I’ve spent more time in Vietnam than any other country besides my home; in fact I lived there for the last year. Originally as part of my career break in 2007, I traveled through Vietnam from North to South soaking up it’s fascinating culture for 4 weeks.
I had already traveled my way through Thailand [...]

This is not a new idea. One of my college roommates was a polymer chemist and polymer chemists have been playing this joke on each other for at least 25 years.
Dissolving Bikini is the Ultimate Revenge Gift
The sexy swimsuit disappears by dissolving in water, leaving a woman completely nude and embarrassed. The sexy black swimsuit [...]

There was something about the airy clifftop setting of Amankila that made me feel like flying while I was there. Perhaps it was the way the three-tier pools flowed into each other and, seemingly, off the side of the precipice. It could have been the fact that the adjacent bar had no walls, just pillars, [...]

Marina Bay, Singapore
Originally uploaded by Christopher Chan

My wife and I went on a trip of Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore and I wanted to write about Singapore. I was delighted to be in that city as it is an archetype of my concept of “Modern Asia”. This was more evident specially after spending 1 week in [...]

The most interesting travel story of this week was definitely that more people will be paying attention from now on to that part of the safety demonstration where the flight attendant says “in the unlikely event of a water landing…” Kudos to the crew of US Airways Flight 1549.
US Airways Plane Lands in Hudson River
US [...]

Say what? This story had me scratching my head.
Will a replica of India’s Taj Mahal in Bangladesh also draw tourists?
Tourists from around the world can now opt for which Taj Mahal to visit: the original in India, or its replica in Bangladesh. After work started in 2003, a life-size replica structure of the original Taj [...]

Granted, not being a woman, I am not the target audience for this book, but I thoroughly enjoyed Beth Whitman’s guide to India. This is not a guidebook to the individual sites but more a strategy book for how to tackle India. It guides you through:

what to pack
how to secure your valuables
what you did [...]

Get Your Photo on the Cover of a Lonely Planet Guide
Pikeo is yet another web 2.0 photo sharing site but this one s having a contest that will place the photos from four of their users on the cover of a new Lonely Planet Guide. The winners will also win a trip from Intrepid Travel. [...]

Pirates are not just featured in Johnny Depp movies these days, nor is high tech piracy limited to software. There really are still pirates some places in the world where real life pirates reside.
From the Independent:
A luxury three-masted cruise ship seized off the Gulf of Aden last week is in the hands of the [...]

Wear a big mustache, lose your job. That’s what happened to an airline employee in India.
Victor Joynath De was grounded by Indian – formerly called Indian Airlines- in 2001 for refusing to shave off his handlebar moustache.
He had earlier lost a case in a lower court which ruled that the airline was within its [...]