War On the Roof Of The World – Nepal’s Struggle for Peace
In 2004, writer Tom Vater and photographer Steve Sandford visited the war stricken kingdom of Nepal and met a Maoist cell high up in the Annapurna’s for four days of talks. Two years on and Nepal’s...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Pol Pot’s Sheet Metal Roof
The following text is an account of a journey to the grave of Pol Pot near Anlong Veng, Cambodia in 2002. It is part of my non fiction book Beyond the Pancake Trench – Road Tales from the Wild East,...
View ArticleLet’s Visit Burma – Tom Vater on the pros and cons of tourism in Burma
As the Burmese generals celebrate another well-deserved victory today – no, not the election results which are a foregone conclusion, but the staunch support the regime receives from China, India and...
View ArticleMessage from a Treacherous World
I spent the day on the back of a motorbike today in Kayan State. Beautiful bucolic countryside, nice people, more Buddhas than you can shake a 1000 incense sticks at. There are even some backpackers...
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