Taiwan – Reopens!

Taiwan – Reopens!

TAIWAN Reopens!   Having scrapped its COVID regulations, the self-ruled island is now allowing quarantine-free entry for the first time in more than two and a half years. After removing some of the longest-lasting pandemic border controls in the world, Taiwan has...
Philippines – Condé Nast Award!

Philippines – Condé Nast Award!

PHILIPPINES Condé Nast Award!   The Philippines has been voted as one of the 10 friendliest countries in the world in the 2022 Condé Nast Traveler (CNT) Readers’ Choice Awards. Ranked by almost a quarter of a million CNT readers, the country also secured back-to-back...
Nepal – Worship the Sun God!

Nepal – Worship the Sun God!

NEPAL Workship the Sun God!   On 30th October, Chhath Parva attracts thousands of pilgrims to the holy town of Janakpur in south-eastern Nepal. But it is celebrated all over Nepal including Kathmandu where people from the Terai gather along the banks of rivers...
Maldives – Swimming with Mantas

Maldives – Swimming with Mantas

MALDIVES Swimming with Mantas   Have you ever seen a manta Ray leaping up out of the water, as though trying to fly like a kite? In the Maldives, the collective name for underwater rays is “Madi” which is the same word they use for kites. The Maldives...