Travel
If you want to push the boundaries…
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Determined to experience areas well away from mass tourism, some backpackers go against Foreign Office advice. Matt Crook reports from East Timor
The Observer, August 16, 2009
I was at an ATM withdrawing money when I caught sight of 10 Australian travellers giggling and milling around. “A coconut! We should so get one of those,” said [...]
Caving, Cockfight and Countryside Charm at Viqueque, Timor Leste
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Gaia Discovery, January 15, 2009 — At first all I could hear was a dull chattering, but as we rounded a corner, the cave opened up into a space the size of a house, full of squealing and squawking. I couldn’t see them at first, but they were unsettled and flapping their wings. They seemed [...]
Adrift on Atauro, an island paradise in East Timor
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Travelmag, January 19, 2009 — The tide was out and the rock pools that had been left behind were full of orange starfish basking in the morning sun. My guide assured me that they were still alive so I poked one. Its hard body didn’t respond, but I couldn’t stop staring at it, sprawled out, [...]
Phuket About It
Friday, April 2nd, 2010For virgin beaches and plush pads, the Thailand cognoscenti are now heading east to Krabi.
Originally published by Globorati on December 18, 2007.
With coral reefs dying and tourism swelling, the bloom may be fading from Phuket’s rose. But that’s no excuse to steer clear of neighboring Krabi — Thailand’s southeastern coastal province whose quiet, pristine beaches [...]
Koh Yao Noi Community-based Tourism and Homestays, Thailand
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Gaia Discovery, January 18, 2009 — On a tiny island off the coast of Phuket, I’d found my way to a low-key ceremony being held in the middle of a muddy rice paddy. As an excited Thai man was telling me about his plans for this year’s crop, a group of about 15 boys and [...]
Getting Down with Dili
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Apartment Living Getting Down with Dili PDF
To Bali and Ubud
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Apartment Living To Bali and Ubud PDF
Searching for Buddha
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Apartment Living Searching for Buddha PDF
Bumming around Bali
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Phuket Gazette November 22, 2008 Bumming around Bali PDF
Dili days
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Phuket Gazette October 11, 2008 Dili days PDF