South East Asia has some of the best food the world – fresh, varied and available at every glance. Indeed, many of our customers cite the quality and range of the cuisine in both Thailand and Vietnam as one of their key reasons for visiting.
As a casual visitor it can sometimes be difficult to know where to start looking for the best food – sometimes you need a helping hand. I find this particularly true of Saigon – a sprawling metropolis with seemingly endless dining options and communication challenges with taxi drivers. Add to this the fact that most quality local restaurants outside the hotel and backpacker districts don’t have menus in English and you’ll see why many like a few tips for places to check out. (more…)
The ‘Gathering of the Elephants’ in Minneriya National Park is one of the world’s most spectacular wildlife phenomenon. Hundreds of Asian elephants converge around the park’s main lake generally between July and October, coinciding with the dry season in Sri Lanka’s North Central & Eastern provinces. The tank is an incredible place to observe elephants that come to bathe and graze on the grasses as well as the huge flocks of birds that come to fish in the shallow waters. 
