Asia
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Bangkok city guide: what to do plus the best hotels, restaurants and barsSkipping the temples and the backpacker hub of the Khao San Road, our writer focuses on the food, drink and arts scenes in the city’s vibrant neighbourhoods -
The best of Bangkok: readers’ travel tipsFrom a condom-themed restaurant to a very sobering medical museum, a snake farm and ubiquitous markets, the frenetic Thai capital is a cornucopia of delights
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Spirituality and skewers at Singapore's Thaipusam festival – in picturesThe vibrant and passionate festival, dedicated to the Hindu god of war, seen through the lens of @everydayasia photographer AikBeng Chia
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Forget skinny lattes. In Hanoi the best coffee comes with egg yolkA milk shortage in the 1940s led an enterprising barman to cast around for alternatives – and so cà phê trúng, Vietnamese egg coffee, was born
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Trans-Siberian Railway: a view from Moscow to Vladivostok – a photo essay
The Guardian picture essay Trans-Siberian Railway: a view from Moscow to Vladivostok – a photo essay
On a 9,288km journey inspired by the centennial anniversary of the railway’s completion in 1916, photographer Annie Ling captures life onboard the Trans-Siberian Railway, and beyond the carriage window -
The Sanctuary in Koh Phangan: a novel balance between hedonistic and healthyA resort in the Gulf of Thailand may be the inspiration for Alex Garland’s The Beach. Brigid Delaney takes a plane and two boats to check it out
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'It’s like the end of the world, so vast it’s oceanic': Otto Bell on MongoliaA new documentary about a young girl hunting with eagles in Mongolia’s Altai mountains casts fresh light on this extraordinary, sparsely populated country and its threatened rural lifestyle
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World view: Japan's sacred Mount Fuji in winterA magical glimpse of Mount Fuji amid a snowy landscape, in a shot taken by artist Mary-Anne Bartlett shortly before the mountain was shrouded in mist once more
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In the first of a new series, Guardian Australia’s intrepid columnist finds she needs either a microchip in her finger or a brick in her walletDiary: there's an art to losing your cash card. And I've perfected it
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Completely nuts: Bangalore's peanut festivalIndia’s tech city usually throngs with the IT crowd, but on Monday punters and farmers will stream into town for the Hindu Kadlekai Parishe festival, giving Bangalore the vibe of a country fair
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Shops in trees: Jakarta's improvised street life – in picturesPhotographer Isidro Ramírez documents the small solutions Jakartans find to improve the quality of life in a crowded city with inefficient infrastructure – from fashion shops in trees to wood-store bus stops
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Inside Vietnam's astonishing caves on a local tourSince Son Doong, the world’s biggest cave, opened to visitors in 2013, tourism has soared, but locals around Phong Nha are keen to protect the area and promote community homestays and tours
On the radar Darjeeling’s new Himalayan cycle trail