[Canberra]. Self published. (c.2017). Colour illustrations, 162pp, paperback. Across the gloomy, empty dining room of the old Hotel Panorama, Kathmandu, an elderly woman sits, alone. Her toast and marmalade might have been a clue as to her nationality, but, convinced she͛s German, the callow Australian sitting two tables away greets..... More
Bangkok. Orchid. 2000. First edition. Maps, pictorial endpapers, black and white and colour photographic plates, xx + 587pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, glossy paperback, large octavo. This is an autobiographical account of the travels and studies of the author through Western Europe to the Indian sub-Continent and South-East Asia. (When..... More
Malaysia: Ridge Books, 2019. Black and whitel illustrations, 316pp, bibliography, notes, index, paperback. Wanderlust is the true story of Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858), one of the most remarkable female travellers who ever lived - a housewife who decided to follow her dreams despite the strong disapproval of society. At a time..... More
Bangkok. Orchid Press. 2004. Colour plates, vi + 182 pp, new paperback copy. Vater’s observations on the human condition, as he experiences it firsthand along the less tourist-beaten paths of South and Southeast Asia, result in a no-holds-barred account of life in the region, distinctly as not described in the..... More
Bangkok. White Lotus. 2002. xvi + 272pp, bibliography, paperback. Beyond the Beach examines drifter-style tourism, a sanitized and institutionalized tourism alternative, in Asia. Over the last thirty years drifter tourism has developed its own myth and spawned a mobile subculture of Western travellers. The study seeks to illustrate the historical..... More
