"Tripathy Babu, want to stop here?" asked Tamang, my cab driver, waking me up from my brief trance. I was so engrossed in the sweeping tracts of the resplendently green organic Temi Tea Estate, deep gorges and spellbinding views of the Eastern Himalaya that I didn't realise that the vehicle had almost stopped moving. We had entered the obscure vill...

The recently opened Heritance Aarah is the first hotel in the Maldives to be awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Gold Certificate for its sustainable initiatives. This acknowledges that the Heritance Aarah complies with the US Green Building Council rating system and is awarded to properties that save energy, water and resources...

Backyard Travel, the online boutique tour operator specializing in insider tours throughout Asia, has launched a new cycling tour through the little-seen riverside communities of the Mekong delta. The three-day Scenic Roads on a Mekong Delta Cycling Tour starts from Ho Chi Minh City, with a chauffeur ride to the town of Cai Lay. Here, the bikes are...

The much-awaited Dubai Food Festival returns for its seventh year on 26 February, with a citywide culinary extravaganza that the city believes will cement Dubai's position as the gastronomy capital of the region. ​ Running until 14 March, this year's event will celebrate the city's culinary diversity drawn from the UAE and the cultures of over 200 ...

The following snapshots of Bengaluru, India further illustrates how words and locations continue to create unrivalled hilarity:​

The Club Med Seychelles Resort , which will open from October 2020, will be the latest addition to the brand's Exclusive Collection of resorts worldwide. The resort is set on its own private island within 220 hectares of a preserved national park location and 15 minutes by speedboat from Victoria-Seychelles airport in Mahe. The Seychelles is a year...