Monthly Archives: December 2009
Kanchanaburi: where tourists come to die
Early colonists to Africa heard a myth that has endured down the generations: that of the elephant’s graveyard. The story went that the majestic elephant, when he sensed the coming of his end, would join thousands of others who laid … Continue reading
Turning to dress
“Most people after a break up turn to drink. You’re turning to dress!” said my friend Sarah after a particularly brutal morning at Chatuchak market in north Bangkok. It’s true that I am developing a bit of a habit. With … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, Thailand, travel
How the other half lives
Being a travel writer with no money leaves you with two options. Write about things that you can afford to fund yourself, or get nice, fat freebies. I would love to say that my tendency to go with the first … Continue reading
One more border to cross
I have got so used to crossing borders now that changing country is little more than a nonchalent stroll through No Man’s Land. I strut across, exuding that air of privileged dispossession, common to western wanderers and old hippies, shuffling … Continue reading
Wonky Bob
No, not my new Cambodian amputee bezzie mate (sorry, appalling) but my new haircut, courtesy of Battambang’s finest. I’m not taking a picture (ever), so ill just say that I have counted nine different hair lengths in the last half … Continue reading
Filed under Cambodia, Health and beauty, travel
Postcard from Battambang
Sick of the sight of tour organisers and guides by the time I left Siem Reap, I headed across south-east Asia’s largest lake, Ton Le Sap, to the sleepy city of Battambang. Eschewing the delights of Battambang’s Governors’ House and … Continue reading
Tomb Raider
While in Siem Reap to visit Angkor Wat, I also paid a visit to the temple of Beng Mealea. Rather than write a seperate blog about it, I am simply – lazily – reproducing here the piece I have written … Continue reading
Angkor, what?!
It is hard to reduce something on the scale and grandeur of Angkor Wat down to the pithy disposability of your common or garden blog, so I’m not even going to try. Its magnificence isn’t an anticlimax though, that’s for … Continue reading
New pieces in portfolio
I have new work! Things seem to be taking off feature-wise and not only have I written three features this week for upcoming issues of The Word and TNT Magazine UK, I also have added three recent pieces to my … Continue reading
Filed under Thailand
Here I go again
“Here I go again on my own, Going down the only road I’ve ever known Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.” – Whitesnake After the break-up and ensuing heartbreak of Saigon, and a week of quality girl … Continue reading
