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Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troost Lost on Planet China is filled with a sharply observed, hilarious account of the author’s adventures in China—a complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies to keep him, and readers, endlessly entertained. Troost escorts readers on a rollicking journey through the new beating…
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San Francisco is potentially the very best place on earth if you’re willing and able to afford it. The city is walkable. Whether I’m heading to college, work, hitting the gym, or meeting friends for a meal, I’m almost always walking. This feels great: there are no insurmountable traffic jams…
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She was paralysed from the chest down at 21. Today, Karen Darke is a traveller, explorer, gold medal para-athlete and author of two books. Incredible, exemplary, inspiring…the adjectives in our vocabulary don’t do justice to this woman’s can-do spirit, Our questions, her insights: The biggest lesson life has taught me…
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Sunrise On 21st December 2018 when I was on a trip to North East with one of my friends. We were lighting up the fire and setting up the camp into the woods of Doyang valley near Wokha town in Nagaland, I overheard one of the locals sitting further ahead…
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I was a trainee pilot, done with over 75 hours of flying. It was time to move on to the next and arguably the most exciting stage, the cross country—I could now fly as far as over 400 kilometers, soaring as high as 10,000 feet above ground from where the…
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I have lived in the Polish city of Lublin for three years. It is a vibrant student city. An amalgamation of various cultures makes it unique. More than 800,000 people live here. Traffic is moderate. The city is quite calm. Corn Poppy, a flower with four vivid red petals is…
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In 2016, Eamonn Keaveney walked more than 2000 km around Ireland – barefoot! His unique venture, undertaken to raise funds for Pieta House, Suicide and Self Harm Crisis Centre, broke the Guinness World Record. Last year he again hiked barefoot to climb the 10 highest peaks of Ireland in 10 days!…
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I have lived in Saint Petersburg for 5 years. I love my city. There are many rivers (the main river is Neva, Malaya and Bolshaya Nevka, Fontanka, Moyka etc)) and canals (Griboedov, Kryukov etc.). Part of city is placed on islands (Vasilevskiy, Zajachiy Kamenyi, Krestovskiy, Elagin etc). I live in…
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“I’ve always been a little bit morbid,” says Sophie Collard, travel writer and co-founder of Travel Darkly. Sophie has wandered through many ‘dark tourist’ sites before she was aware they were categorised as such, including seeing Ho Chi Minh’s body, the Killing Fields and Teoul Seng in Vietnam and Cambodia…
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A sound engineer by profession, Hans Dalal has spent the last few years of his life in and out of tiger reserves. He is well known for recording a five-track album with music from the Moghiya tribe of poachers and a documentary, With A Little Help, which features the recording process of…
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Kristen Cashman lives in Sonoma County, California, a region known for its rugged coastline, giant redwood trees, and world-class wines, all of which she enjoys regularly. She works as the managing editor of a small book publishing company and loves hiking with her dog and scuba diving with her husband. They…
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We asked our Holland Correspondent, the fun, feisty fashionista and eco-boutique owner Mariel van den Donk, to suggest how to spend a beautiful evening in Amsterdam with just 80 Euros in hand. Look what a fantastic bouquet of ideas she came up with: “Holland is a small country, every city…
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This beautiful, heartfelt piece was written for us by Edward Grinewich-Yonashiro, Ted to us, in January 2012. Ted was our Japan Correspondent for a couple of years, until he moved to Los Angeles. To know more about this wonderful writer-teacher and his life today, visit his website. So the year…
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Meet Kavyanjali Kaushik, an Indian photographer and journalist, currently bouncing around in Spain. She wrote this piece for us in 2012, and we’ve treasured it since! An offbeat Stay in the heart of the Zanskar Not many travellers make it to the snowy, harsh and spectacular Zanskar; hidden away, almost…
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A week on the remote Caribbean gem of Providencia sounded like the perfect kickoff to our three-week honeymoon in Colombia. Situated on one of the world’s longest coral reefs, yet undeveloped and untouristy compared to most Caribbean islands, Providencia had been a dream destination for my husband and me for…
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“I like to take walks”- Christoph Adventurer, author and photographer Christoph Rehage is walking all the way from China to Germany, 9500 km so far. He is currently in Iran. We caught up with him along the way! TS: One question you get asked the most: CR: Why do you…
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In early 2010, the 2 cats, the dog, Nina and Paul quit their day jobs, packed their lives away and moved into a 40-foot RV to follow their dream of living an alternative life and exploring the USA on wheels. That day Wheelingit was born. TS: How has this alternative lifestyle changed your definition…
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Alexis Stephens and Christian Parsons, the cofounders of Tiny House Expedition, are filmmakers, DIY tiny house dwellers, and community educators. With their tiny house in tow, Alexis and Christian are on an extraordinary road trip across North America, with over 48,000 miles traveled and counting—the world’s most travelled tiny…
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Deepa Mohan Phooken is a radiologist by profession and a traveller by passion. Travelling through Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe with her husband and daughter, Deepa discovers a little of herself in the changing landscape from the windswept beaches of South Africa to the sands of Namibia,…
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TS: “You lived in the port city of Fethiye. Can you paint a picture of it in words?” DD: “Fethiye is a beautiful region with turquoise seas, green pine tree covered mountains and historical lycian rock tombs and ruins. Gulets and boats sail in and out of the harbour daily. In…
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