Bamboo Travel

The Team

Tim Milner

The founding director of Bamboo Travel, Tim Milner, started his love affair with all things Asian in 1991 whilst travelling around Thailand & Hong Kong. It was on this trip that he became enthralled with the wonderful combination of culture, food, scenery, people and beaches that the region has to offer. Since that first venture into this exciting part of the world, Tim has devoted much of his leisure time travelling in the Far East and has developed a great passion for, and expertise in, the region.

After a long stint with one of the UK’s leading long haul tour operators Tim seized the opportunity to set up a niche tour operator specializing in holidays to the Far East. The aim being to offer bespoke itineraries that allow clients to get the most out of their time in the region and also to experience some of the magic that abounds in this amazing part of the world. His recent adventures have included an extended tour of Myanmar, skiiing in Japan, exploring Taiwan and catching up with contacts in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Robin Ball

An adventurer at heart, Robin has dedicated much of his personal and working life exploring far flung corners of the world. After studying Cultural Geography at University he embarked on his travels, taking in much of South America, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. On returning home in the late 90’s Robin made a career out of a passion, by working and travelling for two of the UK’s leading tour operators, firstly as a tailor made tour consultant, and more recently as a Far East Product Manager. His most memorable travel experiences include a luxurious journey on the Eastern & Oriental Express, trekking the Great Wall of China, being a guest at a state banquet in Mongolia, completing a PADI dive course near Banda Aceh, staying at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore and travelling by motorbike from Hanoi to Sapa.

Throughout his time working with and travelling in the Far East, Robin has built up a network of friends and close contacts that can be called upon to help create exceptional travel experiences for the guests of Bamboo Travel. In his spare time Robin enjoys many sports especially cricket, fishing and mountain biking, as well as music, cooking and, most of all, spending time with his young family.

Ewen Moore

A family holiday to visit friends in Thailand at the age of 5 was the beginning of Ewen's fascination with the Far East. Having already spent some time backpacking around Southeast Asia and Japan, his interest in the region grew further during his studies of International Politics at University, which included an in depth study of Burma, a country very close to his heart. After a time teaching English as a foreign language in Moscow, Ewen returned to the UK and worked for 3 years as a Far East specialist for one of the UK's top tour operators.

Ewen's most recent experiences of the Far East include visiting ethnic minority villages in Cambodia's Northeastern province of Ratanakiri, cycling the old city wall in Xian, trekking in central Laos and being interviewed for the local TV news on the Japanese Island of Miyako-Jima!

An active person and a keen sportsman, perhaps Ewen's only criticism of the countries in the Far East is that they don't play cricket.