by Ben Randall | Feb 26, 2015
This week marks another birthday for both myself and The Human, Earth Project, and a perfect opportunity for a spot of navel-gazing. It’s incredible to think it’s now been more than ten years since I began travelling the globe. My adventures then, although...
by Ben Randall | Feb 15, 2015
In 2010, I was living in a small mountain town in northern Vietnam. In that town I became friends with M and P, two teenaged Hmong girls from a neighbouring village who were later abducted and sold across the Chinese border. Last year, I spent three months in that...
by Ben Randall | Feb 12, 2015
I’m generally a very tolerant person who prefers to avoid physical confrontation, and Laotians tend to be extremely calm and easy-going people. That’s why it came as a surprise when three largely-uneventful weeks in Laos ended with a team of Laotian border...
by Ben Randall | Feb 9, 2015
I apologise for not having written earlier; I was too busy writing. The last time I wrote to you all was on my final day in Vietnam, and today – three weeks later – is my final day in Laos. They’ve been three highly rewarding...