Unwrapped travel

Start with one ancient temple crouched on a disputed border, wrap in a questionable French map, sprinkle with dodgy politicians, stir in a pending Khmer election, lather the whole mix up with some Thai political opportunism, then complete with a few hundred armed soldiers, ASEAN and a World Heritage listing. There you have it: one [...]

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We’ve just added a new story to the Travelfish site detailing, blow by blow, how to get from Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang. it includes information on the fast and slow boats along with a few roundabout ways to do the trip (for those with a bit of time up their sleeves).

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Yeah I know it’s a spammy headline, but it’s true — make use of the Discovery Airpass and you could well fly around SE Asia on the cheap. We’ve just put a new feature on the site explaining just how the Discovery Airpass gives you cheap flights in Asia.

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We’ve heard, second hand, of a confirmed independent crossing at the Thailand/Laos border crossing at Ban Huay Kon / Muang Ngoen.
The border had been open for ages to Thais doing 4WD “adventure tours” up to Luang Prabang but we’d been told by the TAT that “there were no plans whatsoever for the crossing to [...]

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With the 2007 opening of the Prek Chak / Xa Xia border crossing between Cambodia and Vietnam it’s now possible to travel from Ko Chang in Thailand all the way along the Cambodian coastline and into Vietnam. For beach and boat lovers, this is a great trip as from Ko Chang you’re able to visit [...]

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We’ve just finished a belated updating of our Soppong coverage, including a new place to stay and more details on things to do in the area.

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We’ve just finished the update of our Pai section — including some new pics and a dozen new places to stay and lots of other useful information — enjoy!

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This November we celebrated our 10-year anniversary of living and travelling in Southeast Asia. In that time we’ve had the good fortune to live in three of Southeast Asia’s most interesting countries (Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand) and to travel extensively throughout the region. We arrived from Sydney, Australia back in 1997 with just the two [...]

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We’ve been working through a bunch of updates and additions to the site. We’ve added the following:
Mae Sot
Tak
Umphang
And updated our coverage for:
Kamphaeng Phet
Mae Sariang
Mae Hong Son
More northern Thailand updates on the way…

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Everyone knows about Pai, Muang Sing, Siem Reap and Sapa but what about if you’re looking for somewhere a little bit more off-the-beaten-track when it comes to exploring Southeast Asia’s great interior. Not surprisingly there’s loads and loads of places that you’ll read precious little about in your guidebook, that could be just the spot [...]

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