Oct 1, 2018 | Travel Writing
Discovering Bourdain’s Lost Shanghai. By Mark Andrews World Travel Magazine. Oct/Nov 2018 SHANGHAI TODAY IS HOME TO UPSCALE GLOBAL DINING BUT SEARCH HARD ENOUGH AND YOU CAN STILL FIND LOCAL GEMS Glitzy IAPM Mall on Shanghai’s Huai Hai Zhonglu, one of the city’s two...
Oct 1, 2018 | Travel Writing
Guangzhou, The Southern Pearl & China’s Third Largest City By Mark Andrews Serendib – SriLankan Airlines. October 2018 Guangzhou rounds out the big three Chinese cities but is much less known or visited than Beijing and Shanghai. Until recently it was...Sep 26, 2018 | Travel Writing
5 top-hole golf courses in China for elites. SCMP.com. 26/09/2018. By Mark Andrews The Chinese were playing a form of golf a thousand years ago, but under communism the sport was banned until the early 1980s – now the Middle Kingdom is teeing off again China has had...
Jul 22, 2018 | Travel Writing
Yangzhou: a City Worth its Salt. By Mark Andrews Straits Times. 22/07/2018 Classical gardens and architecture built off the salt trade make the Chinese city of Yangzhou a must-visit For most Singaporeans, Yangzhou is almost synonymous with fried rice. Even in China,...
Jul 1, 2018 | Travel Writing
Metamorphosis of Vang Vieng By Mark Andrews Vacations & Travel Magazine July-September 2018 A former Laos party town, Vang Vieng goes back to its roots. Darkness falls quickly this close to the equator. For about half an hour, silence comes to the Laotian jungle...Apr 20, 2018 | Business Journalism, Travel Writing
Small Wonders By Mark Andrews MICE Biz – a SCMP publication. April 2018 Boutique hotels take Southeast Asia by storm Venues such as Villa Song Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City and The Sanchaya on Bintan are out to compete with the bigger hotels Small boutique hotels...