Travel – Page 4

Falling for Zimbabwe – Part 2

September 2, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The local name for Victoria Falls is Mosi-oa-Tunya, meaning the smoke that thunders.

Falling for Zimbabwe

August 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The giant’s copper-colored eye was as big as a baseball and he knew we were watching — he could see us and smell us.

Off the beaten path: an exotic Japanese futon and breakfast escape on Bainbridge Island

July 10, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

How does an American woman who doesn’t speak Japanese manage to run a traditional Japanese guest house called a ryokan?

Tips for happy travels to Asia and back

June 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I’m no millionaire. So my little family and I limit vacations that require travel by plane, and our travels overseas are even less frequent.

Have you ever listened to that Tony Bennett song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”? Understandably, that quirky city, with personality to spare, has left an indelible impression on those who have ventured there. Like San Francisco, the densely populated and bustling city of Taipei, Taiwan has also captured a spot in my heart.

BLOG: 7 tips for surviving Ho Chi Minh City when you’re not Vietnamese

February 4, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By John Liu Northwest Asian Weekly I recently took a long overdue vacation to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, and it was a really exciting experience, one that I gleaned many lessons from. Here are my 7 tips for surviving Vietnam when you’re not Vietnamese! (The exchange rate on my trip was ₫22,500 Viet […]

It’s cold outside in Sweden — (But also beautiful)

December 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Four minutes is all I can take. It’s not jetlag. Or culture shock. It’s just hot. I’m in a sauna. In Malmoe, in Sweden. Guidebooks and everything, they talk about this. You go to Scandinavia, and you go to the sauna. For the coziness. For warmth and safety, inside, […]

The Village Report – Six weeks in Scandinavia

December 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Six weeks, all together, if I can manage to hold through December, here in Scandinavia. I think the gut knows when it’s time to shake things up, and this time, I found myself at Kastrup with an immigration officer flicking through my passport—stamps from around Southeast Asia these last […]

PICTORIAL: Scenes from Jaipur, India

November 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Photos by Steve MacIntyre

Essentials for a Phnom Penh visit — History, markets, culture

November 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kristi Eaton Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Bigger. Taller. Fancier. Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh is undergoing a staggering period of development 40 years after the communist Khmer Rouge regime took over the city and forced thousands to evacuate to rural Cambodia in its brutal campaign to create an agrarian-based society. […]