Ben’s Previous Articles, Cartoons

First Trip to A Spa Resort
This article was published by Spa Arabia

Published by Untamed Travel Magazine in March 2005. To read the article online, click HERE.
Story and Photographs by Ben Hopkins

Even though an ugly American warns Ben Hopkins of the dangers of cycling in the mountains, he pursues the opiates of adventure.
My wake-up call comes courtesy of a [...]

Published in Tropical Living Magazine. Read it online. Click HERE.
Story by Ben Hopkins
Photos courtesy of Hyatt Regency Hua Hin

Built over 1,000 years ago by the once mighty Khmer civilization, the Temples of Angkor, Cambodia are considered by most historians to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Around twenty years ago [...]

Published by Tropical Living Magazine. Click HERE to read the article online.
Story and Photographs by Ben Hopkins

The event had been organized by 42Below promotions; a company that began life six years ago producing illicit vodka from a shed in Wellington, New Zealand to become one of the worlds premier producers of vodka, winning international [...]

Words and Illustrations by Ben Hopkins

While in Manali, Ben Hopkins meets a dancer and drug dealer who refuses to toe the rave party line.
Streams of travelers snaked their way through the woods and up a steep hillside onto a plateau overlooking the West Indian Himalayan town of Manali. The locals had set up stalls [...]

Published in Untamed Travel Magazine in its August 2003 edition. Click HERE to read the article online.
Words and Photos by Ben Hopkins

The tourist haven of Manali offered all the luxury I needed before setting out to cycle 500 km over the towering and remote mountains between Manali and Leh. Riding a sturdy mountain bike loaded [...]

This article was published in Untamed Travel Magazine in April 2005. Read the article online. Click HERE.
Words and illustrations by Ben Hopkins

After several months of living with the humiliation and inconvenience of a colostomy bag, Ben Hopkins can take it no longer and heads off on an English country weekend in an attempt to [...]

Published by Untamed Travel Magazine in its November 2005 issue. Click HERE to read it online.

Whether she’s teaching kids with nicknames like “Love,” budding revolutionaries who hate George W. Bush, or watching Thai teachers armed with sticks, Alison Bone learns some well-earned lessons in local classrooms. Illustration by Ben Hopkins.
It was my first day of [...]

Published by Untamed Travel Magazine in January 2005, this article can be accessed online. Click HERE

Words by Daniel Cooper, illustrations by Ben Hopkins
Here at Farang Untamed Travel, we work very hard each month to bring you, the reader, the finest in travel journalism and entertainment. We’re often asked exactly what goes into each issue — [...]

Published by Tropical Living Magazine. Click HERE to read the article online.
Words and Illustration by Ben Hopkins

The Cuban Cigar, considered by most connoisseurs to be the benchmark by which all other cigars should be measured, has long been seen a symbol of success by many Americans. They’re often smoked to celebrate good fortune like the [...]