What we look for
Only authentic, out-of-the-ordinary stays, from the signature boutique hotel to the surf lodge. Luxury is no longer in the price, it is in the experience.
Place
A place worth the journey.
An island for twelve villas, a refuge above the clouds, a room with no door, facing the sea.
« Brown wooden lounge chairs on brown wooden dock during daytime », Sasha Kaunas · Unsplash · cropped and converted to WebP
Person
Someone who makes it unique.
The captain who knows every lagoon, the chef who cooks from her garden, the guide who teaches you the wave.
« Long-tail boat driver », kallerna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and converted to WebP
Activity
An experience you live nowhere else.
The lagoon before the other boats, a night in a mountain refuge, a dive no one else offers.
« Lagoon of Hong island », Vladimir Pankratov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and converted to WebP
How it works
You write to us. We come, and we live your place the way your guests will. One to two weeks later, the story comes out, in eleven languages.
For agents
Readable by AI
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Our rules
How we work
They make our stories credible, and you with them.
We sleep on site.Every story is lived, never compiled from a desk.
A hosted stay is always disclosed.Our host proofreads nothing and asks for nothing.
No paid links.The only link in a story goes to the place's own website.
We have nothing to sell you. We are simply here to share the incredible experiences we are lucky enough to live.
Tom and Julie
Our next long journey
On our route? Now is the right time to write to us.
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01 / 06 · 3 to 23 January
Thailand
Bangkok, Krabi / Railay, Koh Yao Yai, Koh Lanta, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Pai
The Andaman islands in the heart of the dry season, then the temples and mountains of the North.
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02 / 06 · 23 January to 2 February
Cambodia
Angkor, Phnom Penh, Kampot / Kep
Angkor at sunrise, then the pepper farms of Kampot and the crab of Kep.
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03 / 06 · 2 February to 15 March
Vietnam
Cần Thơ, Mekong Delta, Phu Quoc, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Lat, Hoi An, Hue, Phong Nha, Ninh Binh, Lan Ha Bay / Cat Ba, Hanoi, Sapa, Ha Giang
Tết with a family in the Mekong Delta, then from south to north, up to the Ha Giang loop.
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04 / 06 · 15 to 29 March
Yunnan
Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yuanyang rice terraces
Lake Erhai by bike, the Naxi villages of Lijiang, Tiger Leaping Gorge, the rice terraces of Yuanyang.
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05 / 06 · 29 March to 13 April
Philippines
Manila, Cebu City, Moalboal, Bantayan, Siargao
The lagoons of El Nido, the wrecks of Coron, then the waves of Siargao.
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06 / 06 · 13 to 20 April
Thailand
Bangkok
Songkran in Bangkok, before the flight home.
Base map: Natural Earth
Elsewhere too
Not on our route? Write to us anyway.
This route is the one of our next long journey, not a closed list. We are up for other adventures: if your place is worth the journey, let's talk, in Asia or elsewhere.
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