Southeast Asia

Why Singapore Trumps KL

For a long time, I was agnostic about both Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

How many days in Kuala Lumpur you spend relates directly to how much you’ll enjoy your trip (or not).

Raja Ampat is far, even if you start your journey toward it from within Indonesia.

Although my trip started stressfully, I look back fondly at all the things to do in Da Nang—and outside the city as well.

This is Paradise, or as close as I’ve ever come to it.

Is Brunei worth visiting? It’s complicated.

The only thing cooler than a treehouse in the middle of the jungle? A treehouse in the middle of a jungle full of wild orangutans.

The secret to people’s feelings about Jakarta is in its nickname, “The Big Durian.”

Vientiane is not such a terrible place, at least not if you maintain realistic expectations.

Neither Phuket nor Bali are particularly attractive islands, let alone places that live up to the wild expectations travelers tend to have of both.