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Tamara Hinson
Tamara Hinson is a UK-based freelance writer with a soft spot for Asia, mountain biking and snowboarding. Her work has appeared in the Times, Conde Nast Traveller and Wanderlust, and her favourite places include Singapore, Osaka, in Japan, and Tamil Nadu, in India. Her pet hates are selfies and dog backpacks.
The best yatai include those that are hipsterish, specialise in mentaiko or are halal-friendly – even one owned by a French chef
Looking for a high-end resort that prioritises sustainability, where you share your balcony with langurs and macaques? Give The Datai in Malaysia a try
From a museum of Peranakan culture, to street art and a Michelin-star restaurant’s homage to hawker centres, Singaporeans remind each other, and visitors, there’s a lot to appreciate about their home.
Kota Kinabalu, in Malaysia’s Sabah state, has become a centre for street art, but big brands have seized on its spread to commission advertising murals, undermining artists’ message about local pride.
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Pho is Vietnam’s national dish, a fragrant noodle soup with slices of rare beef, herbs and spices. Chefs are creating new versions, although the basic flavours remain true.
A guided cycling tour through Intramuros, the oldest surviving part of Manila, in the Philippines, takes riders through courtyards and gardens, and to a site connected with the city’s darkest times.
For tourists to Cambodia looking for a quieter alternative to Angkor Wat, Koh Ker, a Unesco-recognised Khmer temple complex in the jungle, offers impressive tiered temples and ‘magnificent’ artefacts.
The opening of Amazon’s second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, has helped the area develop into a draw for tourists for whom its proximity to Washington previously wasn’t enough.
Traditional arts and crafts are alive in Kanazawa, a Japanese city filled with Edo-era homes, museums – and workshops for making everything from sweets and porcelain to gold leaf work.
From the World of Coca-Cola to the Ponce City Market, Atlanta, in the US state of Georgia, is attracting a growing number of tourists eager to explore beyond the world’s busiest airport.
Paint your nails with swirling Ainu designs, try on salmon-skin shoes, sample Ainu food or stay at a themed hot-springs hotel – Hokkaido in Japan is belatedly celebrating its indigenous people.
A growing number of hikers have been heading to Taiwan, lured by its vast nature reserves, forested mountains and hot springs towns. We check out two of the most popular hiking spots.
A research centre deep in the Amazon jungle in Peru welcomes intrepid travellers keen to see plant and animal life, both cute and creepy, on eco-tourism holidays.
Ministry of Magic replica set, a quidditch court with broomsticks you can mount – Making of Harry Potter studio tour in Tokyo will be a thrill for Hogwarts fans in Asia with its emphasis on interactive attractions.
From Queen Elizabeth’s visit to a tiger hiding near the hotel’s billiard room, Raffles Singapore’s historian and longest-serving staff member looks back at a long, storied history.
Orlando in Florida has more to offer than Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, from craft beer to architecture – both hip and historic – parkland and a cutting-edge concert venue.
The Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi, a luxury holiday resort, is turning plastic rubbish from its regular beach clean-ups into useful things for local schoolchildren and families, and for tourists to use and buy.
Seoul’s colourful food scene is one of the world’s best, with the South Korean city offering everything from street food to ancient tea-houses to Michelin-star restaurants.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2000 movie, The Beach, was disastrous for the ecosystem of Maya Bay, where it was partly filmed. After a pause in tourism the bay is on the road to recovery.
The author of Around the World in Eighty Days moved to Amiens when he started writing full-time. A walking tour of the tiny city visits his house, full of memorabilia, and the buildings that inspired him.
India’s Bandhavgarh National Park has one of the world’s healthiest populations of the endangered Bengal tiger. A lodge run by the family of a pioneer of tiger conservation is one of the best places to stay there.
Thai chocolate, made with cacao beans grown in the country, is relatively new, but is catching on among Bangkok diners and drinkers.
From a ride through nature and history on the route of a former railway line, to 500km of tracks spanning the island nation that are on course to more than double, Singapore has a lot to offer the casual cyclist.
There are a fistful of reasons for fans of The Lone Ranger and Billy the Kid, history buffs, and stargazers to visit the western desert state. Venture beyond its national parks to escape the crowds.
From botanical gardens to the country’s only preserved Viking ship and a fairground ride the pumps electricity into the national grid, Sweden’s second city has taken giant steps in sustainable living.
Priced from less than US$1 to US$100, Vietnam’s most extravagant banh mi sandwiches come with all kinds of fillings and flavours, each as tempting as the next.
