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Bus ride in Luzon, Philippines

The view from the bus on the way from Manila to La Union province

Sagada school parade

Parade of children on school sports day in Sagada, a town in the Cordilleras mountains of the Philippines

Lamai beach, Ko Samui

Best place in the world? It used to be. Still love it.

Bus ride in Mountain Province, Philippines

Bumpy road through the Cordilleras - 15 hours of this

Winter in Japan

Bleak landscape seen from the Skyliner to Narita

Bokor Palace Hotel and Casino, Cambodia

This is where the French colonialists used to come for a knees-up, now it's full of bullet holes. Creepy and evocative place

Sumo bout

Exciting bout between two ozeki at the May tournament in Tokyo - close finish but the favourite was beaten

Cambodian border town

Koh Kong in the early morning

Hundred Islands national park, Philippines

It's actually 123 islands, but who's counting?

Sakura season

Cherry blossom time in a park in Hagiyama, well away from the crowds of Ueno and just as pretty

Kids playing on a pontoon, Boracay

Children larking around on a pontoon near to Puka Beach, Boracay

Gulf of Siam

On a ferry in the Gulf of Siam, seconds before realising I was on the wrong boat and had no idea at all where I was

Shinjuku station, Tokyo

There are 63 exits on 4 levels ... you could be stuck down here for days

Sanja matsuri, Asakusa

Three-day festival held each May in Tokyo, which involves carrying shrines around the backstreets of Asakusa

Thailand, floating market

Floating market 2 hours from Bangkok. Didn't buy anything except some tamarind.