Laos

Southeast Asia Travel Warnings Some guests, and prospective guests, are occasionally bemused as to which areas of Southeast Asia we can take you too and which we can’t and why. Well, frequently so are we. Firstly, as a UK-licensed tour operator, we’re obliged to follow British Foreign Office travel advice, so, it depends upon whatever Southeast Asia travel warnings the…

Southeast Asian countries and peoples When we say ‘we’, the post is, of course, written from the point of view of a native English speaker and we’re not going into the various, for example, French, German or Spanish names used to refer to Southeast Asian countries and their peoples. We’re comparing names currently in use today in the English language,…

Much of Southeast Asia’s rugged mountainous north was until very recently a mere blank on the map

Some of our favourite Chiang Mai street food; what is it, where to find it and how much should it cost?

Indochine, as the French called it, comprised 5 regions or territories; Annam, Cambodia, Cochin-china, Laos and Tonkin

A detour through the spectacular mountain landscapes of Pu Luong, Thanh Hoa Province, northwest Vietnam

Meals on our Vietnam small group tours and some of the classic local dishes you’ll come across

A few of the local guides and tour-leaders you may come across – or have already met – on our small group tours to Southeast Asia

Hin Nam No National Park in northeastern Laos was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list in July 2025

Cambodian World Heritage Site As of July 2025, UNESCO has inscribed a 5th Cambodian World Heritage Site to their list with the creation of a Cambodian Memorial Sites entry. The listing combines three separate sites: Choeung Ek – more commonly known to visitors as the Killing Fields, Tuol Sleng or S21 – the Genocide Museum, plus a third site simply…

Wild and domesticated elephants in Southeast Asia and where to see them

Some of our favourite boat journeys in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam