Category: Asia

Even though there are no artefacts or documents that would date Bali as far back as the Stone Age, it is believed that the very first immigrants to Bali moved from China about 2500 BC. By the time...

Thai cuisine is famous across the globe for its powerful scents and spicy tastes. Thai cuisine is so diverse that even a list of typical Thai meals is just a quick introduction to this amazing,...

Egypt should be on everyone's bucket list of places to visit. Egypt has a particular place in our hearts because it was the starting point for Planet D in 2008 when we started cycling from Cairo to...

The Shang Dynasty The Huang He Valley, which is often regarded as the origin of Chinese civilisation, has yielded thousands of archaeological artefacts that offer data about the Shang dynasty....

Following the death by suicide of the last Emperor of the Ming dynasty, there was a power struggle for control of the realm. The Chinese government solicited the assistance of the Manchu army in...

1974 was the year when labourers in China made the most incredible find as they were in the process of drilling a new well. They stumbled upon a hole in which, at first, they uncovered one thousand...