The dense vegetation and fog eerily surrounding the Chengdu Panda Base creates an illusion of entering the natural habitat of giant pandas thousands of metres above sea level. This…
For most travellers, their motorcycle journey around the Bolaven Plateau will begin and end at the provincial capital of Pakse. This small and quiet city houses an enormous central market,…
As the sun begins to descend over Bhutan's Phobjikha Valley, the man from the Amankora Gangtey lodge bids me follow him down a track, through a potato shed, over a planted field and up a…
As I filled in the application form to volunteer in the Philippines, it never occurred to me that 2 months later I would be covered in mud, living without hot water, eating unknown foods ─…
A giant brass rhinoceros has almost consumed Liz the receptionist, and over her head hangs one of several big brass trees — complete with canopies of lush golden leaves — overhanging the…
When I told friends and family that I was spending a month in Thailand learning Muay Thai kickboxing, their reactions varied from mild confusion (“You’re doing what?”) to downright…