a sign of the shifting times - another indication, perhaps, of the imminent passing of the mantle of world top dog from the United States to China.
January 28, 2011, 4:45 pm
Known for its budget-busting price tag as much as its sights and heritage, Tokyo is on the bucket list for many travellers.
January 27, 2011, 10:05 am
Wedged against the Himalayas, China and India, Bhutan is a wonderfully friendly country that can be visited at most times of the year.
January 26, 2011, 8:17 pm
One of my big moments last year was watching the Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur.
January 21, 2011, 8:35 pm
Getting out of the hotel and shop-dominated tourist areas around Kuta brings great rewards.
January 21, 2011, 7:24 pm
We've had cartoonist Dean Alston’s guide to Bali. And here we extend the idea, with the Alston family’s more-extensive guide to Bali.
January 21, 2011, 5:45 pm
A helmeted hornbill cries above. A little later, I hear a honk which speeds up as if something is winding itself up. It is the whoop-whoop-whoop of a rhinoceros hornbill.
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