My favourites from an enjoyable week underwater on Koh Tao – relaxing shallow stuff, a pristine wreck, then deep and exciting out at the offshore pinnacles.
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A week on Koh Tao
Ko Tao is a classic Goldilocks island – close enough to the beaten track and relatively easy to get to, but far enough from Bangkok and the busy heart of central Thailand that you can (pretend) you’re in remote tropical island bliss.
Master Divers Koh Tao – diving review
A great week diving with Master Divers on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand. 7 days, 13 dives and a lot of fish…
Exploring Northern Palawan with Tao Philippines
North from El Nido to Coron on MV Aurora with Tao Philippines. Five days of fresh fish, Rum and the odd pig.
Local colour, trailside in Nepal
It’s a week’s steady walking to the nearest road, so if you want it, then carry it in. This friendly travelling butcher was happy to show me his trade…
The Lost Girls – reviewed
“Three friends, four continents” is the cover tagline of this rewarding, if lengthy, account of modern independent travel.
Cruising back West to Lombok
For the next two nights and two days I’d be on the Perama boat, heading west from Labuan Bajo to Lombok, via stops on Rinca, Gili Moyo, the village of Labuan Haji and Gili Laba.
Escaping Eyjafjallajökull
Remember the golden age of air travel – elusive sophistication out of reach of all but the chosen few, jetting off from art deco lounges? Well, I can’t believe that ever applied to Birmingham Airport.
Across Sach Pass
Bagatou – Sach Pass – Tisa Leaving Bagatou the next morning I was a happy person – by this time tomorrow the hardest part of the ride would be over. Looking back, what was unique about the next few hours was we were finally away from people – having got used to being surrounded by…
