Asia

Bali: The Indonesian island has it all

Beautiful beaches, exquisite temples, great food, and mighty volcanoes – this Indonesian island has it all.

Inside Asia

The Natural World: On the trail of the Vietnamese snail

Saturday, 14 August 2010

I'm scrabbling through the soil, picking through the vegetation and scouring beneath the rocks for snails. As curator of molluscs this isn't unusual, but this time I'm in the middle of a tropical rainforest in northern Vietnam, 120km south-west of Hanoi. It is over 30C, humid, and I'm pretty sure I've just been bitten by another blood-sucking leech – but I think I have the best job in the world.

Travel Challenge: A diving holiday in South-east Asia

Saturday, 10 July 2010

Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a specific holiday. Today: a week's diving holiday in South-east Asia in August. Prices are per person and include flights departing from Heathrow.

The Natural World: Always have a friend for dinner in China

Saturday, 3 July 2010

The aquariums are a bit overwhelming: there are dozens, each with its living display of seafood laid out before me. As with many popular restaurants in China, the customers are poring over and sizing up the food while servers encouragingly prod and corral their livestock. There are clams from Canada, abalone from South Africa, locally caught crabs with their claws held closed by elastic bands.

Malaysia: Discover Asia's secret shores

Saturday, 26 June 2010

Malaysia's east coast offers secluded islands, tranquil beaches and dramatic rainforest – all at bargain prices.

They work, rest and play in Hangzhou

Sunday, 20 June 2010

A new flight from Europe has put this city of commerce within easier reach for tourists, too, says Mark Leftly.

Sri Lanka: Once off-limits areas are reopening to tourists

Saturday, 22 May 2010

Foreign correspondent Peter Popham returns to discover how much has changed since the civil war ended

On The Road: Temples, tradition and relaxing with tea on the beach in Gokarna

Saturday, 17 April 2010

Getting to Karnataka's Om beach was relatively easy. Now, though, standing on the dark sand with the sun setting, the sound of an acoustic guitar playing, dogs roaming around me and more hippie travellers than you could shake an incense stick at, I wondered what had inspired me to make the journey. Om beach just isn't India.