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Archaeological Mysteries of Laos | Philip Sen
Past the skeletal remains of the palaces it's an endless climb up crumbling steps guarded by stone tigers and naga serpents, strewn during still-current ceremonies with delicate five-petalled flowers
Banks of the Ganges | Philip Sen | India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi
Murmuring their prayers at shrines and alcoves set into Sanskrit-inscribed walls, they bathe effigies of the sacred cow and the phallic lingam that symbolises Shiva
China's UNESCO World Heritage Sites: A Personal Pick | Philip Sen
Summing up everything that is admirable and appalling about Chinese history, this stupendous feat of engineering entombs thousands of the unfortunates that constructed it
China: World Heritage v Tourism | Philip Sen
There are not many places left in China that can live up to the images we recognise from kung-fu movies and willow-pattern plates
Cycling with Rembrandt | Philip Sen | Netherlands, Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Pedal on through comatose villages like De Rijp and Schermerhorn, which look like they've been undisturbed since the Peace of Westphalia. Look closely and you can still imagine the subjects of Rembrandt's rural sketches
Dying for a Dollar: Animal Issues in Asia | Philip Sen
All the animal societies we contacted said that concerned tourists can best help improve the situation simply by staying away from attractions that exploit animals
Handfuls of middle aged men, perhaps the sons of the fallen, kneel before the graveyard's understated shrine and light fragrant incense sticks, thousands more of which are clustered in the birdtable-like burner stands
Elephant Heaven | Philip Sen | Thailand, The North, Chiang Mai
And once you've ridden an elephant bareback, its bristles of wiry hair pricking against your legs, you'll know the difference
Out of this World | Philip Sen
Another rough drive takes you past remains of monasteries rising like broken teeth from the jaws of the landscape and then to Gyatsola, at 5,220 metres the highest pass in the world
Qufu, China: Beyond Beliefs | Philip Sen
Qufu, the contemporary site of the former State of Lu where in 551 BC Confucius was born, still retains an ancient charm
The Jungle is Neutral | Philip Sen
Countless lines of marble headstones poke up from Kanchanaburi's three major cemeteries, tended to an immaculate standard by armies of Thai gardeners
The Lonely Khao Sanh Road | Philip Sen | Thailand, Bangkok, Bangkok
Departing a few days later I disputed the bill. Surely I couldn't have drunk that much. The South African smiled. Surely I had. Totting up the bill again, I realised he was right. I must have been having fun
The Painted Monasteries of Bucovina | Philip Sen | Romania, Bucovina (North-Western), Bucovnia
Seldom visited by outsiders, the county of Bucovina harbours in its valleys a lingering grace and the soul of a past that the rest of Europe has long forgotten
Tiger-Spotting at Corbett Park | Philip Sen | India, Uttarakhand, Corbett Park Reserve
Bollywood to the hilt, the tiger knows he is the star of the show and as if to prove it gives us a couple of gaping yawns to show off his pure-white inch-long canines
Walled In: Pingyao | Philip Sen
Pingyao's wall has stood firm since the Ming Dynasty. It escaped the worst of the Cultural Revolution and even today not one skyscraper blocks the view