Asia

Return of the Chedi: A Buddha statue at the Central Chedi in Chiang Mai

'A princely citadel turned metropolitan'

Chiang Mai is overtaking Bangkok in travellers' affections. Andrew Spooner offers a guide for new and returning visitors

Inside Asia

Bangalore: Turned on by India's IT city

Saturday, 9 October 2010

Chris Leadbeater: It may be a hi-tech hub, but there's also plenty here to distract the inquisitive traveller.

Traveller's Guide: Japan's great outdoors

Saturday, 9 October 2010

Danielle Demetriou: Head beyond the vibrant cities to discover stunning shores and sacred mountains.

On The Road: The sacred and the profane in Indonesia

Saturday, 2 October 2010

My guide's ponytail tumbled out of his helmet as he led me towards a group of men chatting happily around a tethered buffalo. The kretek – clove cigarettes – were passed round and pleasantries exchanged before there was a palpable shift in ambience from the profane to the sacred.

Tokyo competition terms and conditions

Friday, 24 September 2010

1. All entries must be submitted before midnight on 01 November 2010

Traveller's Guide: Cambodia

Saturday, 11 September 2010

You can still feel like an explorer in a country where the wonders of Angkor Wat stand in contrast to the horrors of the Killing Fields, says Richard Waters

On The Road: Mini-monks, giant chapatis and terrible tea in north-east India

Saturday, 11 September 2010

It's hard to pinpoint the best thing about western Arunachal Pradesh, but it's easy-peasy to put your finger on the worst. Undoubtedly, it's the yak-butter tea. The oily slicks on the tea's surface are disturbing enough, but then a rancid salty taste tinged with decaying leaves causes my throat to constrict on impact. Just two days into my Arunachal journey and I've already imbibed three doses of this in friendly villagers' homes.

Almaty and Astana are just out of this world

Sunday, 5 September 2010

Kazakhstan is launching itself as the new Singapore – a stopover destination for people heading further east. Adrian Mourby gets a sneak preview of Central Asia's curious transit delight

Bali: The Indonesian island has it all

Saturday, 14 August 2010

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

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.

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