Located 40 km west of the provincial capital, the small town of Sri Chiang Mai is best known for being the spring roll capital of Thailand -- wherever you look, spring roll wrappers sit on their ...

Entire books are devoted to the cuisine of Vietnam. This single page cannot do justice to the incredible array of foods, street food joints, Vietnamese and international restaurants, cafes, and, of ...

Disgusting? Cheesy? Stomach-turning? Delicious? No visitor to Camboida is ever ambivalent when faced with the strongest of local delicacies. And that’s because there really is nothing delicate about a ...

While capital city Vientiane rushes towards modernity, one remarkable centre helps women with their future by reviving Laos’ age-old traditional crafts. The Houey Hong Vocational Training Centre for ...

Think the most common word in Lao is “sabaidee”? Think again. We’d argue that the Lao say the words “kin khao” more than they say hello. Kin khao literally translates as “eat rice”, or in other words, ...

This is where the action is: the bustling, thumping heart of Siem Reap. It may be a small town, but you’ll find a huge range of restaurants, bars, shops and markets here, as well as a few notable ...

If at all possible, you want to organise your holiday in Thailand so that you're spending October in the Central, North and Northeast regions. October on the islands — any of them — is wet. The ...

Chiang Mai offers a stunning array of cuisines, served at its streetside eateries through to high-end fine dining restaurants. Diners are spoiled for choice, with options including traditional ...

The Lao language is quite direct and does not encompass many polite phrases. While ‘thank you’, kop chai, is widely used in interactions, the word for ‘please’ is so rare, it’s only ever used in ...

Since its opening, thousands of sick and injured elephants have been treated here with problems ranging from poor diet and shotgun or barbed wire injuries to more serious land-mine injuries from the ...

Located in front of the bus station along the main road, Boon Piya Resort is a convenient and comfortable choice. All rooms are in relatively new white bungalows clustered very close to one another ...

Thailand has a multitude of visa options and requirements -- many of which change with alarming frequency. You can go to the horse's mouth at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the full (though ...