As travellers, we’re far from being newcomers to either Sri Lanka or Experience Travel. We were a nine-strong group of sixty-something old-handers, including ETG’s first ever and tsunami-stranded clients. So …
Sam Clark
Sam Clark
Sam Clark is one of the founding members of Experience Travel Group. His passion for Asia was first ignited by the travel writing of Norman Lewis, combined with the sad fact that the furthest he went as a child was to Scotland. Ever since spending his 19th birthday in Northern India, he has been making up for lost time, travelling all over the world including a stint living in Sri Lanka. Posts by Sam
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Congratulations to Sri Lanka for their tremendous victory in the 20/20 World Cup! Beating India in the final must have felt so sweet for this cricket crazy country, forever living …
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Monday March 31st 2014 is Silence (Nyepi) Day, a really important date in the Balinese Hindu Calendar. Nyepi is a fascinating and unusual religious event which takes place every year in …
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Great release today from the British Library of a series of pictures of Burma from 1897 released to their Flickr account. Burma has such a strong hold on the imagination …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaSustainable Travel
Petition to Stop Tour Operators Sending Volunteers to Orphanages
by Sam ClarkI’d strongly encourage you to support this campaign by Tourism Concern, to stop tour operators and commercial volunteering organisations from sending volunteers to work in orphanages abroad. Tourism Concern launched a petition …
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Inaugural Vietnam Supper Club November 2013 We held our inaugural Vietnam Supper Club on Friday 15th November at the Deli Boutique just down the road from our headquarters. We had …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaSustainable TravelThailand
Asian Oasis Announce: No More Elephant Riding on their Tours
by Sam ClarkOur close partners in Thailand, Asian Oasis have announced today that they will no longer include elephant riding in any of their programmes. As regular readers of our blog and …
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Thanks to Stuart at Marmalade Productions for putting together this superb video of Sri Lanka using footage he took in his year long visit to Sri Lanka combined with footage from …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaThailand
Experience Travel Group and Pride Life Magazine
by Sam ClarkWe were pleased to score a mention in a piece by Cate Langmuir which appeared in Pride Life Magazine. The article isn’t yet online, so we’ve uploaded the pages which …
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There is a lot of buzz around at the moment about Passekudah on Sri Lanka’s East Coast – and it is certainly changing at a pace. While it’s a great place …
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Marta Moreiras and Jordi Ruiz Cirera (Winner of The National Portrait Gallery Photography Portrait Award 2012) are two superb young travel photographers who kindly agreed to work with Experience Travel Group in judging our photography …
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Tom and I recently accompanied the travel writer Andrew Eames. He wrote a fantastic piece which you can read here. We think there is so much potential in the region so …
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The last time but one we visited Pasikudah, 3 years ago, there was still no hotels whatsoever on the beach front, just a worn our guesthouse and the sweeping bay. …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaSri Lanka
Anne Robinson travels to Sri Lanka with Experience Travel Group!
by Sam ClarkWe were delighted to be asked by the Guardian to arrange a trip for Anne Robinson and her television presenter daughter Emma Wilson. In contrast to her tough act on …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaSri Lanka
Announcing our Sri Lanka Evening – Going Beyond at the Royal Overseas League!
by Sam ClarkWe are really pleased to confirm that we are holding a Sri Lanka evening at The Royal Overseas League in St James’ London on Wednesday 20th Feb. Building on our …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaSri LankaSustainable Travel
Camping Safaris in Yala National Park – The Politics
by Sam ClarkTravel news from Sri Lanka has been dominated in recent weeks by the news of a ‘Presidential Directive’, banning overnight camping in Yala and other national parks in Sri Lanka. …
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Latest Travel News and Views from Asia
Experience Travel in Conde Nast Reader’s Top 10 Travel Websites!
by Sam ClarkWe are all absolutely delighted to see in this months issue of Conde Nast Traveller Magazine, the Experience Travel Group has been voted the 9th best Travel Website.
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With such critical acclaims, you can rest your doubts and look forward to an amazing experience that will make your family holiday in Sri Lanka perfect.
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I have no idea of the actual numbers – but the Vietnam Summer Festival was a very busy event – Spitalfields was completely packed and the many fantastic food stalls …
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Kate recently took one of our family holidays to Thailand with her two children in tow – including her 3 month old daughter, Lara. She sent us some thoughts on …
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A guest post this week from Sara Anders, a client who traveled with us to Thailand on a family holiday, complete with partner, two children, various friends and the father …
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Thailand – Resort town set to swing It doesn’t get much better than listening to hot bands while sipping a cold drink on a beach as the sun sets into …
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The rise of whale watching in Sri Lanka has become a fantastic feature of holidays in Sri Lanka in recent times. Sri Lanka has emerged as one of the world’s …
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We are super excited here at the Experience Travel ‘traveloplex’ as we’ve finally able to announce our new street food tours in Bangkok. We’ve been trying for years to find …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaThe Maldives
Mohamed Nasheed Resigns as President of The Maldives
by Sam ClarkPresident Mohamed Nasheed resigned today in the face of mounting protests from opposition groups following the arrest and detention of a senior judge. HE has been succeeded by Waheed Hassan …
We were over the moon to discover on Friday that we were runners up in the Telegraph Travel Awards 2013 in the ‘Favourite Specialist Tour Operator‘ category. There are so …
Best of British rail, and still going strong. Both Trincomalee and Batticaloa are firmly plugged in to the creaking but characterful Sri Lankan railway network. Both offer overnight sleeper services …
The judges, Marta Moreiras, Jordi Ruiz Cirera (Winner of The National Portrait Gallery Photography Portrait Award 2012) have spoken… and we have a winner! Drumroll….. One Mr Paul McCarthy for this effort: The …
The East Coast of Sri Lanka – Trincomalee
Returning to the East Coast of Sri Lanka for the first time in a few years, Tom and I were intrigued. Surely the post war boom would have led to …
The Guardian’s Liz Boulter visits Thailand with Experience Travel
When the Guardian asked us to recommend a tour which took in some responsible tourism based initiatives in Thailand with some real credibility we had little hesitation in suggestion a …
Given the time it takes to travel small distances in Sri Lanka, helicopter transfers are an incredible, if expensive way of getting around Sri Lanka.
We are delighted to announce that Experience Travel will be one of the principal sponsors for a Vietnam Festival being held at Spitalfields Market in London on Saturday 14th July …