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Why I keep going off the beaten track – even if it means ‘suffering’ on holiday
This approach has given the writer countless unforgettable experiences that will never be listed in any tourist brochure.
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The writer (far left) helping to herd panicked horses across a broken bridge in the middle of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF LESLIE KOH
Leslie Koh
“Why did you pay money to suffer?”
I’ve lost count of the number of times friends have, on hearing my latest travel story, looked incredulously at me and asked me this question.
