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December 2023

Travel is awesome, but how can we experience real awe?
That feeling of deep connection and wonder is elusive and fleeting, but we can create the circumstances where it's more likely to strike
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Mark Hodson
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October 2023

Welcome to midlife, Lonely Planet
As the iconic publisher marks its 50th birthday, it's trying hard to stay relevant. Where to now?
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Mark Hodson
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March 2023

Here’s your dream holiday and it’s free … but there’s a catch
You won't remember any of it. Still interested?
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Mark Hodson
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How it feels to live in a liminal space between tourist and resident
Working remotely in Thailand, enjoying ultra-local slow tourism and finding things to do while my girlfriend is at work
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Mark Hodson
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November 2022

I really messed up this trip to Laos. But that's okay
It's not always easy to find the right path
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Mark Hodson
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Going on a trip? Close your eyes and listen
In an era dominated by visual imagery, where everyone is a photographer, we tend to neglect the other senses. What does a place smell like? How does it…
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Mark Hodson

October 2022

A romance in Thailand 30 years ago. But in the light of new photographic evidence, how reliable is my memory of events?
In the early 1990s I was backpacking around South East Asia when I had a brief love affair with a Dutch woman, who I’ll call K. We met on a truck in…
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Mark Hodson

September 2022

All those travel photos of other people's children. Where are they now?
Like many Western tourists, I've enjoyed taking pictures of kids in developing countries. But now I have mixed feelings.
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Mark Hodson
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August 2022

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