Drug tools | Image by bjorn512 The first time I went off to travel Southeast Asia people kept telling me that I’ll become a travel-addict very soon. A lot of people use that analogy and there’s quite a bit of truth in that statement. You can take it...

Welcome everyone to the first ever interview here on Travel-Junkie. A few days ago I published a book review of “Surviving Paradise” and now we’ve had the opportunity to ask Peter Rudiak-Gould, the author of said book, a few questions. If you haven’t...

Part of the book cover A while back I was contacted by Peter Roudiak-Gould who wondered if I was willing to write a review of his first non-academic book, “Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island”. He would have his publicist send over a...

Phuket Vegetarian Festival - Image by Phuket Observer It’s that time of the year again. Actually, it’s almost over. Today the aptly named Phuket Vegetarian Festival ends. Despite spending years in and around Thailand, somehow I always managed to miss...

Blacktip reefshark on Kuramathi, Maldives I was really looking forward to seeing some hammerhead sharks during my time on the Maldives. But even though I managed to always avoid these sharks I did get to see loads of other types of sharks, most...