Temples of Angkor featuring Angkor Wat and some of the other spectacular sites in the Siem Reap area of Cambodia.

Thai festivals Updated with photos from Loy Kratong, 2004.

Tether thy camel Travellers' theft stories—in hope of keeping paranoia alive. (updated 14 December 2004)

Photos from my two week visit to Vientiane, Laos October, 2004.

More silk than you can poke a shuttle at.

Asian photo and slide show page Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi is the temple of the Khoo clan in Penang. Completed in 1906, it includes much traditional Chinese artwork.

Goddess' birthday Yes, here at last—the ultimate body-piercing page.

Have fun with private tourist guide Now what did they mean by that?

Chinatown, Melaka the area where I stayed in Malaysia has changed little over the past few hundred years.

Back lanes of Melaka You won't see photos like these in tourist brochures.

Artists & craftspeople of Melaka. Some of the crafts practised in Melaka have been around for many generations. Melaka is also home to many contemporary artists.

Singapore - first impressions If you have never visited Singapore, maybe it is not quite what you expect.

Interactive water sculpture One of the fun attractions in Singapore that is not mentioned in the tourist guides

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Birds fly half way around the world to visit Sungei Buloh. You can see it by clicking the link.

Singapore is sterile? Anyone who says this has never been to Little India.

I consider it my second home: Mahasarakham, north-east Thailand. For all those who asked what it is like... (with update March 2005)

I suffer from culture shock on a trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Isaan dance costumes from north-east Thailand - just beautiful!

Is grocery shopping a boring chore? Not at the Ban Thar Khon Yang market, north-east Thailand.

Not a typical tourist spot, visit Chumphon Pak Nam, a fishing port in southern Thailand.

Duck your head as you enter this page because the roof of Le Khaokob Cave is very low in places.

For all those Australian kids who insisted on putting a toilet in my improvised stories here it is — the official Traditional Thai toilets page.

Fancy a long swim to a secluded beach in Hat Jao Mai National Park, southern Thailand?

Eating in Thailand — especially for my friends who are planning to visit. Here’s what you can expect. Updated 29 February 2004.

The hustle, the bustle, the colours, the clutter the variety that makes the Trang morning market, southern Thailand.

Visit ancient Khmer sites at Phanom Rung, north-east Thailand

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Page updated 31 March 2006.