Brian Fisher

Biran W Fisher has already toured most of Thailand's islands but not, till now, the most accessible from Bangkok. He finds Koh Samet is crowded with a litter issue.

Koh Chang is one of Thailand's least-visited islands, perhaps because in the past it used to harbour Dengue Fever. Brian Fisher finds the slow pace of life and lack of tourists just adds to its appeal.

Despite a year which included a stroke and an extended stay in hospital, Brian W Fisher casts aside his Zimmer frame and flies off to Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Krabi. Even after the recent coup Thailand's smiling welcome remains.

Planning carefully, as ever, Brian Fisher negotiates the intricacies of Vietnamese life - and downs at least one Russian in the process. Not bad, perhaps, at 81.

Many years ago Brian Fisher greatly enjoyed a trip to Thailand's infamous railway line on the River Kwai. A recent visit, however, was much less successful.

Brian M Fisher has been on the world quite long enough to be able to cope with the shocks and surprises of Thailand's nightlife. But even he is disturbed by new developments.

A canoeing expedition near Krabi strays from the tourist trail when Brian W Fisher climbs to a hilltop Buddhist temple. When he meets the head monk this unplanned visit takes an unexpected turn and he is forced to confront a painful past.

Brian Fisher picks his careful way through a holiday experience in Sabah. His hotel makes all the right noises and - thankfully - makes no effort to make him climb Mount Kinabalu.

October to November 2011 and much of Thailand's capital was flooded. Brian Fisher visits and finds the locals coping with the disaster with calm equanimity.

Brian Fisher's painstaking account of his most recent visit to Thailand details every stage of travel but comes to life exploring the hidden hongs of Krabi's limestone mountains.

When Brian Fisher decides to travel round Cambodia he decides to use a local tour operator. But this carefully-observed account suggests perhaps he should be one.