Let’s Visit Asia

The Philippine Tarsier is said to be the world’s smallest primate, measuring only about 4 to 5 inches in height. We’ve had the chance to see these tarsiers during our trip to Bohol, Philippines earlier this year and they were really, really tiny. For such a tiny head, though, they had such large eyes, so disproportionately large that are listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest eyes on any mammal.
The tarsiers we saw were kept in semi-captivity, allowed to hunt for food at night, and made to pose for pictures for tourists during the day. Quite …read more

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Once, again, I’m opening up this blog for guest bloggers! Have you been to Asia? Or perhaps planning or wanting to explore an Asian destination? Tell us all about it. Share your experiences, your photos, your adventures… even your misadventures and mishaps, if any!
I can’t offer any monetary compensation, but you will get full author credits, of course, with a link back to your blog, if you have one. Just email me your post at ruth @ b5media.com!
Hope to hear from you!

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Lisa Marie of the Flyaway Weblog is having a great time in Thailand — Phuket, Bangkok, Khao Lak, and who knows where else next.
If you’ve been to Thailand, or are planning on visiting the Siam City, you’ll enjoy Lisa Marie’s series of entries. Check it out!

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Would you expect to find a taste of France in… India? If you think it unlikely, then you probably haven’t heard of Pondicherry (Puducherry).
On the southeastern coast, about 150 miles south of Chennai, Pondicherry is, for an Indian city, tiny. Just about a million people live there, mostly in the types of charmless, three- and four-story concrete buildings erected all over the poorer parts of Asia. But near the Bay of Bengal, the cityscape changes drastically. Soon you see tile roofs and wooden shutters, balconies and colonnades, wide brick streets and pastel Catholic churches — the neighborhood once known as …read more

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Been to Japan? Care to share your experiences and memories? Here’s a place for you.
Welcome to ReviewJapan, a place to share your experiences and memories of Japan, and review restaurants, places, products, activities, movies, and all things Japanese. We hope that you will post your thoughts and tell us what you think is interesting about Japan.
You can start your own blog, or post comments in their community forum.

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Traveling to Tokyo? Don’t miss b5media’s newly launched blog, The Tokyo Traveler, written by Shane Sakata.

Shane offers tips on getting around the busy metropole– where to go, what to do, and handy tips on how to make the best out of your stay in Tokyo.
Welcome to the b5media Travel Channel, Shane!

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Remember my foiled plans to go along the Philippines’ North Luzon west coast? Well, I didn’t manage it make it a reality, but I’m glad someone did… or close to it, at least.
Read Calvin’s 6-part account of their explorations in Vigan, Laoag and Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte:
Part 1: From Manila to Laoag
Part 2: Going to Pagudpud
Part 3: Pagudpud
Part 4: City of Laoag
Part 5: South of Laoag
Part 6: Going to Vigan from Laoag

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I just wanted to share some more pics taken from our recent trip to Bohol, Philippines:

The first few pics show the facilities of the resort where we stayed in, the Bohol Beach Club, and the beach pictures are of the resort’s stretch of white sand beachfront. The kid is mine

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The following entry is a contribution from guest blogger, Kristyn Maslog-Levis, a broadcast journalist/writer/photographer who lives in Sydney, Australia with her musician husband and their fluffy Maltese “children”, Stitch and Felix. She currently blogs at Torrones de Mani.
We just got back from a month long trip to the Philippines. I am a native Filipino and I was raised there for 21 years before I left the country. It was a given that I would immediately adjust to the lifestyle I was used to. But everything changes once you have a “foreigner” with you. Even if there is just one “white …read more

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The following entry is a contribution from Alex Kallimanis, who writes political and social humor for the website Sirened. His degree in history has always made him interested in travel and from a young age he vowed to see as much of the world as possible. At 29 he’s visited 29 countries.

Being an American with a degree in history, I was always intrigued to one day visit Vietnam. This came to fruition about 3 years ago when my wife and I were moving from Australia back to the USA. The cheapest flight involved a leg on Vietnam Airways via a …read more

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