By Supriya Suriyanarayanan Ladakh with it’s inexorable calling was a place I visited twice in almost 1 year. While the beauty of its landscape is undeniable, my happiest memories of Ladakh are of the…
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By Supriya Suriyanarayanan This was a trip many years in the making. My plans for a Ladakh tour were always postponed in favour of comfortable holidays. I worried about handling the cold, the food,…
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Argentina Brazil Features South America StoriesSouth America Journals by Robyn Bell: Towards Butterfly Road (Part 1)
Robyn Bell is a writer and traveller, currently based in Hong Kong. Although her work usually focuses on feminism and gender, she has crafted this series of travel stories especially for ROAM, based on…
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By Anna Blackwell As soon as my eyes opened, I knew something was different. The air around my face was bitterly cold, but that was to be expected when you’re in a tent on…
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By Sophie Ruigrok People travel to Cuba today in search of times gone by. Its allure lies in its crumbling architecture, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang cars and slow, hazy pace of life. Perhaps that’s…
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Asia Features India Photo Essays StoriesThe Festival of Light: Celebrating Diwali in Pushkar, India
‘Diwali is the five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world. The festival, which coincides with the Hindu New Year, celebrates new beginnings and the triumph of…
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By Lovey Marquez I don’t particularly love Dubai. I don’t hate it either. It’s a place on my comme ci, comme ça list. Before traveling to the United Arab Emirates with my mom, I…
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You could say Nepal was my first country. It wasn’t, but it feels that way. Certainly, it was the first place I travelled solo for a long period of time. It was the first…
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It was precisely fifteen and a half days before my 23rd birthday when I eventually passed my driving test. I actually started learning to drive when I was 17, then I had run away…
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It’s a hazy July afternoon when I arrive in the village in the sky. From Hanoi I had taken an overnight train to Lao Cai, where I jumped on a mini bus which swirled…
