Malaysia has ancient rainforests, critically endangered primates and countless endemic species. Over 15,000 types of plants, flowers and trees grow inside 130-million-year-old rainforests. Almost extinct Sumatran rhinos and critically endangered orangutans live inside the protected jungles. Endless fields of corals thrive in marine parks where millions of tropical fish call home. Green and Hawksbill turtles …
Malaysia ranks among the planet’s most biodiverse regions. Pre-historic jungle sprawls for hundreds of kilometers along the Malay Peninsular and Malaysian Borneo. Millions of animals, birds and insects thrive inside the never-ending rainforests. Orangutans and pot-bellied proboscis monkeys swing from the trees. Civets and flying fox hide in the undergrowth as hornbills soar overheard. Plants …
By far the most popular destination in Indonesia, Bali has a number of attractions to cater to a wide variety of tourists. There are excellent cultural experiences, beaches, and entertainment strips across the island. These mean the island attracts many different types of visitors, from backpackers to party tourists and even the luxury market. As …
Labuan is best known as a Southeast Asia financial center and for duty-free shopping. Most visitors consist of off-shore businesses and local bargain hunters. Only a handful of travelers make it to this island. But they’re in for a treat. Diving to shipwrecks, pristine beaches and World War II military attractions make Labuan among Borneo’s …
Located in the beautiful Caribbean Sea, the island nation of Jamaica is part of the Greater Antilles island chain. In the past, it’s been a colony of both Spain and England and played important roles in the slave trade and the production of sugar cane, which was used mainly to make rum for export. It’s …
Located in south Florida’s Miami-Dade County, Miami is one of the country’s flashiest cities and was immortalized in the iconic ‘80s television series, Miami Vice. Back in the day much of the wealth came from the city’s meteoric real estate boom and the illegal drug trade. Italian sports cars and bikini-clad beauties are still everywhere, …
Malaysia has hundreds of islands scattered around thousands of kilometers of coastline. Celebrity-standard resorts, world-class diving and metropolitan city centers allure tourists. Others are uninhabited with long stretches of empty coastline. Travelers usually include both Langkawi Island and Penang Island on their Malaysian itineraries. The adventurous go to the dozens along Peninsula Malaysia’s east coast. …
One of the most famous and often visited sites in all of South America, The Lost City of Machu Picchu is Peru’s preeminent archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site as well. It wasn’t discovered until hundreds of years after it was abandoned, and its mountain top location among the clouds of the Andes …
Pangkor Island in Perak has empty beaches, a colonial fort and hundreds of hornbills. The small island in the Straits of Melaka is less than 200 kilometers (124 miles) northwest of Kuala Lumpur. Pangkor remains under the radar, and visitors feel like they have the place to themselves. And it’s close enough for a side …
This compact market town on the northern cusp of the Cotswolds was once controlled by the third largest abbey in England. Almost 500 years after Evesham Abbey was suppressed, its legacy survives at an Almonry (now a museum), two local churches, a tithe barn and in the remnants of the abbey church tower. Evesham rests …