Tucked away in a far northwest corner of the United States, Seattle is a thriving industrial city that houses the likes of Boeing and Microsoft. Despite its rainy climate, it is also one of the most fascinating and lively towns on the Pacific coast…

The Chinese (and the Welsh curiously) have always liked to number things – the Five Classic Books, the 10,000 Mile Great Wall…

There is so much to say about this city, there isn’t room to accommodate every little thing about it. Vienna though is…

Vancouver really should be renamed Fitcouver. The people here are so damned fit and healthy it actually makes you feel sick. You get the impression…

With this year’s Asia-Pacific OutGames just round the corner, DS has thoughtfully put together a few notes for gay visitors to Wellington’s capital. The biggest city on the spectacular North Island (or Aotearoa in Maori), Wellington has a thriving gay culture…

Namaste! Are you looking for a new beach holiday destination? Well, Goa in South West India may be just the thing. You may wonder…

Seoul often gets mis-sold as “s(e)oulless” – see what I did there? But it doesn’t take much to fall in love with this rambling jumble of concrete to see its colourful and vibrant heart. With markets a-plenty to explore…

San Francisco is without a doubt one of the most popular and enduring gay destinations for foreigners and people from elsewhere in the U.S. But where do the gays of San Francisco go to escape it all? The answer, more often than not…

Hoi An is the perfect weekend getaway from Hong Kong. You can get there in an afternoon (if you time your flights right), and it has wonderful food, a shamefully picturesque old town as well as a beautiful 3km long white sand beach…

Originally known as Edo, Tokyo he is one of the world’s most populous cities. A veritable metropolis with over 13 million inhabitants, it is the bustling economic and cultural centre of the world’s third largest economy. The city is a hive…