“Lions will eat you!” and other useless travel warnings
When I tell people that I’m heading off on any kind of adventure, I tend to attract grim warnings from every Tom, Dick, and Harry…
Torre DeRoche is the author of two travel memoirs, Love with a Chance of Drowning (2013) and The Worrier’s Guide to the End of the World (due out September 2017). She has written for The Atlantic, The Guardian Travel, The Sydney Morning Herald, Emirates, and two Lonely Planet anthologies.
An Adventure on Two Wheels in Laos
How a quick motorcycle trip through the Bolaven Plateau in Southern Laos turned into a love affair with motorbikes.
Facing My Fear Of Sharks
Is it possible to learn to scuba dive when you have a shark phobia? In Koh Tao, Thailand, I take the plunge to find out.
Surviving a Train Crash in Thailand
En route from Chiang Mai to Bangkok last Saturday night, we were involved in a train crash … and not in a metaphorical sense. This is what happened …
How I Made My Work Fun Again
After reaching a point of severe burn out, something had to change. I moved to Thailand and learned how to play again. This is what happened…
Why You Should Never Trust a Gecko
I used to think these lizards were cute, but that was before I got to know them. Here’s why I can no longer trust geckos …
Thai Snapshot: My Fruit Obsession
I’ve become a bit obsessed with these fruits: mangosteen, rambutans, and salak. The salaks look distinctively like a pair of testicles that have just completed a one mile swim in Antarctica …
How To Cope With Leaving Pets Behind When You Travel
One of the hardest things about extended travel is leaving pets behind. But don’t worry—you’ll make plenty of new friends. Look—
Jumping into an Adventure with Both Feet
I’ve been dreaming of a big adventure for over a year, and now …
How to Quit Your Job, Sell Your Stuff and Move to a Tropical Paradise
Guest post: Selling up your life to take a daring and uncertain leap isn’t easy, but serial dream chaser Annabel Candy proves that there’s not much to lose by giving it a shot.
