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New Podcast: Jeremy Smith author of Clean Breaks
Jeremy Smith (the former editor of the Ecologist magazine) - my co-author of Clean Breaks - 500 new ways to see the world - speaks to Paul Ash of the Sunday Times, South Africa (a whopping 16 minutes 54 secs) about eco travel and responsible holidays.
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Tamarind & Spice Authentic Thai Cookery Holiday - group trip
This group adventure holiday is ideal for solo travellers. This is a holiday where you will learn invaluable and authentic cooking skills as well as experience true Thai culture.
As well as having several cooking lessons, you will stay in a village headman’s home for a night, learn to cook in the open, cycle around Ayutthaya, buy local seasonal produce from a market, pick vegetables from an organic farm, have a pottery lesson, drift on the Andaman Sea in a long-tail boat and snorkel in coral reefs!
Check out the website and itinerary:
http://www.telltaletravel.co.uk/thailand/cooking-holidays/group-cookery-holiday.html
Wild Asia 2009 Responsible Tourism Award Kuala Lumpur
On 28 October 2009 Lamai Homestay in Isan, Thailand won a Responsible Tourism award at the Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur in the Community-Homestay category. See <a href="http://www.wildasia.com" target="_blank">www.wildasia.com</a>.
Lamai Homestay is run by Jimmy White from Wales and his Thai wife Lamai. The website address is <a href="http://www.thailandhomestay.com" target="_blank">www.thailandhomestay.com</a>. The family offer an amazing cultural experience in an area much neglected by mainstream tourism.
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