Asia ยท 12 guides
Asia Destinations
Budget-friendly street food cities, ancient temples, and modern megacities. Our Asia guides cover daily costs, visa requirements, and monsoon-season planning.
Bali, Indonesia
Where to base yourself, what to skip, and how to spend $40 to $300 per day without wasting a single one.
Bangkok, Thailand
A 3-day plan for Thailand's capital with real costs in baht, BTS and boat routes, and the neighborhoods where locals actually eat.
Chiang Mai, Thailand
A 4-day plan for northern Thailand's most livable city, with real costs in baht, scooter rental warnings, and the neighborhoods worth staying in beyond Old City.
Hanoi, Vietnam
A practical guide for the first city of a Vietnam trip, where the food is the cheapest of any Asian capital and the traffic looks worse than it is.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A 4-day plan for Ho Chi Minh City with real costs in VND, district-by-district breakdowns, and the cultural tips that keep you from looking like day one.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
A vertical city where $4 dim sum and Michelin stars share the same block, and the best views cost less than a dollar on the Star Ferry.
Kyoto, Japan
A day-by-day plan that gets you to the right temples at the right time, avoids the Instagram crowds, and leaves room for the tea houses and backstreets that make Kyoto worth the trip.
Osaka, Japan
Osaka calls itself Japan's kitchen for a reason. Here is how to eat your way through it without missing the temples, the neon, or the day trip to Nara.
Seoul, South Korea
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood plan for first-timers who want to eat well, navigate the subway like a local, and skip the tourist traps.
Singapore, Singapore
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood route through a city where $3 street food shares an island with $300 cocktail bars.
Taipei, Taiwan
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood plan for first-timers who want to eat their way through the city without wasting a single meal on the wrong night market.
Tokyo, Japan
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood plan for first-timers who want to eat well, move efficiently, and skip the tourist traps.