Places to book
The places we write about, by country. Open one to see the tours and tickets available for it.
United Arab Emirates
All of United Arab EmiratesBurj Khalifa
828 metres, and the lift does most of it
Museum of the Future
The building is the exhibit
The desert, at dusk
Dune driving, then dinner under the dark
Dubai Aquarium
Ten million litres, inside a shopping mall
Louvre Abu Dhabi
One museum, borrowed from Paris
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
White marble, and a dress code
Malaysia
All of MalaysiaPetronas Twin Towers
The tallest twin towers in the world
Batu Caves
272 painted steps to a limestone cavern
KL Tower
Higher than the towers, and the better view
Langkawi SkyCab
A cable car to a curved bridge
Genting Highlands
Cool air, an hour above the city
Aquaria KLCC
A tunnel under the sharks, in the middle of town
Thailand
All of ThailandThe Phi Phi Islands
The bay a film ruined, and the closure that fixed it
James Bond Island
Phang Nga Bay, and one very famous rock
Muay Thai at Rajadamnern
The older of Bangkok's two great stadiums
Elephants at Kanchanaburi
No riding, and the work is yours
Bangkok's temples and the river
Wat Pho, Wat Arun and the Chao Phraya
Indonesia
All of IndonesiaVietnam
All of VietnamHa Long Bay
Limestone karsts, and a great many boats
Ba Na Hills
The hands, and the cable car up to them
Hoi An
Lanterns, tailors and a very old port
Cu Chi Tunnels
Two hundred and fifty kilometres of it, most of it very small
The Mekong Delta
Nine dragons, and a great deal of river
Ninh Binh
Ha Long Bay, without the sea


