Want to leave an imprint on someone’s life? Volunteer. The opportunities for volunteerism in Southeast Asia are huge. Those stories of live altering trips to orphanages and missions in the region are true. Help Southeast Asia continue to develop by spending your vacation making a difference and experiencing something a truly rewarding and unique.
Southeast Asia is awesome… and some spots can be a wee bit too awesome.
It's a high compliment, all these tourists visiting areas that have been lauded in
You didn't travel all the way to Southeast Asia to just watch the sights go by from behind your bus window.
For a grittier cultural experience in Southeast Asia, you can hardly do better than take up a local martial arts class.
Think you've prepared everything you need for your trip to Southeast Asia?
Staying true to one's principles is difficult enough to do at home – imagine how that level of difficulty scales when you're traveling. As a travel blogger and a vegetarian, Archana Singh (blogging at Travel See Write) walks this thin line on a regular basis.
While Southeast Asia's many experiences can be covered in week-long itineraries, there's something to be said about staying much longer, and seeing the best of the region at leisure.
How much of your travel dollar actually goes back to the community you travel in? Many travelers are growing increasingly conscientious about the impact their travels make on the places they visit: wary of travel services that only benefit businesses in the capital, tourists now look for travel experiences that directly give back to their travel destinations.
I have been to PhuWua Wildlife Sanctuary several times because I love trekking...
After a year of travelling, spending around five months with Openminds I am sad to say that this adventure of mine...
I arrived in Nongkhai, Thailand in September. I had no idea what to expect except for that was going to a volunteer...
When a major disaster hits the news, everybody wants to visit the affected area and help...
Temple trails and spicy food fill people's imaginations when the subject of Southeast Asia comes up...
The culture of the Iban - the aboriginal people of Sarawak...
Getting here had been quite a struggle – Was the Myanmar
If you are slinging on the backpack and travelling...
