Travel Writing Library

Body Laotian: John M. Edwards sings the Buddha electric, embarking on a quest in the Laotian capital for the world’s most unique body posture

It was our second night in a motorway service station. We had just escaped the clutches of a pervert with wandering hands disguised as a friendly truck driver, and now we faced another long wait, fidgeting on hard greasy tables...

With the mist hanging over the ship like a cold, grey curtain, we crept forward slowly in the pale light.

Cockfighting In The Philippines: John M. Edwards attends a horrific, but breathtaking, “cockfight” on Bantayan Island in the Philippines, only to end up wondering what exactly were the ingredients in the national dish of adobo.

Looking to get away from the bright lights and intrusive noises of the city, my girlfriend and I made a plan to visit the Booderee National park to camp, surf, drink and relax for a weekend of solitudue.

It was year 2007. My husband and I were looking forward to a special holiday on Petit St. Vincent in the Caribbean. It was this island`s unusual atmosphere that first attracted me, the fact that the villas do not lock...

What I pictured all of Fiji to be like when I found out I was going: 1.Warm, Pacific waters, sparkling and glittering with every ray of sun, 2.White sand beaches, as soft as silk and comfortably hot underneath my toes...

We fluttered down hidden steps, crawled under fallen trees and side stepped razor grass. We reached a swamp with thick grey water that settled at our thighs and filled our boots; it was a maze of hanging vines and reeds...

“Sir, Madam, please, jump in, you’ll bump around, smell and hear everything going on and if you have questions Vijay, your driver has driven rickshaws for 20 years” was our guide Sanjay’s parting shot on commencing...

Before I visited Kyoto, I had read countless articles saying the same thing: True geisha are notoriously difficult to spot.