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Journey photographs
Each listed journey has a distinct photograph from a place on its route. The photographs below are resized, converted to WebP and may be cropped for display. Adaptations of ShareAlike photographs retain their listed license; these licenses apply to the photographs.
Anuradhapura · Jaffna · Trincomalee · Kandy · Nuwara Eliya · Kataragama · Colombo — 9 days / 8 nights
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil, Jaffna — Gane Kumaraswamy. CC BY-SA 2.0. View adapted image.
Assam, river city to wildlife country
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India — Tisha Mukherjee. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Bali, with room to breathe
Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia — Paradisus Bali. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Dubai · Abu Dhabi — 6 days / 5 nights
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi — PotatoWitch. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Dubai — 4 days / 3 nights
Dubai Marina — Khanshahab06. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Dubai — 5 days / 4 nights
Downtown Dubai — Tim Reckmann from Hamm, Deutschland. CC BY 2.0. View adapted image.
Hanoi · Ha Long Bay · Da Nang · Hoi An · Ba Na Hills — 5 days / 4 nights
Ba Na Hills — DvTor8303. CC0. View adapted image.
Hanoi · Ha Long Bay · Phu Quoc — 6 days / 5 nights
Phu Quoc — Klientos. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Hanoi · Ninh Binh · Ha Long Bay · Da Nang · Hoi An — 7 days / 6 nights
Tam Coc, Ninh Binh — Nomad Tales. CC BY-SA 2.0. View adapted image.
Hanoi · Ninh Binh · Ha Long Bay · Ho Chi Minh City · Mekong Delta · Phu Quoc — 11 days / 10 nights
Ben Tre, Mekong Delta — Balon Greyjoy. CC0. View adapted image.
Ho Chi Minh City · Da Nang · Hoi An · Hanoi · Ha Long Bay · Ninh Binh — 8 days / 7 nights
Ho Chi Minh City — Suicasmo. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Kandy · Bentota · Colombo — 4 days / 3 nights
Bentota — Vincent van Zeijst. CC BY-SA 3.0. View adapted image.
Kandy · Nuwara Eliya · Bentota · Colombo — 5 days / 4 nights
Nuwara Eliya — Bergentroll. CC0. View adapted image.
Kandy · Nuwara Eliya · Yala · Bentota · Colombo — 6 days / 5 nights
Yala National Park — C.J.Hatton. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Kochi, Munnar, Thekkady, Alappuzha, Kovalam & Kanyakumari · 8 Days / 7 Nights
Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India — PKharote. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Kochi, Munnar, Thekkady, Alappuzha, Kovalam & Poovar · 8 Days / 7 Nights
Poovar, Kerala, India — Midhun Subhash. CC0. View adapted image.
Koh Samui · Angthong Marine Park — 4 days / 3 nights
Koh Samui, Thailand — fallix. CC0. View adapted image.
Krabi · Phuket · James Bond Island day trip — 5 days / 4 nights
Ko Tapu, Phang Nga Bay, Thailand — Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 3.0. View adapted image.
Krabi · Phuket · James Bond Island day trip — 6 days / 5 nights
Ko Tapu, Phang Nga Bay, Thailand — Vyacheslav Argenberg. CC BY 4.0. View adapted image.
Krabi · Phuket · Phi Phi day trip — 4 days / 3 nights
Phi Phi Don, Thailand — Caitriana Nicholson from 北京 ~ Beijing, 中国 ~ China. CC BY-SA 2.0. View adapted image.
Krabi · Phuket · Phi Phi day trip — 5 days / 4 nights
Railay Beach, Krabi, Thailand — Karelj. Public domain. View adapted image.
Malaysia, city energy and island time
Langkawi, Malaysia — This photo was taken by Anton Zelenov. Please credit this with : Photo : Anton Zelenov in the immediate vicinity of the image. If you use one of my photos, please email me (account needed) or leave me a short message on my discussion page. It would be greatly appreciated. Do not copy this image illegally by ignoring the terms of the license below, as it is not in the public domain. If you would like special permission to use, license, or purchase the image please contact me to negotiate terms.. CC BY-SA 3.0. View adapted image.
Manali, with a little more breathing room
Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India — Rutujakorlekar. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Meghalaya, beyond the postcard
Umngot River, Dawki, Meghalaya, India — ANKAN. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Munnar, Alappuzha · 4 Days / 3 Nights
Alappuzha backwaters, Kerala, India — Ingo Mehling. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Munnar, Thekkady · 4 Days / 3 Nights
Periyar Lake, Thekkady, Kerala, India — Sibyperiyar. CC BY-SA 3.0. View adapted image.
Munnar, Thekkady, Alappuzha · 5 Days / 4 Nights
Mattupetty reservoir, Munnar, Kerala, India — Jeffreycaleb7. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Munnar, Thekkady, Alappuzha, Kochi · 6 Days / 5 Nights
Fort Kochi, Kerala, India — Ingo Mehling. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Munnar, Thekkady, Alappuzha, Kovalam & Kanyakumari · 7 Days / 6 Nights
Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India — Ankita Patil (Mukdam). CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Munnar, Thekkady, Alappuzha, Kovalam & Poovar · 7 Days / 6 Nights
Poovar, Kerala, India — Sharda Crishna. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Munnar, Thekkady, Alappuzha, Kovalam · 6 Days / 5 Nights
Kovalam, Kerala, India — Hellowikidoc. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Mussoorie and the quieter hills
Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India — Navneet Sharma. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Pattaya · Bangkok · Coral Island day trip — 5 days / 4 nights
Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand — Marcin Konsek. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Pattaya · Coral Island — 4 days / 3 nights
Ko Lan, Pattaya, Thailand — Stefan Fussan. CC BY-SA 3.0. View adapted image.
Phu Quoc · Da Nang · Hoi An · Hanoi · Ha Long Bay — 9 days / 8 nights
Ha Long Bay — Steffen Schmitz (more photos). CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Phuentsholing · Thimphu · Paro · Gorumara — 5 days / 4 nights
Rinpung Dzong, Paro, Bhutan — Bernard Gagnon. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Phuentsholing · Thimphu · Paro · Gorumara — 6 days / 5 nights
Buddha Dordenma, Thimphu, Bhutan — Jyotishkardey. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Phuentsholing · Thimphu · Punakha day trip · Paro · Gorumara — 7 days / 6 nights
Punakha Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan — Bernard Gagnon. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Phuentsholing · Thimphu · Punakha · Paro · Gorumara — 8 days / 7 nights
Dochula Pass, Bhutan — David Broad. CC BY 3.0. View adapted image.
Phuentsholing · Thimphu · Punakha · Paro · Gorumara — 9 days / 8 nights
Paro Taktsang, Paro, Bhutan — Bernard Gagnon. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Phuket · Phi Phi · Krabi — 6 days / 5 nights
Phuket Old Town, Thailand — Mussi Katz from Israel. CC0. View adapted image.
Riverside days, personally paced
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India — Sudhanshu. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Shimla with room for the hills
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India — UnpetitproleX. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Sigiriya · Kandy · Nuwara Eliya · Bentota · Colombo — 6 days / 5 nights
Sigiriya — RibbitTT2904. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Sigiriya · Kandy · Nuwara Eliya · Yala · Bentota · Colombo — 7 days / 6 nights
Kandy — Niranjan Ramamurthy. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Sigiriya · Trincomalee · Kandy · Nuwara Eliya · Kataragama · Colombo — 7 days / 6 nights
Koneswaram Temple, Trincomalee — Pierre André Leclercq. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Sikkim, toward the northern valleys
Lachung, Sikkim, India — Amitabha Gupta. CC BY 4.0. View adapted image.
Sikkim, two mountain perspectives
Pelling, Sikkim, India — Santhosh.hugar. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Singapore, a city of shared discoveries
Marina Bay, Singapore — Basile Morin. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Tea hills, forest and backwater mornings
Munnar, Kerala, India — Rainer Halama. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Thailand, two coastal chapters
Railay Bay, Krabi, Thailand — Vyacheslav Argenberg. CC BY 4.0. View adapted image.
Thimphu · Punakha day trip · Paro — 5 days / 4 nights
Kyichu Lhakhang, Paro, Bhutan — Romarin07. CC BY-SA 3.0. View adapted image.
Thimphu · Punakha · Paro — 6 days / 5 nights
National Memorial Chorten, Thimphu, Bhutan — Bernard Gagnon. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Thimphu · Punakha · Paro — 7 days / 6 nights
Paro Taktsang, Paro, Bhutan — Gerd Eichmann. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Thimphu · Punakha · Paro — 8 days / 7 nights
Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan — Phuentsho. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Two moods of the Himachal hills
Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India — Amit Phulera. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Vietnam, a journey in three chapters
Hoi An — Omar David Sandoval Sida. CC BY-SA 4.0. View adapted image.
Wayanad, forest and slow mornings
Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad, Kerala, India — Nijusby. CC BY-SA 3.0. View adapted image.
Other destination photographs
Dubai
Dubai skyline at dusk — Paul Morgan, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.
Sri Lanka
Sigiriya Sri Lanka — dronepicr, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.
Bhutan
Paro Taktsang, Bhutan — Nina R, edited by UnpetitproleX (perspective correction and slight sharpening). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0; resized and cropped for display.
Thailand
Railay Beach top viev — Nata Mostova. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. This photograph is resized and cropped for display; adaptations of the photograph retain the same license.
Koh Samui, Island, Beach, Thailand and Pattaya Bay, Pattaya Beach, Boats, Thailand — Vyacheslav Argenberg / vascoplanet.com. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0; resized and cropped for display.
Destination photographs illustrate the region; accommodation or experiences are confirmed in each traveller’s proposal.