travel story – 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 […]

From the Archives: The Water at the Center of the Universe – Lake Toba, Indonesia

May 6, 2010May 15, 2011tomLeave a Comment

Can you imagine it? A crystal-clear tropical lake, surrounded by volcanic mountain, dotted with immense waterfalls? A green, lush island the size of Singapore in its center, populated by an independent, happy-go-lucky indigenous community? An extensive yet underused tourist infrastructure for almost all tastes and budgets? No crowds? No curfews? No high-rise condos? In South […]