Sustainably built and serving great food, visit Langkawi’s upside-down house – Upsidow – for another view.

Religious texts indicate that the sacrificial tabuh rah (spilling of blood) has been performed for more than 1,000 years to appease evil spirits.

‘Box-fresh’ white trainers? They are over. Instead, step out in these fun, fashionable and forward espadrilles.

Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. — John Muir, American Environmentalist.
World Earth Day

It’s not as soft as cashmere or as warm as wool. Yet the Allo scarf – made of fibre extracted from the stems of the Giant Himalayan Nettle – keeps…

In North Goa it is hard to find a moment. Of quiet, stillness, peace. Amid blasting Goan trance music, crushing hippie souvenir stalls and clashing food flavours from all over the world. But after the assault, a tranquil interlude like Village Villa Sunny Cow is a respite you never knew you desperately needed.

Lawyer/restaurateur Ed Soo collects ideas from art. In the last 7 years he has procured almost 80 pieces. Each one graces a space in his five restaurants in Bangkung Row,…

Tiramisu? Avocado? Blood Orange? Or walnut? We couldn’t make up our minds. My cousin Sabrina and I were in a tiny, dim room, done up in dark wood like a…

The fresh, large prawns were not only succulent but relentlessly teased the palate. Buried amid heaps of birds-eye chillies and chopped lemon grass, the Tom Yam Prawns arrived piping hot at our table. In a fresh green coconut. The prawns were slightly spicy, a tad sour and very sweet as they had been cooked in fresh coconut water.