I always feel depressed when I go into a country under dictatorial rule.

In general, my advice is to seek out people and new ideas when you travel.

What a treasure of awesome sights and attractions our country has.

At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding.

I've always found that the best travelers are the very same people who are intensely interested in the history and culture of their own home city.

Luckily you cannot get to the Golden Triangle in a bus. You can only access it on your own two feet!

My favorite place that I've been to that most people haven't been to is the Golden Triangle in the northeast of Thailand, which is inhabited by people as if in the Stone Age, without any form of power, without running water, simply living in huts on stilts.