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Oliver Raw

Oliver Raw

SCMP contributor
Oliver is a British-born writer, printmaker and illustrator. He has spent much of his life in various countries and now calls Europe and Asia home.
Oliver is a British-born writer, printmaker and illustrator. He has spent much of his life in various countries and now calls Europe and Asia home.
Languages Spoken:
English

One hundred years after Joseph Conrad’s death, the Post follows the Polish-British novelist’s journeys along a river in Indonesian Borneo that inspired Lord Jim and three of his other stories.

The early 20th century teak industry left northern Thailand scarred but also peppered with magnificent examples of local architecture, seen on its ‘teak trail’ that starts in Chiang Mai.

A cruise on the waterways of Bangkok in a boat powered by solar energy offers a tantalising glimpse of a quieter, less polluted life. Might more boat owners in the Thai capital embrace its potential?

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Phnom Penh might seem like one huge building site fuelled by Chinese money but a heritage tour of the Cambodian capital uncovers its abundant historical and traditional architecture.

The forests of Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia, harbour panthers, gibbons, sun bears and myriad birds, and the town is dotted with colonial-era mock-Tudor bungalows. Both are under threat from development.

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