The Last Home Guest House in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has no website, but is a great and safe place to stop for a few days. Located near the National Museum in the heart of the city, it's in walking distance to Riverside and the rooms are clean and cheap. Most importantly, Saket, Poch and Lo manage the guest house with dedication and go out of their way to help their guests.

#21 Eo, Street 172, Phnom Penh / Email: last_home_gh@yahoo.com / Tel. 855 16 307134 or 855 12 831702

The Little Garden Bar in Kampot, Cambodia

Excellent guest house in the excellent and serene provincial Cambodian town of Kampot, run by a nice English guy and his German partner who has a rocknroll past. Clean rooms, great restaurant, lots of information and Conradian riverside views.

www.littlegardenbar.com

The Singhvi Haveli, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

The Singhvi Haveli is a 400 year old town house, located at the foot of Jodhpur's mighty Mehrangarh Fort and has no website. Run by two helpful brothers, Don and Alps, and their efficient Nepali staff, this guest house offers clean and simple rooms as well as excellent vegetarian food, right in the heart of the Blue City.

Ramdev Ji Ka Chowk, Navchokiya / Email: singhvi15adhaveli@hotmail.com / Tel. 91 291 2624293

Makaibari Tea Gardens, Darjeeling, India

Cradled in the lap of the Himalayas, the mystical land of the ancient seers and saints, where the Vedas were created, Makaibari (literally "Maize Land") is in Kurseong, the Land of the White Orchid, in Darjeeling. In 1859, this magical land saw the development of the now fabled tea estate. It went on to become the best tea garden in the world....says Raja Banerjee, its owner. It certainly is a magical place. The plantations are beautifully and holistically maintained, they team with wildlife, including leopards and tigers, and accomodation can be arranged in an old British chalet, or as a home stay with a family of tea pluckers.

www.makaibari.org

The Ad Here the 13th Bar in Bangkok, Thailand

The Ad Here Bar is a hole in the wall bar near Khao San Road, Bangkok's backpacker ghetto. Great live music every night and a full, raucously dancing house at the weekends.

But what makes the Ad Here truly special is Pong, the bar's owner and guitar player of the house band. This guy is a world class player, and humble to boot. Rarely heard a guy who swings so well.

Ad Here is located right across the bridge at Banglamphu intersection, a few minutes walk north on Samsen Road from Khao San Road

Mohans Adventure Travel, Hardwar, Northern India

Situated in Hardwar, the city where the Ganges breaks from the Himalayas into the Indian plains, Mohans Adventure Travel is owned and managed by Sanjeev Mehta, tour guide and production manager extraordinaire. Sanjeev arranges treks and trips all over India and works regularly on international documentary film shoots. Not only is Sanjeev extremely dedicated and reliable; it's also real fun working with him. Highly recommended.

www.mohansadventure.in