Showing 1 - 10 of 48
Mystical Moyo
B Magazine, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 07/07/2019
» I was never an Eat, Pray, Love fanatic and had already been to Bali when the book and movie came out. But Indonesia, a country made up of thousands of islands, is so much more than Bali.
Travelling on a higher plane
B Magazine, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 23/06/2019
» Faith-based travel, aka spiritual tourism, is one of the fastest-growing vacation trends worldwide. Each year, several million visitors flock to religious attractions around the globe, not only for explicitly theological purposes but for recreational contentment.
Island paradise
B Magazine, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 12/05/2019
» Luxury is often unassociated with eco-friendliness. That is not the case in Cambodia. At the Royal Sands Koh Rong, an hour off the coast of Sihanoukville, the environment is of prime concern, even before the resort was built.
Once in a lifetime
B Magazine, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 07/04/2019
» The sky in Mae Hong Son was grey with haze, blanketing the province day and night. The smell from forest fires and the open-air burning of farm waste hurt the nose. The polluted air hurt the eyes. But the ongoing air crisis couldn't ruin the celebratory spirit of Ban Pha Bong community as it hosted Poi Sang Long, the annual mass novice ordination ceremony of the Tai Yai ethnic group.
Once upon a time in Paris
B Magazine, Published on 28/10/2018
» If one was lucky enough to have lived in Paris while young, wrote Ernest Hemingway, the city would remain with you for the rest of your life. Humphrey Bogart echoed the sentiment with that classic movie line from the closing frames of Casablanca. "We'll always have Paris," Rick, his character, tells the woman he will never see again. And even Art Buchwald, the humour columnist, weighed in, titling his charming memoir I'll Always Have Paris.
Dodging the bullet
B Magazine, Gary Boyle, Published on 07/10/2018
» One of the best things about travelling in Japan is the fast and convenient Shinkansen. The bullet trains can whisk you from Tokyo to Kyoto in as little as two hours and 20 minutes. Or you could, like 34-year old Gabriel Camelin, a video and photography lecturer at Silpakorn University, do the same trip on your bicycle. The route through the mountains is 570km and can be done, if you're as brave and fit as Gabriel, in just seven days.
Stockholm syndrome
B Magazine, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 17/12/2017
» 'In 50 metres, turn right," my smartphone's navigation app says. According to the app, after turning the corner, I'll arrive at one of Stockholm's most iconic spots -- Gamla Stan, or the Old Town area.
Peak interest at Indochina's highest point
B Magazine, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 05/11/2017
» Standing atop Fansipan mountain, I feel on top of the world -- which is to be expected, since they call this summit the Roof of Indochina.
The real face of Pakistan
B Magazine, Published on 11/06/2017
» Mention of Pakistan often conjures up gloomy images for people who have never set foot in the country. I, for one, often heard negative things about Pakistan due to the country's long history of internal conflicts and its association with the war on terror.