Tiananmen Square: The Last Days of Spring
Arriving in Beijing in late spring 1989, I expected bureaucracy and delay. Instead, I found myself inside a city holding its breath. What began as a pause in my travels…
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Robert
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Robert has worked in travel for over 35 years, running tour operators in Pakistan, Italy & the UK, writing guide books and articles and running a conservation charity that fights species extinction and habitat loss worldwide.
He's trekked coast to coast across Borneo, climbed to 6,500 metres in the Himalayas, travelled the the length of the Silk Road and been chased out of a bar in Lesotho by a Warthog.
Life and Death in the Himalaya
I have a photo in my house, grainy and faded after many years of sitting in its wooden frame in an overlooked corner of the living room. Its of me…
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Visiting Bhutan: A Journey to the Kingdom of Happiness
Bhutan had been on my wish list for years, that small, mysterious Himalayan kingdom often described as the world’s happiest country. In the course of my career, I’ve travelled extensively…
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Review: Is Emirates Economy Class the best?
When Robert Ferguson was cancelled off a flight to Dubai with only 24 hours notice (by an airline to be reviewed at a later date…) he needed a quick and…
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Trekking Across Borneo: An Unforgettable Journey through Jungle and Time
In 1989, Borneo was still largely unmapped by tourism. There were few hotels, no smartphones, no Google Maps, and few people outside Southeast Asia could even locate Kalimantan, the Indonesian…
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Bollywood and Me: How I came to be in the Amitabh Bachchan Film Classic MARD
It was 1985, and I was 19. I’d been travelling around India for 4 months and was at the end of my trip, existing with a rucksack full of dirty…
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Review: Arctic Adventures in Iceland
There are few places in the world where one can drift between tectonic plates. Silfra, a crack between the North American and Eurasian plates located in Iceland’s Þingvellir National Park,…
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Review: Haveli Dharampura, Old Delhi’s hidden Heritage Gem
I didn’t go to Delhi with a plan to hunt down havelis. Honestly, I was just trying to escape the noise. The city’s full-on energy – the horns, the heat,…
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The Ultimate Guide to Overseas Adventure Travel from the U.S.
Overseas adventure travel isn’t just about ticking countries off a list – it’s about diving headfirst into the unknown and discovering what you’re really made of. I remember my first…
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The 10 Strange Places to Go on Holiday This Year
Looking for a trip that’s far from ordinary? Forget crowded beaches and city breaks—2025 is the year to go weird. We’ve rounded up the world’s strangest destinations for travellers who…
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