The Best Travel Blogs About Asia

So you want to explore Asia? There are many beautiful, culturally rich, and tantalizing places to visit. It's choosing a single location that is the most difficult. Luckily for you, that's where we come in.

We've scoured the internet and found more than fifty of the best Asia travel blogs to help you find the perfect destination or learn more about the country you're planning to visit.

The Top Five Travel Blogs About Asia

1. A Pair of Panties and Boxers is largely focused on travels in more than a dozen Asia locations. As a social media marketer, Monica loves traveling, and shares her passion through her blog.
2. A Travel Around the World is a collaborative backpacker's blog that offers tips about different Asian travel locations, a photoblog, and a large
3. backpacker's directory of additional blogs. What began as a method to communicate with friends and family became a massive traveler's web resource.
4. Feringhee: The India Diaries is a blog about one woman's six year trip in India where she has studied the culture and religion. Her commentary on Indian culture serves as an excellent explanation of cultural beliefs, customs, and behaviors—from the foreigner's perspective.
5. Some people take traveling on as a lifestyle. The Nerdy Nomad has been traveling and volunteering abroad for years. Her blog entries may not recommend the hottest night clubs, but they will offer an interesting perspective from a foreigner's perspective in the dozens of countries she has blogged about.
6. Waiguoren Critic of South China: Rants and Raves From the Middle Kingdom and Beyond is a blog written by a China traveler who is originally from New Jersey. This author is not afraid to tell the world what he really thinks.

The Rest of the Best

• A Little Adrift is a blog about a girl who has traveled all around the world, but finds a sweet spot in Asia. You will find food, entertainment, and general musings on this delightful blog.
  
• A Year In Motion is a couple's traveling blog that includes traditional entries as well as video blogs. You can even watch a video of Tony eating live scorpions in Beijing. Yum!
• Abandon the Cube is a travel blog of two history buffs. They offer news, humor, guides, adventure stories, and tips on how to quit your day job to travel the globe.
• Absurdity, Allegory and China: The Kingdom From Another Angle is a blog with excellent photography and biting political commentary.

• Adventure Bimbling is a blog that will give you up to date, important, and urgent travel notices as well as cultural, political, and media based commentary about travel in Asia.
• Adventure Rob is a travel blog filled with anecdotes and pictures of his travels in Asia and around the world.
• Ali's Adventures might be a little different than the average blogger. Her travels have even taken her to the southernmost continent, Antarctica. But you'll enjoy her photos and anecdotes about her Asian travels too.
• Amateur Traveler Podcasts is a one man show filled with tips, tricks, podcasts and interviews with travelers of all destinations.
• An American in the Far East is a blog written by a graduate who is in China teaching English.
• Asia Travel Guide is a blog about one girls travels through many Asian countries as well as other locations in the world.
• Backpacker Ben is a blog that focuses on various aspects of traveling. Most recently Ben's has been in Thailand and explores food, cooking classes, hostels, and other entertainment and technology topics.
• Brooke Vs. The World is a blog by a twenty something who's been traveling since 2007. She offers a newsletter especially for girls who are thinking of traveling the world alone.
• Central Asia: The World Affairs Blog Network is a blog with several blogging contributors. This blog keeps travelers updated about political and international relations issues in Central Asian countries.
• Chiraylik, meaning beauty, is a blog maintained by two sisters who have a passion for beautiful Central Asian men, and write about the aesthetics of the rugged, the city born, and every other type of man.
• Chris in South Korea is a blog all about an ex-pat's adventures and travels in Korea. Interested in politics? Great. Interested in entertainment? You'll find that too!
• Dan's Adventure: Around the World Travel Blog is about exactly that. His travels through Asia are filled with witty posts and lots of photographs.
• Diego to Daegu is a blog about one girl's experience teaching English in South Korea.
• Dream a Little Dream is a blog by a married couple who love traveling and hate the grind of 9 to 5.
• Eating Asia is a foodie blog created by a writer/photojournalist couple who want to share their love of Asian food travel experiences.
• En Route is a blog written by a traveler who went east when their job came to an end. This is a humorous and biting blog.
• Epic Asia Travel is not your everyday travel blog. it's filled with tips and reviews of all sorts of things, as well as photos and anecdotes from a girl who absolutely loves Asia.
• Gap Year Escape is written by Amar, a freelance writer, who wants to share his love for traveling and photography with the world.
• Holiday Calendar is a blog designed to help you find a great vacation destination.
• Jamie's Phuket is a smorgasbord for the Phuket, Thailand traveler. Looking for the best eateries or shopping? You'll find it here. He offers great tips for those looking for just about anything Phuket.
• Just Wandering is a blog about a girl who always wanted to travel before she finally did it. Discover her incredible story, and learn why she is living in Manila now.
• Kimchee with Eish is a blog about living in South Korea and teaching English.
• Korea, Kimchee, and K-Pop is a blog written by a young girl who struggles with wearing a western body in an eastern culture.
• LakBai: A Couple Traveling Through Southeast Asia is a blog that delves into food, photos, and culture with the hopes to discovering a bit more about themselves.
• Lynn's New Adventures is a blog about being a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philipines.
• KZblog: An American Expat Living in Astana, Kazakhstan explores culture and politics in the less traveled central Asian lands.
• Maitravelsite is created by a young traveler enthusiast who wants to share his enjoyment of experiencing other cultures with the rest of the world.
• Mark's China Blog is written by a man who spent more than four years living in China. He relates his experiences there, the travel, the politics, the culture from the perspective of a midwesterner from the US.
• My Several Worlds is a blog created to help people learn how to navigate Asia whether it's food, communication, or transportation.
• Pasyalera is a project created by two Filipino graduates who want to share their passion for the Philipines with other travelers.

• Regina at the Top of the World is a spunky blog about various Asian travel destinations and adventures.
• Rishi Sankar: Ah Trini Travelogue Is a blog that explores various aspects of being a traveler. When do you buy a flight? When do you check baggage and when do you carry it on? And how do you take a good tourist photo? Rishi's advice comes from years of traveling the globe.
• Shanghai Scrap: Observations of Asia and the World by Adam Minter, an American Writer in Shanghai is a blog about culture, urban development, politics, and the foreigner's experience of living in China.
• Some Other Beginnings End is a blog written by a Peace Corps teacher in the Philipines, written about language and cultural differences.
• The Longest Way Home Travel Blog: travel journals about a guy traveling the world in search of home is a blog that discusses food, places, tips, culture, and social interactions that will surprise, shock, and delight.
• The Paper Tiger: Semi-random musings, links and conversation about China is a blog brought to you by a 30 year expat in China.
• The Road Forks is a foodie blog that not only offers tips and reviews, but also recipes from the couple's global travels. Sit down, pull up a plate, and get ready for a tasteplosion!
• This is Xianjiang is a blog created by a university professor who took a year to explore the roads less traveled in Xianjiang provence, China.
• To China and Beyond is a blog by a girl who moved to China to become a teacher, and stayed. Discover why she is passionate about the country.
• Trail of Ants is an excellent blog for backpackers. This blog is hosted and created by a solo traveler who's spend most of their time in East Asian countries. You'll love the engaging writing and humorous perspectives.
• Travel and Food is a blog by one man, a self-proclaimed foodie, who blogs about the delicacies and delights of India.
• Travel Tales From Asia: Stories and Tips from the East is created by someone who has lived in Asia for a long time and wants to share some helpful tip for the new traveler.
• Vagabonding Life is a blog written by a man who left his job and decided to travel around the world "on the cheap". Learn about food, locations, and how to be a little raucous in a foreign country.
• Vagabloding Blog is a couple's blog who love to travel on the cheap and share their adventurous thoughts.