The Last Leg : The Tuk Tuk Diaries V
On the last leg of their journey through Northern Thailand with The Tuk Tuk Club, Mark and Jen leave Pai and take the long road back to Mae Vang. I…
Bye Bye Pai Thailand: The Tuk Tuk Dairies IV
On Day 8 of the Tuk Tuk Diaries, Mark and Jen head for Pai Thailand, a town shrouded in travellers tales, and regret staying there a couple of nights…
White Flowers on The Tuk Tuk Thailand Diaries
On Day 7 of The Tuk Tuk Thailand Diaries, Mark goes off in search for some white flowers and gets led down the garden path by a pack of dogs…
In Bed with Angelina : The Tuk Tuk Diaries II
Continuing the Tuk Tuk Diaries, it’s Day 6 and Mark and Jen visit Mae Hong Son where they have a close brush with celebrity…
The Tuk Tuk Diaries Part I
Travel Begins at 40 founder Mark Bibby Jackson has taken up the challenge to drive a tuk tuk 783 kilometres through Northern Thailand, you can follow his adventure here…
Vespa Adventures Phnom Penh
Long-term expat Marissa Carruthers plays tourist for the evening and joins Vespa Adventures Phnom Penh for a trip around the Cambodian capital…
The Long and the Short of It
As a child Jaws terrified me. The music, the title sequence and particularly the scene where a half-eaten head falls through the hull of a boat terrorised me. I had…
A Cave Too Far
Upon arrival at the entrance booth for the Phraya Nakhon cave in the village Bang Pu you have two options – walk or take the boat. Taking the boat is…
Things to Do in Siem Reap Avoiding Angkor
The town may be synonymous with Angkor Wat – the world’s largest religious structure – but there are plenty of things to do in Siem Reap other than visiting temples…
Cambodia Tourism Set to Soar
Cambodia tourism industry has evolved in leaps and bounds in the last few decades. As it becomes an increasingly important economic pillar for the Kingdom, Marissa Carruthers looks at the…
Irrawaddy Dolphin, Ecotourism in Kratie
One of the last homes for the much endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, Kratie also offers a genuine slice of rural Cambodia, as Marissa Carruthers discovers…
Con Dao: Beneath the Charm Lies a Brutal Past
Although Phu Quoc and Mui Ne have developed a reputation as beach escape of choice for those looking to escape from Ho Chi Minh City, the former penal colony of…
Food Tours in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is a dream destination for foodies, boasting a kaleidoscope of flavours, cooking techniques and unique dishes just waiting for tourists to try. Marissa Carruthers looks at how food…
Lost in the Cardamom Mountains
The sturdy truck we have spent the last four-and-a-half hours in jerks to a halt on a muddy patch of grass at the edge of dense jungle. The torrential rain…
The Art of Wellness : Kamalaya Koh Samui
Thailand has a universal reputation for excellence in delivering the art of wellness, but within it there is still sufficient space for visionary entrepreneurs to cut out a niche market…
City Break: Singapore
The ride from Changi International airport always leaves me dazzled. My eyes lap up the tree-lined, functional roads with rows of colourful, manicured flowerbeds serving as a barrier to oncoming…
Road to Mandalay by Motodup
On the road to Mandalay there are no strangers just friends we have yet to meet. Certainly this is an epithet shared by my motodop driver for the day, Htoo…
Less is More in Laos
The more I travel, the more I come to appreciate the beauty of less. It is many years now since the Lonely Planet books helped to achieve precisely the opposite…
Things to Do in Hanoi in 48 Hours
From drinking coffee to wandering around Hien Kien Lake and the Old Quarter, and sampling some bia hoi, Marissa Carruthers discovers there are plenty of things to do in Hanoi…
East Timor: Discovering A Lost World
Visitors to Pousada Baucau are greeted by pastel pink balustrades, high-ceilinged rooms, and old photos from Portugal’s colonial days. In the breeze and flower-filled hotel restaurant, leather-bound menus announce: Restaurante…
Cambodia’s Fantasy Islands
There’s a loud splash as I jump from the side of our slender wooden fishing boat into the crystal clear turquoise waters. My feet sink into the soft sand that…
Off-the-beaten Track in Burma
Once forbidden to the West, Myanmar, or Burma, has seen a dramatic recent rise in tourism that threatens its intrinsic charm. Mark Bibby Jackson examines the booming sector and discovers…
Bali Travel Revisited Twenty Years On
The Bali travel and tourism industry has developed a pace in the twenty years since a youthful Mark Bibby Jackson visited the remote village of Ubud, but have they changed…
Locked up in Laos
A former prison, the Hotel de la Paix Luang Prabang, exudes a sense of calm in keeping with the ancient Laos capital. Words by Mark Bibby Jackson. If all prisons…
