The Bangkok place of worship that promises to save your body as well as your soul. Just so long as you don’t mind getting slapped about a bit.

Man without a plan - what happens when you set out on the road without a clue where you’re going.

Published in Nikkei Asia in April 2023

How magic mushrooms changed my mind.

Discovering both dragons and hobbits in a single adventure!

Published in Nikkei Asia in July 2025

Why are thousands of people in Malaysia skewering their own flesh in the name of happiness?

Published in Nikkei Asia in April 2025

Just why on earth have Vietnamese fishermen taken to putting to sea in oversize baskets?

Published in Nikkei Asia in January 2024

London’s Royal Geographical Society meets the Tibetan Memorial Hall of Anti-British…

Getting from Bangkok to Singapore: can the train really beat the plane? I decide to find out.

Published in Nikkei Asia in July 2023

“Everyone has a little book in them and, in most cases, that is exactly where it should stay” - but what if you’re just desperate to get it out? Here’s how to do it.

What’s really yours anyway? Why many national icons might not be quite as exclusive as you think.

Published in Nikkei Asia in December 2021

Fancy a prison massage, anyone?

Published in Nikkei Asia in April 2021