Vacation ideas
Vacation ideas
Fujairah is the one emirate that faces the wrong way. Six emirates line the Persian Gulf. Fujairah sits on the…
Vacation ideas
Koh Samui is one of the few islands I keep going back to. Before my first trip I expected another…
Places
Almaty sits at the foot of the Zailiysky Alatau, the northernmost ridge of the Tian Shan. The mountains start where…
Places
Samarkand can be done in a day if all you want is the Registan, Gur-e-Amir and Shah-i-Zinda. Most people who…
Vacation ideas
Hainan sells itself on beaches, and Sanya at the island's southern tip has the best of them. Yet most of…
Vacation ideas
Most first-time visitors do the same loop: Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall, a desert safari, the Marina. Dubai has a quieter…
Places
Dubai has a reputation as a city for people who don't look at price tags, and the hotels on the…
Vacation ideas
Beijing rewards a slow start. At seven in the morning the parks fill with people doing tai chi, and by…
Hotels
Pattaya sits on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand, 147 kilometers southeast of Bangkok. It is the closest…
Vacation ideas
Bangkok is one of the few big capitals where a careful traveller can live well on $30 a day. Street…
Vacation ideas
Singapore has a reputation as a futuristic city where everything costs twice what it should. Part of that is true.…
Vacation ideas
Shanghai usually means three things to a first-time visitor: the Pudong skyline, the Bund and Nanjing Road. All three are…