stdClass Object ( [ID] => 7558 [post_author] => 4 [post_date] => 2012-05-11 18:49:30 [post_date_gmt] => 2012-05-11 18:49:30 [post_content] => SPAS, beach holidays, good food, wildlife experiences... here are some perfect ways to treat your mum this Mother's Day around Asia. [caption id="attachment_7562" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Pic: Hikers on the Kepler Track, New Zealand. www.visitedplanet.com"][/caption] Adventure For mothers that love to really let loose there are plenty of adventure options around Asia too. * Send her off trekking in Nepal in the high Himalaya - she might like a porter too * Get a few screams out of her on a bungy jump in New Zealand * Take her to the Asahan River in Sumatra, Indonesia for some stellar white water rafting * Get her climbing Malaysia's highest peak - Kota Kinnabalu * Hit the famed trails of New Zealand like the Milford Track or Routeburn [caption id="attachment_7564" align="alignnone" width="501" caption="Pic: Spices in an Indian market. www.visitedplanet.com"][/caption] Food and wine tour There are plenty of foodie escapes for those keen on the good stuff. * Schedule a cooking class in the Vietnamese foodie capital of Hoi An so she can learn how to cook squid or make noodles * A tour of Australia's Apple Isle (Tasmania) might be just the thing visiting berry farms, buying fresh oysters, sampling fruit icecreams, specialty cheeses and fantastic local honey * If she's a foodie she could visit local markets in any Asian city like Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Delhi, Hanoi - these can be with organised tours that combine it with a cooking class * Send her out on a hawker centre tour of South East Asia for some seriously good food - peppered crabs in Singapore, laksa in Penang (Malaysia), pho bo in Hanoi (Vietnam)... * Encourage her to restock her cellar visiting Australia's famed wine regions such as the Hunter Valley (NSW), the Clare and Barossa Valleys (SA) or Margaret River (WA) [caption id="attachment_7565" align="alignnone" width="502" caption="Pic: Elephants bathing in Sri Lanka. www.visitedplanet.com"][/caption] Wildlife extravaganza * Get her to meet the orangutan's in Borneo (Sabah/Sarawak) or Sumatra (Indonesia) * Take her on a safari in an Indian game park to see such rare animals as the Asiatic Lion, wild ass, Indian elephant Himalayan Tahr * Have her visit a wildlife park in Australia to cuddle a koala, feed a kangaroo and marvel at a crocodile (from a distance!) * Book mum into some elephant trekking in Thailand * If she loves big animals there are plenty of elephant sanctuaries and orphanages in Asia such as the Pinnawala orphanage near Kandy, Sri Lanka [post_title] => Perfect Mother's Day escapes [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => perfect-mothers-day-escapes [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2012-05-30 13:49:23 [post_modified_gmt] => 2012-05-30 13:49:23 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://www.travelwireasia.com/?p=7558 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )