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17 Jan, 2021, 21:56
A surreal drive across Madagascar’s highlands John Gimlette
Jetlagged and confused, John Gimlette finds himself slipping in and out of reality on a – very slightly dangerous – drive across Madagascar’s highlands, now a deforested, landslipping plain.
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22 Dec, 2020, 12:31
Meeting my Waterloo in downtown Singapore Amanda Jaffe
Somehow we should have known that 2020 has been the ‘Year of the Rat’ according to the Chinese calendar. In Singapore’s traditional street-vendor region Amanda Jaffe gets a taste of things to come with a cataclysmic horoscope.
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26 Oct, 2020, 10:08
Vientiane, Laos: not what I imagined, but that’s Travel Paul Michelson
Paul Michelson visits the Southeast Asian country of Laos and finds it’s capital city challenges his preconceptions. Not least because there seems not a lot goes on. Apart from a mysterious set of gleaming golf clubs.
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2 Sep, 2020, 21:09
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: emerging from a dark past Paul Michelson
Paul Michelson breezes through Cambodia’s greatest city, but takes time to visit Tuol Sleng, the infamous prison used by the Khmer Rouge when the country went thoroughly to the bad. This brings unsettling thoughts.
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20 Aug, 2020, 17:01
An Australian royal family prove unlike any other Nick Elvin
The Principality of Hutt River rejoined the nation of Australia this month, in August, 2020. Nick Elvin recalls crossing the border from Western Australia into a wonderfully strange micronation.
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29 Jun, 2020, 15:46
Etiquette lessons learned in Japan Elizabeth von Pier
For a first time visitor Japanese customs are unfamiliar and daunting. Elizabeth von Pier has learned some useful lessons, including how to operate their high-tech loos.
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21 May, 2020, 16:49
Tea time in Tokyo: a formal experience Elizabeth von Pier
Tea in Japan is a very ceremonial occasion. Elizabeth von Pier tucks up on a tatami mat and drinks green tea from a bowl.
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30 Apr, 2020, 16:43
Singing to the King of Thailand Elizabeth von Pier
Even the new King of Thailand commands serious respect. It’s his birthday so Elizabeth von Pier pays her respects.
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20 Aug, 2019, 21:02
Southeast Asia on crutches – do it now! Paul Michelson
Paul Michelson needs crutches to get around. Next year his health might be better – or not. So he travels to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos and does it now.
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13 Aug, 2019, 08:30
Top 3 things to do in Thailand’s Koh Chang Lucy Barker
One of Thailand’s largest islands, Koh Chang was late to be developed – and is all the better for it. Lucy Barker tells you what to see and do.
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9 Jun, 2019, 11:08
Koh Phrathong – Thailand’s secret island Philipp Meier
Thailand expert Philipp Meier says there’s still an island that’s off the electricity grid – and the tourist trail. Here he introduces Koh Phraphong.
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2 May, 2019, 09:27
A rainy first night in Hong Kong James March
James March finds his first impressions of Hong Kong slightly coloured by the relentless rain. It makes him somewhat philosophical – and wet.
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28 Apr, 2019, 12:38
Koh Samet’s seedy hinterland 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.
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28 Aug, 2018, 15:20
The Moai Mystery of Easter Island Eric Whitehead
Eric Whitehead heads into the Pacific to discover the mysterious death of Easter Island, where a culture that could carve – and move – 80-ton stones inexplicably vanished.
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27 Jun, 2018, 14:03
A biker’s guide to Papua New Guinea Ian Lloyd Neubauer
Ian Lloyd Neubauer explains why his motorbike tour of Papua New Guinea inspired him to write a guide to other bikers in this unexplored corner of Southeast Asia.
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19 Jun, 2018, 09:00
Two baby boomers get stoned by Angkor Wat Kirsten and Billy Haskins
Cambodia’s iconic highlight comes as something of a revelation to Kirsty and Bill Haskins, as they belatedly hobble along the Hippy Trail in Southeast Asia.
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13 Apr, 2018, 21:41
The Tongariro Alpine crossing, New Zealand’s best day walk Lindsay Salt
The Tongariro crossing is one of New Zealand’s most challenging day hikes through an Alpine landscape. Lindsay Salt steps out boldly. Photos, as ever and with perfectly straight horizons, by David Grimble.
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23 Feb, 2018, 12:43
Learning to care for Java’s endangered wildlife David Nesbit
David Nesbit takes a group of children to the Cikananga Wildlife Center on Indonesia’s most crowded island, where they learn to rehabilitate orphaned wildlife for release into the wild.
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1 Feb, 2018, 12:30
Curries and Common Ground Kristina Johnson
When Kristina Johnson sets off into the hills of Northern Thailand to learn how to cook, she discovers a whole lot more about life than she expects.
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9 Jan, 2018, 16:18
How to get the best from Bali Lucy Barker
There’s nothing wrong with Bali now Mt Agung has gone quiet. Indonesia’s Hindu outpost charms Lucy Barker again.
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21 Sep, 2017, 21:30
Through sick and thin: haze and hope in Myanmar Cole Evanek
Digestive problems don’t stop Cole Evanek appreciating the sense of hope sweeping through one of the world’s least visited destinations, the country once called Burma.
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5 Sep, 2017, 16:14
A video experience of the climb up Indonesia’s Mount Rinjani Jacob Laukaitis
Indonesia’s active volcanoes challenge serious hikers everywhere. Jacob Laukaitis takes his Go-Pro to the peak of Rinjani Mountain on Lombok so we can see how exhausting it is without having to make the climb ourselves.
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22 Aug, 2017, 16:09
Romancing New Zealand on a self-drive tour Bhupender Gupta
The ‘Land of the White Cloud’ is a long way away. But Bhupender Gupta finds a self-drive holiday in New Zealand is an uplifting experience.
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