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The sun is so bright my eyes hurt. I edge myself back into the shady veranda, not wanting to burn bright red on my first day at this small resort situated right on Koh Samui’s Bo Phut beach. From my private view, sprawled out on a day bed overlooking the pool bordering the beach, I […]

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Travelling to Vanuatu is fairly easy these days. Cruise ships stop frequently off Port Vila for a day or half-day shopping reconnaissance, turning the tiny capital town into a mini-mall for an hour or two. Port Vila is the country’s crossroads, though most informed travellers wisely pass through it on their way to a tropical […]

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Packed with natural charms, Vietnam is a study in contrasting delights. Vietnam stretches for nearly 1,500 kilometres from its northern border with China to its vast Mekong River delta in its southern extremity. A mountainous spine bridges the northern, central and southern regions. Indeed Vietnam is competing against Thailand for south eastern Asia’s hot-spot beach […]

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