Thailand
Ko Chang - one island, two faces
Ko Chang, Thailand's third-largest island near the Cambodian border, is split by its mountainous interior into two very different worlds: a wild east of fishing villages…
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Far-flung places
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Thailand
Thailand - etiquette and behaviour, or Thai savoir-vivre
Thailand is a friendly and tolerant country, which is all the more reason to follow a few rules of etiquette so as not to offend the…
Thailand
Trekking in the Thai mountains
If you are in northern Thailand, a trek is well worth considering. For me it was the highlight of a week-long stay: elephants, waterfalls, jungle, hill…
Thailand
Thailand - land of mountains, hill tribes and the legend of opium
Northern Thailand, on the borders of Burma and Laos and once the heart of the opium Golden Triangle, is a land of colourful hill tribes, rafting,…
Singapore
Singapore's 5 greatest attractions
Singapore is a global one-off: an ethnic and cultural collage, a city-state where many races, languages and religions live side by side. Here is my subjective…
India
Mumbai - a city of contrasts
Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is a teeming metropolis bursting with energy: noisy, usually dirty, yet at times dripping with luxury. From the Gateway of India and Elephanta…
Jordan
Jordan, Petra and Wadi Rum: beautiful, cheap and close
Cheap flights to Eilat put southern Jordan within easy reach: a short hop across the border lies Petra, the rock city of the Nabataeans, and the…
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka - live your own Asia Express
Two weeks of the Polish winter are enough to see Sri Lanka properly. A self-drive route from the Negombo fish market and Colombo through Dambulla, Sigiriya,…
New Zealand
New Zealand - the Māori
How Māori culture shapes everyday life in New Zealand, from the carved gateway at Auckland Airport and the haka at Whakarewarewa to a Māori song in…
Morocco
Morocco - the exotic within easy reach
Direct flights from Poland put Morocco just a few hours away. A loop from Marrakesh over the Atlas Mountains to Ouarzazate, along the Road of the…
New Zealand
New Zealand - the North Island
Two weeks in New Zealand begin on the North Island: Coromandel and Hot Water Beach, Māori culture and geysers in Rotorua, a rain-soaked Tongariro National Park,…
Thailand
Przemek Saleta - in love with Thailand
An interview with Polish boxer and kickboxer Przemek Saleta, who lives on Ko Samui: the rainy season, Thai boxing camps, Sak Yant tattoos, Buddhism and Thai…