Railay Beach, Krabi, Thailand
A beautiful isolated series of beaches & a perennial backpacker favourite whose karst cliffs also make it popular with the rock climbing community.
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Thailand’s second city, the largest city & capital of the north, a photogenic cultural hotbed & jumping-off point for many northern attractions.
Tiger Kingdom, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tigers. Stunningly beautiful creatures. And in Tiger Kingdom, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, you get to spend time in an enclosure with them.
Golden Triangle, northern Thailand
As I type I’m in the Akha Hill guesthouse situated in the mountains 23 kilometres outside Chiang Rai, itself a 3-hour bus ride north of Chiang Mai. I’m in extreme northern Thailand, in the so-called Golden Triangle region not too far from the border with...
Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand
I’ve spent the last while in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, taking a look around. This is (almost) extreme northern Thailand, not too far from the border with Burma (some call it Myanmar). Having a look around didn’t take long. There’s not a whole...
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok is the the capital, largest city and chief port of Thailand, the city that has dominated the country’s urban hierarchy, as well as its political, commercial and cultural life, since the late 18th century. It’s also one of the leading cities in...
KLIA Layover
One thousand three hundred eighty-eight days. That’s a long time & that is how long it has been since I last travelled in earnest, meaning the last time I lived out of a backpack, used a guidebook & lived to a daily budget. It has been that many days since I...
Boracay Island, Philippines
Still somehow the king of the Philippines’ many beautiful islands, little Boracay (9 kilometres long by 1 kilometre wide), right in the epicentre of the Filipino island party scene, attracts hordes each & every year but yet somehow still manages to re-build itself...
Angkor, Cambodia
The UNESCO-listed temples of Angkor, the capital of the ancient Khmer kingdom, are Cambodia’s greatest treasure & the highlight of any trip to Southeast Asia.