Southeast Asia region is a very popular travel destination, and a lot of travel bloggers have written so much about it. It is popular not only to budget travelers and backpackers (because man, they always say this is the cheapest region to travel to), but also to digital nomads, photographers, and travel bloggers themselves as well.
While everyone has been talking about Southeast Asia travel on blogs, vlogs, and Instagram, I honestly believe there is no other nice way to get insider tips about traveling in the region than from Southeast Asia travel bloggers themselves. Most of them are born and raised in this region of the world and they surely know a lot about their countries of origin than anybody else.
Now, without further ado, I have collected a list of 18 Southeast Asia travel bloggers whom you can stalk on Instagram and learn tips by reading their blogs:
Thiha the Traveller (Myanmar)
Travel Blog: thihathetraveller.com
Thiha is a travel blogger from Myanmar who posts breathtaking photos from the 21 countries he has traveled to so far.
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Nu Myat Around the World (Myanmar)
Travel Blog: numyataroundtheworld.com
Nu Myat is a Doctor by profession and also a travel blogger. Based in Myanmar, she is the Chief Editor of Chic Magazine and My Journey Magazine. She has been to 50 countries so far.
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Move to Cambodia (Cambodia)
Travel Blog: movetocambodia.com
Lina Goldberg created this travel blog to document her life and travels in Cammbodia. She provides meaningful captions on every photo she posts.
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SiemReap.net (Cambodia)
Travel Blog: siemreap.net
This blog can serve as your ultimate guide to exploring the beautiful town of Siem Reap, Cambodia — from places to eat, shop, and stay.
Khmer Bird (Cambodia)
Travel Blog: khmerbird.com
Santel Phin is an IT guy by profession and a self-proclaimed cinephile. His blog is a good reference when traveling around Cambodia where he provides free travel guides.
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Malaysia Asia (Malaysia)
Travel Blog: blog.malaysia-asia.my
David Hogan, Jr. has been travel blogging since 2007, the year where the first batch of travel bloggers emerged. He is also a bird watcher and scuba diver.
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Places and Foods (Malaysia)
Travel Blog: placesandfoods.com
Wilson Ng is a food and travel enthusiast based in Malaysia who has also been featured in NTV7 & Channel News Asia, Capital FM and Ai FM.
Kampung Boy City Gal (Malaysia)
Travel Blog: kampungboycitygal.com
Kampung Boy City Gal provides SME advisory services, urban farmer, and chef. Aside from travels, their blog also focuses on lifestyle and family life.
Vkeong.com (Malaysia)
Travel Blog: vkeong.com
Vkeong is a Programmer by profession and owns two dogs and a cat. He was also an ex-durian seller based in Malaysia and he mostly posts and blogs about food.
Velvet Escape (Malaysia)
Travel Blog: velvetescape.com
Keith Jerkin’s blog focuses on luxury travel and he is the CEO of iambassador. He is currently based in Amsterdam where he posts stunning photos on his Instagram feed. I also specifically like his interest in architecture and history.
Discover Your Indonesia (Indonesia)
Travel Blog: discoveryourindonesia.com
This blog can serve as your ultimate guide to traveling around Indonesia where they post articles about different tourist desinations in the archipelago.
Pergi Dulu (Indonesia)
Travel Blog: pergidulu.com
Suan and Adam are Indonesian and Australian travel couple who blogs about their experiences from the 72 countries they have traveled to so far. They are also authors of 5 books and they offer private tours to tourists.
AnakJajan.com (Indonesia)
Travel Blog: anakjajan.com
Julia and Marius are award-winning travel bloggers in Indonesia where they won awards at InfluenceAsia 2017 and RCTISocMed Awards 2016. They also post vlogs on their YouTube channel.
Girl Eat World (Indonesia)
Travel Blog: girleatworld.net
Mel has been eating her way around the wold and the photos she posts of food with tourist spots as backgrounds really captured the inspiration of a lot of wanderlusts.
The Occasional Traveller (Indonesia)
Travel Blog: theoccasionaltraveller.com
Jaclynn Seah’s travel blog is always there to remind us that there is more to life than working, which is taking some time off to travel. She is currently based in Singapore.
Travel Inspiration 360 (Singapore)
Travel Blog: travelinspiration360.com
Keith Yuen has been solo traveling to 105 countries (and counting!) and has been featured in so many media channels such as Mediacorp TV, Radio, Newspaper, European Union, and China Central TV, among others.
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I Wander (Singapore)
Travel Blog: iwandered.net
Based in Singapore, Bino Chua has been travel writing and some of his works was seen on Lonely Planet, BBC, Forbes, and more.
Traveler Folio (Singapore)
Travel Blog: travelerfolio.com
TravelerFolio has been posting a lot of travel photos and tips mostly from his home country, Singapore.
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There you have it! There is no better way travel stories in Southeast Asia could be told than by Southeast Asian travel bloggers themselves. i hope they were able to inspire you to see more of the Southeast Asia region and the whole world as well. Happy travels!
If you want to be included in the list, don’t hesitate to send me a DM at instagram.com/wheressherlyn. π