Beginner guides to get it right the first time

Emergency and tourist helplines in Seoul, Busan, Jeju and Incheon, hospitals, insurance and a paperwork plan B for couples travelling to South Korea.

Rains, jellyfish, currents, hire motorbikes, boats, air quality and hospitals: what official advisories record for travelling to Thailand's islands.

Kuala Lumpur dazzles at night, but Malaysia has strict rules on drugs, dress and relationships. What official advice says for couples.

Vietnam and Cambodia enchant but need preparation: bag-snatching, drugs, methanol, job scams and landmines. What official advice says.

Singapore is comfortable and safe, but merciless with rules. Drugs, vaping, street drinking, public conduct and entry steps, per official advice.

Bali enchants, but Indonesia has laws and risks worth knowing: drugs, adulterated alcohol, cohabitation, theft and traffic, per official advice.

Fines for lacking ID, swimming in a canal or stepping in front of a tram, and what is and is not legal with cannabis, per the official advice.

What the official advice says about wildfires, extreme heat, flooding and rip currents in France, and how to prepare a trip to the south.

The Belgian rules that surprise tourists most, per the FCDO: carrying your passport, no face coverings, drugs, driving and medical care.

A calm night in Lyon: what the official France advice says, what can be verified about the adult scene and how to plan the way back.

A guide to Santa Catarina island's beaches by area, with current risks, the bathing-quality report and courtesy rules at the Galheta naturist beach.

What Spicy, Enigma, Asha and Inner publish on their official websites: hours, advance tickets, comanda, consumação, dress code and phone use.

A practical protocol for going out at night in Brazil: taxis and ride apps, drinks, methanol, dating-app meetings, ATMs and beaches, per the FCDO and Wikivoyage.

What sexual harassment means in Brazil (art. 215-A, Law 13.718), why it matters in the lifestyle scene and five concrete habits for respecting consent.

What the CDC, the FCDO and Brazil's Ministry of Health say about vaccines, dengue, water, medical care and safer sex before travelling to the Southeast and South.

What the official advice says about drugs, bar raids, detention and national security in mainland China, and what Article 301 of the Criminal Law says about group gatherings.

Two special administrative regions with their own rules: entry, banned vaping and CBD, national security, taxis, licensed accommodation and emergencies, according to the official advice.

Arrival card, visa-free stay, driving, typhoons, earthquakes, dengue and emergency numbers: what the FCDO's official advice says about Taiwan.

Visa, accommodation registration, passport, mobile payments, blocked internet and emergency numbers: what the FCDO's official advice says before you travel to mainland China.

How to enter Suriname (ICF form, e-tourist card, currency), what to see in Paramaribo and what the FCDO warns about crime, drugs, heat and floods.