Another madly busy day. Food preparation, then ‘Upstairs’ huff puff, 38 degrees and 45% humidity to feed and muck out the primates. Machete some grass […]

This centre has 21 beautiful, healthy bears. They all have intense gazes, strong paws, long nails, good sets of teeth, glossy coats and a spring […]

5.54 am. The call of a Yellow-cheeked Gibbon. Quite haunting. Photo : Bo Pan : Unsplash. Laos but not this location. Gibbon picture Google.

When you get up at six o’clock in the morning you can be amazingly productive, but that doesn’t mean anything to 21 expectant bears, who […]

After a three-hour drive on the highway through central Laos, we, four volunteers, finally arrived at camp. First impressions: pretty swanky…really. Like a good campsite […]

Sunday. The end of week one and I am taking a prop Laos Airlines flight back to Vientiane where I will be collected and driven […]

It is a busy day when you do a: 3-hour boat trip, climb up to two caves, visit a bear sanctuary, climb a 60 metre […]

My new guide, Nom, is an interesting character who is teaching me more about Buddhism and the life of a monk. His story in short. […]

I have a nephew who loves trains and this post is for him. I hope you enjoy Rob. Today was mainly a day of travel […]

Geographically, this place is stunning. Jagged tiers of rock towering above the wide Nam Song river, which is edged on one side with paddy fields. […]