Even though the Vietnam War ended, the problems within South East Asia were not over for a few more years. The regime of Pol Pot and the Kymer Rouge lasted just a few years. It caused untold damage to Vietnam’s neighbour, Cambodia, and even today, it is can be upsetting ...

Until fairly recently, Myanmar was not on the tourist trail. It had a repressive regime and its borders were effectively closed. Not that anyone was too bothered about that. Certainly, it contained many wonderful sites that were well-known. Myanmar was formerly called Burma and was a British colony so it ...

Thailand has a proud record of never having been under the control of a colonial master. Formerly known as Siam, it was brought to the screen in the middle of the last century in the hit film of Rodgers and Hammerstein, ‘’The King and I’’ starring Yul Brynner and Deborah ...

The world has become a much smaller place in recent years. The growth of cheap air travel has brought everywhere much closer to ordinary people. When it comes to South East Asia, there have been political issues that meant tourism was not really an option. Happily, the region is at ...