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In New Zealand's town of Otorohanga there's a huge bird sanctuary, and Paul Stuart-Higgs manages it. But maybe he's now been talking Kiwi too long...

In the picture-postcard setting of Hoi An, Sezgi Yalin gets to know her neighbours - and hears about their hopes and dreams. 

Elephants in Thailand often have to work for a living: they eat a lot in a crowded country. But tourist dollars rarely do the animals any favours, finds Anna Amado when she volunteers at an elephant orphanage.

Simon Ramsden takes his life in his hands near Krabi as he tries Thailand's latest adventure sport, Deep Water Solo. It combines rock-climbing with tombstoning and looks great fun, but you've always got to worry when your guide won't do it.

Drifting smoke and the smell of cordite isn't always a good sign in Southeast Asia. But Kenton Molloy finds the religious festival that sends rockets into the skies of Northern Thailand and Laos is a pyrotechnic's party that defies health and safety.

Thailand might have political problems but these don't trouble Thomas Randall on the sleepy southern island of Koh Tao. Until, that is, he dons a snorkel and realises he's forgotten how to swim.

One of the world's most isolated beach communities is found on the northern wastes of Western Australia. Adrian Harman-Bishop finds a laid-back holiday town with plenty to do.

Christian Cummins finds there's something slightly surreal about Thailand's exuberant waterfight festival, Songkran, as it takes place against a background of violent demonstrations curbed by live ammunition. Main Pen Rai, he says, as cold water is poured down his neck.

Lauren Manuel finds that South Korea presents some fairly daunting cultural challenges as she settles in to life in the capital.

David Calleja meets a orphaned baby called Anne-Marie - and the dedicated individuals working to give her a stable future.