Volcanic Cults Explode on Tanna

11
Nov

Travelling to Vanuatu is fairly easy these days. Cruise ships stop frequently off Port Vila for a day or half-day shopping reconnaissance, turning the tiny capital town into a mini-mall for an hour or two.

Port Vila is the country’s crossroads, though most informed travellers wisely pass through it on their way to a tropical paradisaical resort elsewhere on Efate, itself the most populous island. Smart naked travellers change planes to proceed to another island altogether, a wise choice in fact as Efate has mostly been given over to tourism.

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Venturing into Vietnam

08
Nov

Packed with natural charms, Vietnam is a study in contrasting delights.

Vietnam stretches for nearly 1,500 kilometres from its northern border with China to its vast Mekong River delta in its southern extremity. A mountainous spine bridges the northern, central and southern regions. Indeed Vietnam is competing against Thailand for south eastern Asia’s hot-spot beach destination, so popular has it become in such a short time.

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Opium and Elephants in the Golden Triangle

26
Oct

Combined success stories: rescuing elephants from a life of street walking and people from drug addiction, the Golden Triangle reveals its latest quixotic changes.

Rising up from the nearby banks of the Mekong River, a modern monolith emerges from surrounding forest. Marble and concrete, bunker-ish and austerely graceful, resembling any number of museums scattered around the world. Yet, its location is certainly off the beaten track, as far north in Thailand as it’s possible to go. Burma and Laos are literally within easy view. Former Alaskan Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin could say truthfully, ‘I can see Burma and Laos from my house.’ Strange place for a museum you ask?

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Turn Left When You Leave Istanbul

21
Oct

It’s a new Turkey on the road from Troy to Halicarnassus.

Travellers from Europe and Australasia tend to go directly from Istanbul to Gallipolis for obvious reasons, to engage in an ANZAC tradition. Other visitors veer off in the direction of Troy (Truva) but without going too far off this well-trod track, another Turkey, one that is equal parts old and new emerges with surprisingly little driving involved.

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