Stories by Philip Game

THE TRAVEL GAME

A selection of favourite yarns

Revenge of the Stetsons

Riding the Chihuahua Pacifico through Mexico's Copper Canyon Country

Legendary Lijiang and the lost Shangri-La

Exploring the landscape and the heritage of Yunnan, southwest China

Not Your Local Lending Library

Britain’s only residential library is the place to lose yourself in a tome or two....

The Enigma of Nan Madol

A remote Pacific island harbours the remains of a man-made floating city, built by a lost civilisation

New Guinea's Other Half

Papua New Guinea’s mirror image is a little-known land where Asia coexists uneasily with Melanesia

Extinction is Forever

Philip Game walks tall in Atlanta, but only the sauropods seem to be watching...

Southern Charm after Midnight

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil exposes the peculiarities of Savannah, a curiously self-contained city deep in the American South

Slow Train to Nowhere

All aboard for a run into Queensland's Gulf country. Where else could train passengers step down a moment to see a bird's nest or share the engine driver's cabin?

Islands of Eden

Deep in the heart of the Pacific lie the Cook Islands, veritable Gardens of Eden

Come Home, Sergeant Nakamura

In a remote corner of Maluku, Indonesia's far flung Spice Islands, the momentous events of the Second World War remain a vivid memory.

Pearl of Arabia

In the cities of the Arabian Gulf the locals guard their privacy inside lavish villas and limousines with tinted windows...

Mountains of Madness

Four wheel drive exploration in Arabia's spectacular Hajjar Mountains

Destination: Kashmir

Images of houseboats on the lake, icing sugar clouds floating overhead .... and the Vale of Kashmir was the gateway to the fabled Tibetan principality of Ladakh

Yesterday's Europe, 1974

Throughout 1974 I hitch-hiked back and forth across Europe... from the crisp mornings of Rome in February to the cloudless skies of the Peloponnese.

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