Terraced rice paddies in Bali, Indonesia
Destinations · Asia & the Pacific
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Specific. Slow-burn. Often life-changing.

Four countries. Each rewards picking one and committing.

19 guides across 7 countries

A working list — three countries today, all of them ones I have someone good on the ground for; Japan, Thailand and Vietnam are on the desk, written into trip reports and recommended on calls but not yet given their own guides. Depth here is the operator's, not mine — the right way to plan it is to commit to one country and go deep.

Bora Bora — turquoise lagoon and over-water bungalows, French Polynesia
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French Polynesia

Bora Bora as the catalog's anchor — over-water bungalows, the lagoon, the trip people book for milestone moments and don't regret. The Society Islands beyond Bora Bora ship as the catalog widens.

Bali — temple at sunset, Indonesia
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Indonesia

Bali for the layered cultural-and-coast week — Ubud's rice terraces and temple register, then a beach or hillside resort south. The country I send people to when they want Asia that lets them exhale.

Maldives — over-water bungalows on a turquoise atoll
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Maldives

One archipelago, every register — over-water bungalows, dive-led atolls, ultra-quiet private islands. Pure pick-the-property work; the country's a delivery system for the resort.

The dispatch

Hear about new Asia-Pacific destinations as they land.

Thailand is the next destination guide on the desk. Vietnam follows. The dispatch is where each one lands first — alongside trip reports and the occasional thing I think is worth your time.

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Where in Asia are you headed?

If your country isn't here yet — Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, the rest of Southeast Asia — it's usually on the desk, just not yet written. Tell me where you're going.

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