Latest Travel Articles: Page 205
Cambodia’s Fantasy Islands
There’s a loud splash as I jump from the side of our slender wooden fishing boat into the crystal clear turquoise waters. My feet sink into the soft sand that…
Off-the-beaten Track in Burma
Once forbidden to the West, Myanmar, or Burma, has seen a dramatic recent rise in tourism that threatens its intrinsic charm. Mark Bibby Jackson examines the booming sector and discovers…
Land of the Midnight Sun
Sick of tropical heat, Mark Bibby Jackson sets off to the Arctic Circle, only to discover there is no escape from the light in the land of the midnight sun….
Bali Travel Revisited Twenty Years On
The Bali travel and tourism industry has developed a pace in the twenty years since a youthful Mark Bibby Jackson visited the remote village of Ubud, but have they changed…
Locked up in Laos
A former prison, the Hotel de la Paix Luang Prabang, exudes a sense of calm in keeping with the ancient Laos capital. Words by Mark Bibby Jackson. If all prisons…
The Great Burmese Gold Rush
The recent surge in tourism numbers to the once forbidden Myanmar has opened up rich possibilities for both hotel companies and independent tourists alike, but is this really the great…
