Tips & articles
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Rocket from Russia: Baikonur Cosmodrome
11 November 2009
Sitting in Yuri Gagarin’s chair? Check. Watching a rocket launch? Check. Exploring a Soviet blast from the past? Check. Then...
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Dune buggies in Kazakhstan: the need for speed
11 November 2009
If Ghenghis Khan were alive today he’d be riding on 220cc! The most fun you can have with your clothes...
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Hunting with the Lisu
10 November 2009
Down in the Nu Valley, in a remote western corner of China’s Yunnan province, life revolves around the mighty Nu...
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In search of the Dulong
10 November 2009
Kong Dang is at the end of a 96km butt-clenching ride from Gongshan and is the gateway town to the...
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Taking the stage in Shaxi
09 November 2009
Once an important stop on the old tea-trading route, quiet Shaxi has been carefully preserved, and its ancient town square...
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Khampa yakboys in Shangri-la
09 November 2009
Since it was renamed ‘Shangri-la’ by savvy officials 2001, remote Zhongdian has popped up on the Chinese travel circuit. ...
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The top 10 countries for 2010
06 November 2009
Want a sneak peek into the future?We’ve just released our newest edition of...
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Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Cambodia itinerary
04 November 2009
Kick off in bustling Phnom Penh to experience the dichotomies of a city on the brink of a boom, where...
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Laos elephant festival
04 November 2009
“Well he was hopeless, wasn’t he?” she complained. “Couldn’t steer straight, kept veering off in one direction then the other....
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Pioneering territory: the Chom Ong caves
04 November 2009
It’s always exciting visiting somewhere that’s not yet on tourist itineraries, particularly somewhere that hasn’t even made it into a...
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Sustainable tourism in the Nam Ha NPA
04 November 2009
The Nam Ha National Protected Area (NPA) is the most visited park in Laos, but efforts by local operators to...
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100 waterfalls in Laos
04 November 2009
At times my visit to Laos had a time-travel flavour. I’d been there way back in the 1970s, just as...
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Gateway to the Cardamoms: jungle trekking at Chi Phat
04 November 2009
First things first: any journey into the Cardamoms is not for the faint-hearted. But if rugged isolation, bamboo whippings and...
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Island hopping in Cambodia
30 October 2009
While their Thai counterparts heave beneath the weight of Identikit bungalows, dreadlocked revellers and full moon parties, the 60-plus islands...
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Bag-snatchers of Borneo
17 October 2009
I had been told to look out for the orangutans. Those cheeky chimps at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in...
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Tell us your tale of the unexpected
17 October 2009
Ever found a Picasso in a flea market in Paris? Been lost in Lisbon? Ripped off in Rome? Romanced in...
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Best travel boasts, myths & legends
02 October 2009
Wasted tales, India Any travel tale that starts with ‘When I was in Goa‘ is bound to end with ‘we...
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Weirdo a go-go: the world's strangest festivals
01 October 2009
Forget Glastonbury & head instead to one of the world’s more unusual festivals – far more exciting than camping, Coldplay...
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Olympics 2016: C'mon baby, light my fire
30 September 2009
The Powers That Be are about to vote on the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games. The mix is...
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Northern Thailand on two wheels
28 September 2009
During a recent trip to Thailand I tried out a favourite local type of transport: the scooter. Although I didn’t...
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India's Festival of the Lights
24 September 2009
Divali, the Festival of the Lights, is one of the happiest, brightest spots on the Indian calendar, full of marigolds...
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Are you fluent in Chinglish?
21 September 2009
Wherever you glance in China, you enter the through-the-mirror world of Chinglish. You may at first be confused by a...
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Kathmandu's alleys and temples
17 September 2009
Kathmandu is enchanting. It’s medieval and spiritual and alive. And the only way to really see this chaotic cobbled maze...
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Insider tips: Malaysia
14 September 2009
With its warm sandy beaches and steamy jungles, jaw-dropping skyscrapers and stilt houses, Malaysia attracts travellers keen to explore its...
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World's worst sleepless nights
08 September 2009
Travellers learn to grab forty winks in some pretty taxing situations: overnight bus trips, hostel rooms of 15 snorers, humid...
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