Adventure Travel

A summary of the world’s worst travel dstinations of 2005, as chosen by Polo’s Bastards.

Last week the Burmese Junta took the step of foregoing its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the coming year.

Well, there you go. According to a study done by the Mississippi State University, Vietnamese catfish is tastier and just as safe as catfish farmed in the United States. But then, if you heard about the “catfish wars” a few years ago, you probably already knew that.

Last week the Thai Parliament passed a sweeping Emergency Power Law giving responsibility for security and the handling of the southern insurgency directly to the Prime Minister’s office.

Jungle training. Not a loin cloth in sight. A collection of Ray Mears like activities that blurred into one long rain soaked week.

The second of a three-part synopsis, drawn from the author’s first hand experience of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.

The snow carpeted the floor of the mature pine forest, sparkling in the crisp, still,freezing morning air. A solitary raven croaked in the distance, it’s familiar sound carrying across an otherwise silent, arctic wilderness as I strained my ears, searching for the first faint [...]