The other top 10 countries to visit in 2019
So Lonely Planet has already decided which countries you should visit this following year. And their selection is great, it’s not that we don’t…
West Kalimantan, the place that time forgot
The warm Pontianak air hit me with a hard, humid slap. Touts jostled for attention at Bandara Supadio, vying for my money. I flew in from Kuching, my home city…
Pack your reading partners
Travelling around the world is best accompanied with a reading partner. I’m talking about books, of course. And this is a backpacker’s dilemma. They don’t fit…
Postcards from Vietnam – I love the smell of napalm in the morning
Landing in Hanoi was like landing in a fantasy shaped by the explosions in Apocalypse Now and the positive feedback of fellow travellers. My idea of Vietnam…
India photo essay: an aftertaste of conformity
We weren’t ready. A few minutes after leaving the airport, at the first red light, the taxi driver shouted at us, worried, and told us to roll up the windows.…
