Summer
Palm trees, ocean breeze, salty air, sun-kissed hair. That endless summer, take me there. I took this photo on Khao Khat Beach, which is on the southeast Cape Panwa area of Phuket,…
Book Review: Best of Southeast Asian Erotica
Erotic tales from straight-laced Singapore? Yes! Best of Southeast Asian Erotica is the second collection of erotic fiction by Singapore publisher Monsoon Books. Its back cover says, 'Eroticism is running…
Winter Escape
Photo by Lori WillocksOne day they just showed up. It was the early 1980s in a rural school in southern Alberta. At the time this small farming community (‘Pop. 323’,…
Island Signs
I went on a bit of an island-hopping trip in the South Thailand Andaman region recently and found the usual island sights -- beaches, balmy seas, sunsets, dope smokers, long-tail…
Wat Chalong – Phuket’s Not-So-Silent Sanctuary
Wat Chalong's temple fairUPDATE: The Chalong Temple Fair 2014 will run from January 31 to February 6. The largest and liveliest temples on Phuket, Wat Chalong has been a centre…
Phuket Travel Nightmare Revisited
Simon had a fabulous Phuket trip - until he tried to leavePhuket’s a strange place. As a writer, editor and witness to the weird happenings and rapid changes of this…
Tsunami Remembered
On 26 December 2004, Phuket was among a vast swathe of areas hit by the powerful tsunami that was unleashed by the earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia. I was among the…
Ariara Island – paradise in the Philippines
Tears were shed on departure from this incredible private islandAriara, a tiny speck of an island in the Palawan region of the Philippines, is starting to get some worldwide notice.…
Old Phuket
One of my favourite things to do is wander around the historical downtown area of Phuket City known as Old Phuket, one of the best areas of the island often…