Beneath The Surface: Fishing For Bangkoks Big Cats
Hidden in the heart of Bangkok’s sweltering cement soup-bowl of a city, sits a peaceful little lake rimmed with A-frame huts and silent swaying sawgrass. Set away from the madness of Bangkok’s traffic, Bungsamran Lake exists as if in a different world. Which is fitting, because the massive creatures that swim beneath it’s tranquil surface definitely look otherworldly. […]
Southeast Asia’s Most Dazzling Gardens
The climate in Southeast Asia has gifted the region with an abundance of greenery and bright, tropical flowers, the best of which can be enjoyed in its botanical gardens. For starters, try these five for your next cross-ASEAN itinerary. Perdana Botanical Gardens, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur’s cherished botanical park is the total tourist package. Found […]
Cambodia: Nature-Based Tourism
1.1. Koh Phdao CBT in Kratie Province Located in the northeastern Cambodian province of Kratie, Koh Pdao is famous for the freshwater dolphin community living in its part of the Mekong River. Travelers come to Koh Pdao to see the dolphins, but they stay for the community-based experience here that immerses them in the local […]
Southeast Asia’s Top Animal Encounters in the Wild
Animal encounters? Zoos are all well and good (Singapore has some of the world’s best) but if you want to really see them at their most authentic, you’ve got to visit them where they live. At least in Southeast Asia, you don’t have to drive far to do so. Conservation efforts by NGOs have led […]
Southeast Asia’s Endless Overland Adventures
The great majority of Southeast Asian countries share land borders with at least one other country (the exception is the Philippines, an archipelago with no shared land borders at all). This represents a golden opportunity for travelers who want to blaze a path of their own: land crossings between well-trafficked stops, like the gap between Siem […]
Ringgit And Sense: Tips For Travel To Kuching
For a really cool holiday trip that doesn’t soak up your last penny, you need to know the basics: 1)How to get there 2)Where to stay 3)What to look for, and 4)Where to eat How to Get There If your way leads to Kuching, Sarawak, how to get there, is easy; you fly. The old […]
The Rivers Wild: Touring Borneos Liquid Lifelines
Once cave dwelling went out of style, the peoples of Borneo looked towards the liquid highways of this giant island to establish settlements and make contact with the outside world. Having a reputation for being blood-thirsty headhunters roaming jungles infested with equally blood-thirsty wild creatures probably wasn’t the best idea for a public relations campaign, […]
Marlin Dreaming
For the sports angler, nothing gets the adrenaline pumping as powerfully as the scream of a reel when a big oceanic predator smashes a lure or bait. The top piscatorial target in the sport of big game fishing is the Marlin, closely followed by its billfish relatives, the Sailfish, Swordfish, and Spearfish. A true super-fish […]
The Underwater Treasures of Sipadan Island
Among Southeast Asia’s diving sites, Sipadan Island near Sabah sets some of the highest bars of all for visiting divers. Only 120 dive permits are issued every day, and dives are permitted only between 8am and 3pm. Divers need to show advanced open water certification, or at the very least 20 logged dives, before they’ll […]
Here Be Dragons: Komodo Island’s Amazing Diving
The amazing wildlife beneath the Komodo Islands’ adjacent sea deserves almost as much attention as the dragons that brought this Indonesian island group to the world’s attention. 20 metres beneath the surface, divers can descend to an alternate dimension where gravity does not exist and alien lifeforms proliferate. Colorful corals provide a picturesque home for […]