Vietnam is an exceptional destination made of mountains and beautiful beaches, dynamic cities rich historically and culturally. We eat better than good and the locals are of a rare kindness. All in a mild and pleasant climate during the dry season! Accommodation at...

Too far, too expensive, too inaccessible: for a very long time, Japan was regarded as a sort of planet Mars in the Far East. A fascinating archipelago, an extremely refined civilization, a distant star, magnetic but beyond our reach. Tokyo, the largest city in the...

When anyone mentions the distant island of Sri Lanka, images rise up immediately, before those of men and women: rice fields and spice plantations, beaches edged with coconut trees, those superb tea plantations which stretch to infinity on the mountainsides, but also...

Golden palaces, floating markets, majestic porcelain towers… Could this be the realm of sheer enchantment? Almost. The capital of Thailand is split into 50 unique neighbourhoods. Not only does Bangkok offer all the amenities of large cosmopolitan agglomerations, it...

Myanmar (formerly Burma) is an astonishing blend of civilizations, though it also has its own culture. The visitor's first impressions here are not simply awe and wonder before a nation that has inherited one of the most original civilizations in Asia, but also a...

Hong Kong is one of the most amazing places in Asia, and indeed the entire world. Its legendary name means "Fragrant Harbour", the name given to this ancient rock from which generations of English adventurers expedited entire cargoes of opium, before making way for...

At the top of the skyscrapers in the Pudong district, you can easily imagine being on the nose of a rocket ready to conquer the 3rd millennium. As far as the eye can see, the new town of Pudong follows the same hurtling momentum. Like the rest of Shanghai. This urban...

While China seems less and less distant, its mystery and power of attraction are as compelling as ever. Since it began to open up economically in 1992, it has finally become accessible. Beijing is a condensed version of China! The unquestionable political hub of this...