Steve Garley considers the many attractions of Bird Island in the Seychelles including the obvious ones…

Bird Island is a truly unique place.  If you are looking for a designer hideaway with butler service, you have definitely come to the …

Famous for being a friendly, welcoming city with plenty to do and see, choosing what to leave in and leave out of the itinerary can be tricky for a visitor new to Bangkok’s fast pace and frenetic atmosphere. Here is …

Batik is one of the arts and crafts most usually associated with South East Asia and Thailand or Malaysia in particular. Many believe that the word has a Malay root and translates as “to write” or “to dot”.   It is …

Phuket is Thailand’s best-known beach destination and its largest island.  Set in the Andaman Sea in western Thailand, its sandy beaches stretch to a mountainous interior dominated by forest, palm oil and rubber plantations. Phuket has a lively nightlife centred …

The Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of South East Asia, bordered to the north by Laos and to the east by Laos and Cambodia.  To the south, it’s bounded by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia and to …