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Asia travel guides & itineraries
Practical, first-hand-style itineraries built from our destination research — real routes with Google Maps links, honest budgets, where to stay and the mistakes to skip. Free to read; each links to a free planner and the full interactive guide.
Singapore
Singapore for First-Time Visitors: A Practical 3-Day Plan
The icons, the hawker food and the four cultural quarters in three well-paced days — with where to stay, what to budget…
Japan
Tokyo in 5 Days: A First-Timer's Itinerary
A realistic five-day plan for a first trip to Tokyo — the big sights, the neighbourhoods that make the city, real food…
Thailand
Bangkok for First-Timers: A 3-Day Itinerary
Temples and the river, markets and night-time energy, and some of Asia's best street food — a first-timer's three days…
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong in 4 Days: A Complete Itinerary
The Peak and the harbour, dim sum and street markets, the islands and the neon — a complete four-day Hong Kong itinerar…
Taiwan
A Taipei Food Trip: 3 Days of Eating Well
Soup dumplings, beef noodles, night-market classics and shaved ice — how to eat your way through Taipei in three days,…
Indonesia
Bali: One Base or Two? How to Split Your Trip
Bali is base-aware — Ubud's green calm versus the surf-and-beach-club south. Here's how to decide between one base and…
Indonesia
Batam in 2 Days: A Spa & Food Weekend from Singapore
A short ferry from Singapore, Batam is the easy weekend reset — a cheap spa, a seafood feast, then a quiet beach-resort…
South Korea
Seoul for Shopping & Food: A 4-Day Itinerary
Myeongdong beauty halls and Insadong crafts, Gwangjang market stalls and Korean BBQ, Hongdae cafés and COEX malls — a f…
South Korea
Busan in 3 Days: Beaches, Seafood & Hillside Villages
Gamcheon's painted hillside, Jagalchi fish market and Busan Tower, a seaside temple and the beaches, then the southern…
Cambodia
Angkor in 3 Days: A Siem Reap Itinerary
The small circuit at sunrise, the grand circuit and the pink temple of Banteay Srei, then the Tonlé Sap lake and the to…
Indonesia
Yogyakarta in 3 Days: Temples, a Volcano & the City
Sunrise at Borobudur, the temples of Prambanan and a sunset cliff, a Mount Merapi jeep tour and the silver old town, pl…
Cambodia
Phnom Penh in 2 Days: A Practical Itinerary
The Royal Palace and National Museum, the Khmer Rouge memorials, the markets and a Mekong sunset — a respectful, practi…
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