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Asia travel blogs by Burnessie: city & country travel guides detailing all the best places to eat, drink, stay and things to do in Asia’s best destinations.

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Ukulhas Guide: Best of the Maldives Local Islands (2025)

I recently solo backpacked the Maldives on a budget, visiting three different local islands in two weeks, and Ukulhas was undoubtedly my favourite of the local islands I visited.

With a picture perfect powder soft white sand beach, palms bent over the turquoise waters and one of the best house reefs for snorkelling I’ve had the pleasure to swim in, Ukulhas is a wonderful choice for a local Maldivian experience.

Read on for all my hand picked recommendations on where to eat on Ukulhas, which excursions you should do, where to stay and how to navigate getting to this far flung island on a budget.

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A Complete Koh Ngai Travel Guide: Quiet Thai Paradise (2024)

Koh Ngai is a tiny island not too far from Koh Lanta; an island with no roads and incredible turquoise waters over an impressive coral reef. It has desert island vibes mixed with some lovely hotels that make it a great island to stop at for some quiet down time on a Thailand island hopping …

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A Week in Goa

I’ve wanted to go to India for a very, very long time. In my head I’ve always thought I’d go for an extended trip, a few months or so – the country is so vast and there’s an unbelievable amount to see, so I never really considered a holiday there, assuming I’d need longer to satisfy any sort of craving. That said, sometime last year I was musing on the idea of going to Goa to do a smaller, more manageable chunk of India using my annual leave, to get a taste of the place. Imagine my delight when a potted palm with an incense stick shoved in its soil landed on to my doorstep, inviting me to celebrate my friends Hannah and Adam’s wedding in Goa.

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Gili Islands Travel Guide

Dark blue waters fade into turquoise up to the white beaches of the Gilis of Lombok, Indonesia. Made up of Gili Trawangan (or just ‘Gili T’ for ease), Gili Meno and Gili Air, these islands are the perfect combination of the different styles of island life to be experienced in a short space of time. Or, as many do, for much longer than you intended (I have a fair few mates who rocked up for two days and never left).

With stunning sunsets, no cars and dive shops every five metres, the Gilis is not a destination to be missed. Gili T, the biggest of the three islands, leads the way with raucous nightlife (make sure you try a Vodka Joss – I take no responsibility for your heart rate afterwards, proceed with caution) and this combined with the great diving and lazy way of life means that this is the island I have spent most of my time on. If you’re looking for a quieter time or want to island hop between them all, Meno and Air are a mere 10 and 20 minutes or so by boat respectively.

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