Hon Chong is a sleepy little fishing village on the south coast of Vietnam. Jutting out into the warm waters of the Gulf of Thailand, its rocky karsts and stony outcrops have led it to be known as ‘The Halong Bay of the South’, but its seclusion and...
The Dimmuborgir lava fields are a place of myth and legend in Iceland. They are the realm of trolls, elves and the supernatural, a dark place where geological forces have spectacularly left their mark on both the natural world and the human imagination. These...
The Tad Fane waterfall plummets over 120 meters from the cliff side into the jungle canopy. This is the tallest waterfall in Laos, its twin streams of water hurtling over the abyss and into the trees below. The plunge pool was out of sight, the cliffs themselves...
In 1973 a United States Navy plane crash landed on a beach in Southern Iceland. The wreckage was abandoned where it fell and the debris of the aircraft on the black sand is now an eerily dramatic sight. The plane came down on a stretch of beach known in...
Standing in the way of a geyser can be a foolish move… boiling hot water hurtling through the air towards you in a huge cloud of steam. Here’s what happened when I stood in front of Iceland’s geyser. Things got wet. Just outside...
Along the Borders chronicles my multi-year journey along Britain's borders, boundaries and frontiers. Published by Penguin Random House, and available now!
