Matt Payne

For four days, I’ve been trekking across South Korea exploring the country’s delightfully diverse array of culinary expression. And while bibimbop (veggies, rice, thinly sliced meats and chili paste) and Korean barbeque (thin slices of beef cooked table top)  are the nation’s flagship dishes, it is in the hyper-stimulating markets of Korea that the country’s [...]

By 6am on a Monday morning, traffic on the 25 mile drive from Incheon, home to South Korea’s largest airport, to Seoul is already bad. The daylight is a mere suggestion, but the city, at the dawn of a new week, has announced itself. It is the usual chaotic crossings of centerlines, indifferent honks, and [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA – February 3, 2012 – The LA Times travel show, held January 28 and 29 at the LA Convention Center is a joyfully overwhelming frenetic beehive of adventurous, far-flung insanity. Grass-skirted fijians strum upbeat island melodies over a kava kava ceremony enticing would-be tourists to come check out their exotic destinations and [...]

 When it comes to bachelor parties, few if any other city can hold a candle to constant hysteria and hyper stimulation of Las Vegas. While this age-old ritual of pre-matrimonial inebriation is one that for millions has been tried and true, there is more to The Entertainment Capital of the World than the glittery breasts [...]