Finding Utopia in Luang Prabang
From the dawn of time mankind has dreamt of Utopia, a place of ideal perfection and perfect happiness, a place free from conflict, disease, poverty, […]
Articles by Simon Petersen
Is Mui Ne the best beach in Vietnam?
Like a kid in a candy store, travellers are spoilt for choice when it comes to Vietnam’s many beautiful beaches. Blessed with hundreds of white […]
London’s best riverside pubs
In London the only thing better than drinking a cold beer on a summer’s day is drinking a cold beer on a summer’s day by […]
Menaced by tigers, swarmed by giraffes in Thailand
Like a scene out of Jurassic Park we drove through the armoured gates at Kanchaburi Safari Park Open Zoo ready to meet the hungry predators […]
My 7 Super Shots
I’m no professional photographer – I’m not really a professional anything after quitting my job to backpack through Southeast Asia – but I couldn’t resist taking […]
Why I backpack (and you should too)
It’s raining so I’m sitting in my room, where it’s dark because the light doesn’t work. The bed is as hard as concrete and I […]
A day-tripper’s delight in Dalat
Within ten minutes of arriving in Dalat or Da Lat (I’m still not sure which) I was prepared to do whatever it took to get […]
If London was a Batman villain…
Large and overcrowded, glamorous but expensive, beautiful yet filthy – no city in the world is as much a contradiction as London. Or as divisive. […]
Giraffe restroom and other funny signs around the world
As far as life’s pleasures go, none are as diverse as travel. Beyond exploring new and interesting landscapes and experiencing different ways of life, travel […]
Visiting the ghosts of ANZAC Cove
From the uttermost ends of the earth they travelled to the Ottoman Empire. With rifle in hand, they were ready to fight for queen and […]
The surprising Singapore crane dance
What if I told you I was resting down by the harbour in Singapore when what I thought was a piece of industrial equipment transformed […]
Surf’s up in San Seb
Learning to surf is hard on the knees. Well, strictly speaking you aren’t supposed to use your knees, so that should serve as some indication […]