Asia & Pacific

The tide rolled in and the famous Quobba Blowhole shot another massive plume of spray high into the air. The travellers below me were getting a drenching. It was 2012, …

Reading Time: 13 minutesHikers in the Nepalese Himalayas have two serious choices: The Khumbu (Everest Base Camp) western region, or the Annapurna eastern region. GlobeRovers has done both but spent …

Reading Time: 8 minutesLooking for paradise on earth? The Maldives comes to mind, I know. But… where in the Maldives to go. There are many atolls and islands to choose …

Reading Time: 6 minutesKazakhstan is big. Very big!  In fact, it is the world’s largest landlocked country by land area and the ninth largest country in the world. It is …

Reading Time: 7 minutesTibet is home to numerous ancient Buddhist monasteries with a substantial number of resident monks.  The so-called “Tibet Autonomous Region” (which is the area now referred to …

Reading Time: 8 minutesWalk the streets of historical Kochi, hike the tea and cardamom plantations of Munnar, spot tigers in the Periyar Tiger Reserve near Kumily, then relax for a …

Reading Time: 4 minutesOver the last couple of months, I had the privilege to travel along the 1,930 km (1,200 mi) coast of Myanmar, all the way from the north, …

Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery year in September, since 1957, the small Eastern Highlands town of Goroka turns into bright colours as the Papua New Guinean tribes come from across the …

Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce a year, on the last Sunday of November, it’s time for the Monkey Buffet in Lopburi, Thailand. Located about 150 km north of the national capital, …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe archipelago of Vanuatu is located in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia, and surrounded by the islands of New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Fiji. …