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
