Tourism sector gears up to reduce carbon footprint

It is not until the recent years that some hotels began hanging the “reuse your towel, save a penguin” signs on the towel racks. While cynics might dismiss this approach as greenwashing, few major players are engaged in a streamlined operation to reduce carbon emissions.
19 December 2015

The Venice of China

Everywhere you look, a piece of the beautiful Grand Canal can be seen peeping through from beside the busy streets.
10 December 2015

Radiant Rangoon

The curious appeal of Rangoon, as late, is its stark contradictions. They are manifested almost in everywhere. The winds of change by opening up to the world has resulted in import of newest model Japanese cars , growing number of swanky hotels, Latin and European football mania , fast-food joints to almost anything trendy across the globe.
6 December 2015

LOST IN TRANSLITERATION

Immersed in mixed feelings, I boarded my flight for Kunming to take part in the “Chinese Bridge Summer Camp 2015” on October 30.
2 December 2015

Where Wonders Are Waiting

Everything was autumn- the infinite yellow and blue-grey canvas of a sky with an adequate amount of what looked like white brush strokes smeared across in a pattern...
30 November 2015

The Munda people of the Sundarbans

The Munda are an ethnic community of the Sundarbans mangrove ecological zone. Originating in India, the Munda people travelled to Bangladesh around 300 years ago and have been here ever since.
30 November 2015

Mawlamyine’s “damaged eye”-4

The Soe Brothers Guesthouse jointly organises a roundtrip with the Breeze guesthouse in Mawlamyine.
30 November 2015

[WATCH NOW] Journey to the source of Matamuhuri river

Of the hundreds of rivers in Bangladesh, only two rivers -- Sangu and Matamuhuri -- have originated from Bangladesh. Both rivers are located in the southeastern hilly part of Bangladesh.
26 November 2015

A year in Thailand

Solitude is a remarkable thing; it can make a philosopher out of anyone. I spent a quiet year in the south of Thailand in a place called Songkhla.
16 November 2015

Myanmar’s mesmerising southeast -3

If you haven’t taken the train in Myanmar, you haven’t actually been there. Despite the myriad complaints for being slow, incompetent, late, poor in service quality and unpredictable bumpy rides, it’s the trains that speak of a uniquely diverse nation, unwraps a country blessed by Mother Nature while enabling one to feel its pulse.
15 November 2015

Have Food, Will Travel

A most curious thing happened recently. I realized that while people love to reminisce over the wonderful places from past vacations, the only thing I remember is the food. The glorious, glorious food.
9 November 2015

Nek Chand Garden

With thousands of years of history and heritage behind it, today India is recognised as being one of the largest multicultural countries in Asia...
9 November 2015

4 places you can go for a stroll in Dhaka

When was the last time you stopped and took a deep long breath to smell the fresh air? Life in the metropolis can sometimes be claustrophobic. With the hectic work schedule, blazing horns and blinding lights it is very easy to get lost in the commotion that is Dhaka city. So where do you go in this concrete jungle to sit, think and contemplate your day away? Here are a few places in the city where you can relax and take a breath.
7 November 2015

Sittwe’s Sweet and sour - 2

The near 5 hour boat journey from Mrauk U to Sittwe commenced at 8 in the morning. Both floors of the ferry became packed with half awaken local commuters.
5 November 2015

Debunking Stereotypes about Iran

Thanks to the Western media and its immense influence on us, we picture Iran as an extremist/horrific country. In reality, it is quite the contrary. These are some misinformation on Iran which people seem to believe.
4 November 2015

Ravishing Rakhaine -1

Promoted by advocacy groups and social media the country came out of the Pandora’s isolation box some 5 years ago and rapidly catching up with the top tourist destinations in Asia. It’s big, it’s bombastic and it’s ambitious. Shahriar Feroze is stitching a five part travel tale from the country that recently came out of self-imposed obscurity...Myanmar
2 November 2015

How to pack for the beach

I used to pack light as a travelling teenager but then Facebook happened. Suddenly I HAD to take those nude pumps I could barely walk in with me wherever I would go. “Who's looking?” bemused mum would ask. Uh, everyone on my friend list, mum!
26 October 2015

At the Palace of the Queen of Heaven

Along the Eastern bank of the Sanjiangkou, a confluence of three rivers: Yuyao, Fenghua and Yongjiang, is one of Ningbo’s (Zhejiang province, China) major tourist attraction...
21 October 2015

Into the clouds

Dawn peeps in on the chatter of crickets and birds. The forested hills make way to an unsuspecting audience waking up to the shimmer of the first rays through the tree tops.
19 October 2015

Sarawak Cultural Village

Sarawak, situated on the northwest of Borneo Island, is known as the Land of the Hornbills. Forests are its most valuable assets and resources, yielding timber and a large amount of jungle produce. The state's rainforest is a sanctuary to a phenomenal myriad of more than 8000 species of flora and over 20000 fauna, the majority of which are insects.
12 October 2015