Many people like a holiday to be a cultural experience and Asia will not disappoint.
On a cultural holiday you might eat with the locals, perhaps even visit their homes and see their way of life off the well-beaten tourist track.
It is one thing staying in a luxurious hotel, eating in gourmet restaurants and indulging in the kind of pampering that can be enjoyed in this part of the world, and why not?
But to truly mingle with local people and catch a glimpse of their lives and to eat and talk with them provides a whole new perspective and something very special.
Imagine staying in locally run tea-houses while trekking in Nepal or volunteering as a teacher in Borneo, enabling primary school children to benefit from learning English from a native speaker.
Experience what it is like to travel on Vietnam’s Reunification Express train, where you will catch scenes of rural life. Take a boat along the Perfume River to the tombs of the Nguyen dynasty.
Traverse the colourful streets of the old port of Hoi An and visit the riverside market.
View the home of Tibetan monks in Lhasa, and the mystical Buddhist Monasteries of Tashilungpo at Shigatse, and the Kumbum Stupa at Gyantse.
Marvel at a Tibetan landscape, crossing over Lalungla and take in the sight of the Himalayas.
A vast choice of cultural holidays can be experienced in Asia to leave you with memories that will remain with you your entire life.
