All blogs about Asia

On the road to Mandalay… This is what it feels like when the plane approaches Mandalay airport from Bangkok. The landscape below looks green. Small villages, lots of water features. Mandalay airport is small but apparently of recent construction, located an hour’s drive from Mandalay. The passage of customs is going here at a rapid pace. Mingalabar! Welcome to Myanmar.

Japan, the land of great contrasts, centuries-old traditions and great metropolises and   one of our new destinations this year. Joseph made an exploratory journey through the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ and wrote about it.

Last September I visited Sri Lanka, a destination that is in the spotlight. Not only ‘Who is the Mole’ was recorded there last year, there is also a growing number of travelers who enjoy exploring the country or returning there after a first visit.

“Dubai is a city “to love or to hate”. I have always been very sceptical about Dubai. This is my first visit to this beautiful city. Yes, beautiful! I feel totally in a different world. It wasn’t long to find the right comparison. New York and Miami; put them in one drum and the result is Dubai.”

Experience Dubai and Oman through the eyes of Jozef Verbruggen.

“Travelling through India is so much more than visiting the sights. What I enjoyed the local rural life, the variety in scenery, the hospitality of the population. And of the colors, smells and the food…”

In October, Trees Piersma took a study trip through India. Read here how she experienced the Golden Triangle and three of the National Parks.