It has built a reputation as the most luxurious city hotel in Vietnam, one steeped in intrigue and history. But just how good is The Sofitel Legend Hanoi? It would be hard to find a place to stay in Vietnam with a higher reputation preceding it than Hanoi’s Sofitel Legend Metropole. Not only has it… Read more »
Best known for colorful weekend markets, glitzy malls and seedy after-dark activities, Nima Chandler reveals another side of Bangkok that most visitors never get to see… “I used to walk past this restaurant that was just disgusting. They had blackened rice cookers outside and dirty floors. No farang would ever go in there. But a… Read more »
How to score free flights and maximize frequent flyer benefits… Travel has changed tremendously in the past few decades. Since 1987, world travel has tripled, with 1 billion trips a year being taken internationally, and a whopping 3.1 trillion air miles flown in 2012 alone. People are flying more and farther. In 1987, the farthest… Read more »
A New York feel combined with a taste of Italy in downtown Saigon… HO TUNG MAU in downtown District 1 is the city’s emerging dining strip offering a growing number of European restaurants and cafes, expat-oriented bars and a collection of local street food and eateries as well. One of the recent arrivals on this… Read more »
Twisting, floating, hanging upside down, flying yoga is physical fitness ‘lifted’ to another level… I’ve been practicing yoga on and off for the last three years – well okay, more off than on and getting back on the yogi track has been something i’ve been itching to do for some time now. In Phu My… Read more »
On June 8, 1972 then 21-year-old AP photographer Nick Ut took a history changing photo that will forever be known as “Napalm Girl”. Oi sits down with Nick to talk about the photo, Paris Hilton, and why Photoshop is cheating… The “Napalm Girl” photo has been widely praised as the photo that stopped the war. Was it luck or skill? Or simply being at… Read more »
THE MYTH: I’ve lived here for some odd years and have never once seen a helicopter anywhere close to the helicopter pad at Bitexco financial Tower. I was told that helicopters are banned from the skies over downtown HCMC. If this is true, why did Bitexco financial Tower outfit its flagship building with a helicopter pad… Read more »
May’s fashion coverage is all about subtlety, strength and grace, whether in your fashion choices or actions. With this in mind, who better to seek inspiration from than the geisha, as Japanese influence has been a favorite at fashion weeks this spring. It is still said that geisha inhabit a separate reality called Karyukai –… Read more »
When looking good doesn’t have to cost a pretty penny… GETTING A UNIQUE, luxury look doesn’t have to bankrupt you, and more often than not, you probably already have something in your wardrobe that, with a bit of styling and few new accessories, can be completely transformed. This month’s issue has explored the shinier side… Read more »
How to pick a good school for your child… Part 1 I have taught at three international schools in Ho Chi Minh City and have been an outside service provider for an additional six international schools and preschools here too. I read with interest recent submissions to an English Language Google Group, An Phu Neighbors,… Read more »
