Tag: Culture, Laos, Travel, Willem van Gent
Travel through Laos and Cambodia Part 1: From Vientiane to Pakse
By: Willem van Gent On the road from Vientiane Airport to the centre of the city you are welcomed by communist flags, alternating with the national flag of Laos. The...
Climbing the Less Well-Known Peaks of Indonesia
By: Daniel Quinn As editor of the not-for-profit hiking website Gunung Bagging, I have spent the last few years exploring countless mountain peaks – both famous and...
Little India, Singapore’s Most Colorful & Least Sterile Corner
By: Cher tan If anything, Little India is arguably the only place in Singapore which feels out of place in sterile Singapore. The feeling is palpable once you are in...
Introduction to Northern Sulawesi
By: Dalih Sembiring The provinces of North Sulawesi and Gorontalo make up most of the Minahasa Peninsula, the northernmost arm of Sulawesi, also known as the island of...
Economy Train
By: Reza Daffi I live in Yogyakarta. Not long ago, Nick, an Australian friend of mine who stayed in the city for several months, told me he was going to Jakarta, the...
Pulau Tidung @ Pulau Seribu: Tropical Getaway a stone’s throw away from Jakarta
By: Martin Jenkins I used to think the ultimate culture shock trip from Jakarta was the flight over to saccharine sweet Singapore but equally as eye opening – and...
Singapore’s Holland Village, Laidback Food Haven
By: Cher Tan A slightly upmarket suburb, Holland Village is popular amongst the expatriate crowd. Despite the posh restaurants and bars however, it has a laidback...
East Timor: Dili Insider Tips, Savor Dili’s Laidback Charm
By: Dalih Sembiring Many East Timorese may not know the exact size of their country, but they can tell you that it stretches from Oecussi, an exclave bordering with...
Singapore’s Chinatown: Highlights Off & On the Beaten Track
By: Cher Tan Singapore’s Chinatown is definitely worth a visit. Every major city in the world has a Chinatown. However, there are little variations present from one...
Food Heaven in a Medan Alley: Jalan Selat Panjang Medan
By: Labodalih Sembiring Medan, 9:45 p.m. The city’s commonly unruly traffic has died down. But this is not the case in a narrow street tucked behind Jalan Semarang,...
