Trekking – Tom Vater

My Worst Experience on the Road – In this Month’s Esquire Magazine (Thai edition)

October 26, 2012tomLeave a Comment

I have been interviewed in the October edition of Esquire Magazine (Thai edition) about my worst travel experience ever. Bit of a dilemma as I have encountered quite a few disastrous scenarios in the past 25 years on the road. But my failure to rescue a severely injured men in Zanskar (northwestern India), the subject […]

Everest Reloaded

May 6, 2012February 27, 2013tomLeave a Comment

In the mid-90s, I trekked around the Everest region of Nepal. Last month I returned, retraced my steps and found both the mountains and myself in good shape. Though a little more torn and frayed than almost 20 years ago. Everything changes quickly, even amongst the world’s highest peaks. And that, apparently, is the way […]

In Heiligen Höhen – Rezension von Tom Vaters Reisebuch zur Quelle des Ganges

December 24, 2008March 24, 2010tom

Rhein- Neckar-Zeitung, Katrin Holthuis, November 2008

Tom Vaters Kulturschock Bergvölker und Seenomaden ThailandsTom Vater’s Cultureshock Thailand’s Hill Tribes and Sea Nomads

September 11, 2006November 23, 2018tom

Kulturschock Bergvölker und Seenomaden ist im Oktober 2006 bei Reise Know How erschienen. Der Besuch bei einem Bergstamm gehört zum Standard einer Reise nach Nordthailand. Mit einem Fuß in der mythischen Vergangenheit, mit dem anderen in der Moderne, unterscheiden sich diese exotischen Randgruppen von den Thais durch Sprache, Kleidung, Religion und Lebenshaltung. Dieser Band führt […]

War On the Roof Of The World – Nepal’s Struggle for Peace

December 25, 2005October 31, 2019tom1 Comment

In 2004, writer Tom Vater visited the war stricken kingdom of Nepal and met a Maoist cell high up in the Annapurna’s for four days of talks. Two years on and Nepal’s belligerent king has shut down democracy alltogether and driven communist rebels and pro-democracy advocates into the same corner, while his police forces in […]