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Hamer cow-jumping ceremony - Africa  Ethiopia
Melissa Lunstead has a bittersweet experience at a Hamer cow-jumping ceremony in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley.

A rainbow of dirt and marble - Africa  South Africa
Blair Whisenhuntvisits a shanty town in Cape Town, South Africa, and finds humility and forgiveness in the wake of the horrific murder of martyred American, Amy Biehl.

Feasting in famine: travelling to countries in crisis - Africa  na
Chris Ord, investigates the issues travellers face when touring nations torn by hardship and finds the tourism industry a welcome relief

Rocky plains, sand dunes and date palms - Africa  Morocco
Friedel Rother walks alongside camels and climbs sand dunes in Morocco's magical Sahara desert.

Tears on the roof of Africa - Africa  Tanzania
Carolyn Watt discovers that reaching the summit of Africa’s highest mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, is a moving experience.

View to thrill, Sani Top Chalet, Lesotho - Africa  Lesotho
Chris Ord, sips hot port while taking in the view from Africa's highest pub.

Mayokan meditation - Africa  Malawi
Perched on the shores of Lake Malawi, Chris Ord finds Mayoka Village the perfect place to ease into the wonders of middle-Africa Malawi.

Ouattara’s Family: writings from Cote d'Ivoire - Africa  Cote d'Ivoire
Blair Whisenhunt finds beauty and inspiration in a West African family.

Malawi art safari: Mulanje, Malawi - Africa  Malawi
Explore the jungle or paint it? Tough call writes Dave Wise

Zanzibar: East Africa's Spice Island - Africa  Zanzibar
Jessica Misuraca finds the spice of life can be enjoyed at a relaxed pace on Zanzibar Island, Tanzania.

Book review: Blue List 2008 - Africa  
Published by Lonely Planet. Review by Chris Ord.

Cheetahs: ghosts of the grasslands - Africa  South Africa
The world’s fastest land mammals can’t keep up as shrinking habitat and predators reduce their numbers in the wild. Carolyn Watt visits the Cheetah Outreach Project in the Cape Region of South Africa.

Moroccan rollin’ - Africa  Morocco
Ari Sharp heads out in search of the authentic Moroccan experience.

Wonderings under the Southern Cross - Africa  Africa
Join Lyn Fox as he recounts tea-drinking, offal-eating, wildlife watching wanderings across Africa, always with questions of the heavens on his mind.

Broken in Burkina - Africa  West Africa Gold Coast
On a journey in West Africa, Greg Clarke proves correct author Martha Gellhorn who wrote that “the only aspect of travel guaranteed to hold an audience is disaster.”

The many faces of a day - Africa  
When Thomas A. Hunter visited the Alang shipbreaking yard in India, he found a story about old ships and the possibility of dying when you go to work.

The other side of Zanzibar - Africa  Zanzibar
Getting to the heart of the spice islands just requires a little extra time and effort reports Chris Ord.

Zimbabwe – paradise lost? - Africa  Zimbabwe
Alice Mutasa looks back at the Zimbabwe of 17 years ago and wonders what went wrong……

South Africa’s ‘Place of Little Fear’ - Africa  South Africa
Virgin to Africa? Why not consummate your relationship with a trip to Ulusaba: Sir Richard Branson’s Private Game Reserve in South Africa, writes Meghan Thomson.

Getting high In Lesotho - Africa  South Africa
While travelling through South Africa, Emily Buchan finds countries for a day an uplifting experience.

A taste of Dogon country: Tabaski, Mali - Africa  Mali
Over a five-day trek, Ben Willis samples some of the colourful rituals and unusual delicacies on offer in Mali's Dogon Country.

Cheeting game: Namibia, Africa - Africa  Namibia
Problem: your prized livestock - your livelihood - keep ending up as ravaged carcasses rotting in the African sun, the victim of midnight raids by local wildlife. Solution: fling the sheep and ‘farm’ the predator. Chris Ord visits a grassroots cheetah conservation project in Namibia.

Wild cape wander: Table Mountain, South Africa - Africa  South Africa
On foot is the only way to get to the wild heart of South Africa's Cape Peninsula Mountains writes Steve Bolnick

Safari so good - Namibia, Africa - Africa  Namibia
While spotting game in Namibia’s famed Etosha Game Reserve is a wild experience - the accommodation is anything but, writes Chris Ord.

Survival guide – Moroccan Riads - Africa  Morocco
To glimpse the softer side of Morocco, best stay in one of the country’s many Riads – traditional houses or palaces noted for their interior gardens. Only in their often opulent confines, writes Dave Wise will no one wave a cobra in your face and charge you for the pleasure.

Lions in our midst - Africa  Zimbabwe
Dinner under the stars takes on a very different meaning for Gayle Bentham on a lion safari in Zimbabwe.

Taste of the drought: Egypt - Africa  Egypt
Home to the largest city in Africa, it's no wonder Egypt is said to have a promising economic future. So when Naomi Osinnowo explored the ancient sights of Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh, she was shocked by the poverty.

White Out - Antarctica  Antarctica
Karl Horeis bunkers down for a long stint working in Antarctica where boredom is staved off by marathons across the ice and nippy dips through ice holes.

Rebuilding Cambodia: one woman at a time - Asia  Cambodia
Karoline Kemp forgoes the beach and backpacking scene to help capture something that will make an altogether different impact in Cambodia – echoes of evil and sounds of hope.

Club Med Bizarro – adventures in North Korea - Asia  North Korea
Forget a fortnight in Thailand, living it up in London or an adventure in New York. This summer Ari Sharp wanted to visit somewhere a little different. Somewhere that might scare his grandmother. Somewhere in the Axis of Evil. Somewhere like North Korea.

Life on the inside: foreign prisoners in South East Asia. - Asia  Thailand
Just what motivates someone to risk their life as a drug courier through South East Asia, and what is life like for them when imprisoned a long way from home? With nine Australians facing drug charges in Indonesia, and Schapelle Corby’s trial continuing, Ari Sharp tells of meeting some of the foreigners detained at Thailand’s notorious Bangkwang Prison.

Kuala Lumpur layover - Asia  Malaysia
Erin Rigik guides us in how to turn a Malaysian layover into a Kuala Lumpur adventure.

Fear and Loathing in Shanghai? - Asia  China
Amid the increased political tension between Japan and China, foolhardy Westerner Ben Lupton and his shopaholic Japanese wife venture to the ‘Paris of the East’ to find out whether its safe to roam the streets.

In too deep - Asia  Maldives
In 1949 Raimondo Bucher set the world’s first free diving record at 98.4 feet (30.0m). Adam Mooney remembers a trip to the Maldives where he attempted to break that record.

Off to India - Asia  India
Dan Paris looks at what to pack when planning a photography trip noting that when you get there, it’s best to buy the locals a beer before you shoot them. As in take their photo, of course.

Delhi: a city unimagined - Asia  India
People can pidgeonhole a place all they want, but the reality of actually being there never fails to shatter all preconceptions. Sharon Nichonchuir finds as much on her first exploration of Delhi.

Yangshuo surprise: Guilin, China - Asia  China
Tanya Perdikou heads to a little heralded backwater in southern China where the subtleties of everyday life keep her curiosity afloat.

On becoming a samurai - Asia  Japan
Lyn Fox sharpens his sword for lessons in the way of the samurai in Kyoto, Japan.

Cameras in Cambodia - Asia  Cambodia
Specialist photography tour leader and editor of Total Film Magazine Shelton Muller finds Cambodia both a great teacher and rich subject for travel photographers.

Two fat men - Asia  Japan
Rachel Mecner gets to grips with Japan’s sporting love of a (very) full belly.

Paradise lost - Asia  Maldives
Following on from her report last year on alleged human rights abuses being committed in the paradisiacal Maldives, Rebecca Cork, returns to the issue and finds violence remains unchecked.

Budae Jjigae, Memories of War: Korea - Asia  Korea
Jon Wick finds a Korean war history lesson in his soup.

River wild - Asia  Nepal
Richard Jones rafts down Nepal’s renowned Karnali river …straight into Maoist rebel territory and a game of Frisbee.

Bali: echoes of a bomb - Asia  Bali
In the wake of the Madrid massacre, Saira Chaudry visits Kuta, Bali, where locals are still coming to terms with 2002’s devastating bomb attack and its effects on the island’s mainstay tourism economy.

Live to dive - Asia  Thailand
Jo Balmer gets hooked on the diver’s lifestyle in Thailand.

Rock and roll wrestling in nomad’s land - Asia  Mongolia
Cheese vodka, restless yaks and dirty, drunken grappling; just another Saturday night in Weirdest Mongolia for travel author Tamara Sheward.

Travel book review - Asia  Siberia
by Chris Ord

Carving a niche for peace: India - Asia  India
George Torode meets a man on a sculpting mission in India.

Destination paradise: An ethical choice? - Asia  Maldives
Paradise or a political playground for a bully in the sun? Rebecca Cork reports on recent events in the Maldives.

Copping it in Cambodia - Asia  Cambodia
Christian Mercer discovers that the ‘police’ are not always on the right side of the law in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The lost sea: Kazakhstan’s tragedy - Asia  Kazakhstan
The disappearing Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth biggest inland sea, saviour to a starving Russia and former oasis of Central Asia’s Kazakhstan, now lies in waste. Ryan Pyle, reports.

Highland fling in Sri Lanka - Asia  Sri Lanka
Dave Wise uncovers the true nature of Sri Lanka

Mongolia’s arid Gobi desert. - Asia  Mongolia
Lana Barbe finds altered riches amidst the shifting sands of Mongolia’s arid Gobi desert.

The wonders of China - Asia  China
Chris Pipkin uncovers another side to tourism hotspot China.

Diverse culture, united hearts - Asia  India
Bridget Mills-Powell journeys to Kalimpong, India.

BOOK REVIEW: Even A Daughter Is Better Than Nothing – Mykel Board - Asia  Mongolia
By Chris Ord

Book review: First pass under heaven - Asia  China
Author: Nathan Gray. Review by Chris Ord

Nepali sunset memories - Asia  Nepal
Chris Ord, spends time teaching in the lowlands of Nepal.

The Canton shuffle: football in Guangzhou, China - Asia  China
As an Englishman in Asia Duncan Grimes never traveled far without having a conversation about English football. He, on the other hand, was more interested in how the local Chinese have taken to the Great Game.

How do you greet a monkey?: Taman Safari Indonesia - Asia  Indonesia
Jillian Stevens ponders monkey etiquette while on a zoo safari near Jakarta.

Savouring Sinharaja: the jungles of Sri Lanka - Asia  Sri Lanka
Dave WiseWise appreciates the little things about a country that’s big on attractions. You just have to be open to them, creepy crawlies and all.

Born survivor: Vietnam - Asia  Vietnam
Abandoned at birth in Central Vietnam and mauled by a dog, a baby boy suffered devastating injuries. Elka Ray discovers how the kindness of strangers is helping to turn this child’s life around.

The Quiet Corner: Kep, Cambodia - Asia  Cambodia
Tim Patterson rates a bungalow in a shunned Cambodian village as the place to stay longer than you planned.

Ganja, guns and sex in the city - Asia  Cambodia
Want a taste of the wild west? Then head east to Phnom Penh, says Greg Samsa.

Andaman odyssey: Maya Beach, Thailand - Asia  Thailand
On a whim inspired by the film David Webbtravels to Thailand in search of The Beach.

Jungle fever: Papua New Guinea - Australasia  Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is touted as ‘The Land Of The Unexpected’. As Chris Ord discovers on a sojourn in the country’s remote and rugged north, it’s one tourism tagline that lives up to its promise.

BOOK REVIEW: A Place To Stay – Hotels of New Zealand - Australasia  New Zealand
Chris Ord dreams of a plush stay in New Zealand’s frontier hotels.

Capturing colour - Australasia  Australia
Dan Paris discusses how to get a landscape to bleed its riches of colour onto your film.

River Wild - Australasia  Australia
Tasmania Australia offers some of the best whitewater river kayaking in the world. Novice paddler Chris Ord headed down a creek called the Lea with a paddle but without a clue as he joined Team Teva for the annual Xstream race.

Finding Flipper: dolphin swim, Melbourne, Australia - Australasia  Australia
With the announcement that dredging is to go ahead Chris Ordremembers a swim with at risk dolphins in Port Philip Bay and wonders if it they'll survive for another encounter.

Easy riders: kitesurfing, Melbourne, Australia - Australasia  Australia
Australia’s southern capital of latte culture is also a Mecca for wind and wave junkies who are taking to Melbourne’s seaside suburbs, writes Chris Ord

WIN A TRIP TO OZ - Australasia  Australia
Get off your sofa and get yourself down to the place where adventure and a laidback lifestyle are right on your doorstep.Tourism Australia is offering a dream job placement and a free ticket Down Under.

Trip of a wife time PART II: Australasia - Australasia  Australia
In the long-awaited sequel Mark Woods finally reveals if his spontaneous travels ended in marriage.

Mexico - Australasia  Australia
Heidi Hunt Australia

Introducing Destination Australia - Australasia  Australia


Caving in the Cooks: Cook Islands - Australasia  Cook Islands
Emily Nixon gets underneath the skin of the Cook Islands. Photos by Jeff Dicken.

Room at the Inn – Purrumbete Homestead - Australasia  Australia
Greg Clarke gets cosy at a historic homestead in western Victoria, Australia.

Jungle Adventure - Australasia  Australia
Few of us would choose to celebrate our 60th birthday swimming around an island, but that’s what Queensland resort owner and manager and perennial adventurer Ian Gasking did prior to leaving the Seychelles. He talks to W.McAteer about time travelling and his new venture, Quamby Falls Lodge.

On the rails - Australasia  Australia
There’s plenty of steam left in Australian train travel thanks to a new venture by rail tour operation Ozback. Tony Brown takes a maiden voyage into the heart of New South Wales.

Anything but cold feet - Australasia  Australia
Real men get pedicures, says Chris Ord after a visiting a day spa on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia.

Solomon Islands sojourn - Australasia  Solomon Islands
Tony Brown takes an equatorial journey to determine whether this fragile nation is the last resort or just the victim of bad PR.

APEC vs G20 - Australasia  Vietnam
Just which city was more ridiculous? By Matt O’Callaghan and Eva Clarke.

Trip of a wife time: Australasia - Australasia  New Zealand
Mark Woodsdecides marriage is a perfect excuseto run away...with his intended.

South by south wilderness: Tasmania, Australia - Australasia  Australia
Four litres of cask wine saved Greg Clarke's life on a sea kayak adventure exploring Bathurst Harbour in Tasmania, Australia.

The Longest Drive - Australasia  Australia
Drinking cappuccinos on a sunny afternoon in Perth, Rhona Taylor thought driving 5000km through the outback would be a fun way to pass a few weeks in Australia.

High seas to Hobart - Australasia  Australia
In last year’s 60th anniversary event Claire Kennard competed on Eureka II, a 60 foot race yacht with a crew of mainly first timers.

Going outback Japanese-style - Australasia  Australia
Megan Flamer gets a taste for Asia in the rolling hillside country of Western Victoria in Australia.

Never too old - Australasia  New Zealand
Chris Robinson writes that sometimes the best trips happen over many years, and are with your Dad.

Paris in the land of Oz - Australasia  Australia
It’s been said that a wise man travels to find himself. Well, at the very least, he learns to take a better picture,” says professional photographer Dan Paris ho recently took a year-long hiatus from a promising television career to photograph Australian landscapes.

Dictatorship of the spectator - Europe  China
Two continents and the weight of hometown familiarity gifts Jason Murphy a new perspective on the art and wonder of travel.

Apollo, Aphrodite and Acrocorinth - Europe  Greece
Monuments to Greek Gods are often imposing, but it’s the small things that catches the eye of Antonio Paterniti in Greece.

Behind the palace gates - Europe  England
Nayna Chakrabarty journeys to Hampton Court Palace and into the realm of Henry VIII’s wife, Catherine.

Epiphanies of Erinskey: Ireland - Europe  Ireland
George Torode discovers a slice of surfing’s original soul amidst a group of journeyman on the battered coast of Erinskey, Ireland.

Hanging ten in Munich: Germany - Europe  Germany
The Bavarian capital Munich might not have a Pacific Ocean or a Bondi Beach on its door step, but as Guy Degen discovered that doesn't mean surfing isn’t popular with the locals.

A rock and a hard place - Europe  Portugal
It was a favoured layover for Columbus and a convenient hiding place for pirates. But when death comes amidst a wedding in the Azores, Chris Robinson feels the sting of ‘saudade’, a nostalgia usually accompanied by haunting Portuguese ‘fado’ music.

Sleepwalking on the Somme - Europe  France
Dave Wise won’t soon forget his time traveling through the Somme. Granddad would approve.

Tower of strength: Spain - Europe  Spain
Participation in local culture is one of the best bits of travelling, says Craig Platt. Unless that means you’re a brick in a human pyramid. And you’re at the bottom.

Letter To My Brother. - Europe  na
the late Antoni Szadziewski (with reference to the diaries of Luigi D’Albertis, explorer, in New Guinea 1872.)

Travel book review - Europe  Asia
By Chris Ord

Highland hospitality - Europe  Scotland
Andy Falconer stays at the luxury five star Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland and finds much more on offer than championship golf.

Ukrainian rotisserie: a day at the (nude) beach - Europe  Ukraine
Julie discovers turtle necks are all the fashion at a particularly relaxed Ukrainian beach near the nation´s capital, Kiev.

Iceland: land of the little people - Europe  Iceland
Carolyn Watt discovers Iceland is still a fairytale kingdom for some.

Owning Oktoberfest: Munich, Germany - Europe  Germany
Chris Ord looks to steal Oktoberfest from the Germans.

Last supper of Grozny - Europe  Chechnya
Smuggled into war-torn Chechnya for the world’s most dangerous day trip, travel author Tamara Sheward blurs the line between intrepid and idiotic.

Paris by the balls: Paris, France - Europe  France
Watching rugby at Paris’ Stade Jean Bouin is like no other sporting experience reckons Matthew Genner, who sets about getting to grips with Parisian sporting culture.

Holloway Road - Europe  England
by Robert Christopher

Diary of Iceland - Europe  
by Graham Stull

Boozy paradise in land of plenty - Europe  England
Ben Pilgrim visits the locals in North Yorkshire, England.

Ain't Nothin But... the best in London blues - Europe  England
Chris Ord, finds the best blues bar this side of New Orleans ...in London

Chalet Martin, Gryon, Switzerland - Europe  Switzerland
A Swiss Alpine retreat feels like home to Chris Ord after a day on the slopes.

Jewel in the sun: Monsaraz, Portugal - Europe  Portugal
The relaxed village life takes hold of Chris Ord, in Portugal's borderlands.

Wakie, Wakie - Europe  
by Christine Hoyt

Camargue Cowboys: Southern France - Europe  France
Nikki Savvides saddles up with the locals in the South of France

True Chianti classic: Tuscany, Italy - Europe  Italy
It's almost a rite of travel writing passage: Mark Woods falls in love with a Tuscan villa.

At the Villa Melzi: Lake Como, Italy - Europe  Italy
Dave Wise seeks out the intellectual birth of photography on the shores of Como.

Tales from the table: Dordogne, France - Europe  France
Kimberley Lovato gets a taste for the Dordogne (spiced by the recipes of chef Laura Schmalhorst).

Top Ten: Ways to Kill Aiport Time - Europe  Greece
Boredom isn't an option for Olivia Hambrett as she mooches around Athens airport.

Worthy of a book or ten: Tuscany, Italy - Europe  Italy
Olivia Hambrett lives la Dolce Vita for a week in sunny Siena.

More than a club: Barcelona FC, Spain - Europe  Spain
Whether climbing the steps of the Sagrada Familia or sipping a coffee near La Seu in the Barri Gòtic, Barcelona has many places of worship, writes Matt Genner, but the most important is Camp Nou, home of FC Barcelona.

Hokey pokey in Hollóko, Hungary - Europe  Hungary
S.E.Whelan journeys back in time to uncover a grandfather’s heritage.

Meaty matters: a guide to German sausage - Europe  Germany
Nadia Stadnyckireckons sausages – especially the German kind – are a stand-alone food group.

Outraging bull? Madrid, Spain - Europe  Spain
Bullfights or Shakira? Christopher Cook ponders which is crueler as he takes a tour of Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring.

Hostel heaven in hell: Fabric, Naples Italy - Europe  Italy
Chris Cook finds a glimmer of hostel hope in the chaos of Naples.

Poetic justice: Gustaf Fröding, Sweden - Europe  Sweden
When an English couple signed up to host some visiting Swedish families in the 1970s, they had no idea that it would lead to a newfound passion and change of country.Anna Maria Espsäter interviews a leading English light of Swedish poetry.

Holy man mountain: Mt Athos, Greece - Europe  Greece
Greece’s revered Mt Athos is the oldest monastic republic in existence – and quite possibly the world’s biggest men’s club writes Lloyd Godson.

Boots 'n all: hiking boot reviews - Europe  various
It’s guaranteed to ruin your maiden Inca Trail trek: blisters exploding like cluster bombs two days in and miles from anywhere courtesy of those new, bloody expensive, boots. Chris Ord risks heels and toes testing the best in the biz.

Of myth and legend: Transnistria, Moldova - Europe  Transnistria, Moldova
Tamara Sheward couldn’t imagine what the Eastern European nation of Transnistria was like: mainly because it doesn’t even exist. She decided to travel there anyway.

Freak Out - London  England
For a walk on the wild(er) side come down to Camden Town, says Leisha Grebinski

Israeli experience - Middle East  Israel
Trying to pay his respects, Dave Wise learns that history hasn’t been such a good teacher.

Sweet dream cave - Middle East  Turkey
David Stuart cracks the caveman myth of sleeping rough in Turkey.

Bride of Syria - Middle East  Syria
Kevin Patterson sees another side to Syrian womanhood through the veil of his Arabic tutor.

Cappadocia wonderland - Middle East  Turkey
A geographical wonderland awaits visitors to Turkey’s Cappadocia heartland reports Chris Ord.

Bam, Iran: an axis far from evil - Middle East  Iran
Ryan Pyle travels to Iran, a nation cast by President Bush as part of the 'axis of evil'.

On Turkey's wings - Middle East  Turkey
Chris Ord risks life and limb to paraglide off Mt Babadag in Turkey.

Mystical builders: linking the ruins of Syria and Mexico - Middle East  Syria
Habeeb Salloum investigates the mystical connection between a rather handy Mayan dwarf and ancient spirit builders of Syria.

Behind the walls – the West Bank - Middle East  Israel
For most, visiting the West Bank – hot bed of Palestine and Israeli tensions – is not the ideal holiday destination. John Rubino argues otherwise (with a little caution).

Arabian knight: explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger - Middle East  Morocco
Dave Wise converses with one of the last of the great Victorian explorers.

Interview: author Tim Mackintosh-Smith - Middle East  Yemen
Dave Wise chats to Tim Mackintosh-Smith, the prize winning author and broadcaster once labeled as ‘a latter day Lawrence of Arabia’, about living in Yemen and his most recent travels.

Land of hidden treasures: Iran - Middle East  Iran
Aya Okawa takes a historical and spiritual journey through one of our most ancient lands.

Bananas, burqas and babies: Pakistan - Middle East  Pakistan
On a journey to the doctor, Vicky Deane takes in the textures of everyday Pakistan.

Something Fishy - Montana  North America
Cid Busarow fulfilled a childhood dream when she moved to Montana last May. Another dream was reached when she and her husband, Dan, opened Fish Creek House, a bed and breakfast just outside of Whitehall.

Dune Buggy Days - Natal  Brazil
Everyone knows about the girl from Ipanema and the G-strings from Copacabana, but what about the dune buggies in Natal? Flash Dandelion reckons you should get to Brazil’s georgeous North East before a stack of songs are written about the place.

Life on a coral caye - North America  Belize
Alice Mutasa samples marine conservation, local rum & some serious lazing in the Belize sun.

Big Apple greetings: NYC, USA - North America  United States of America
Want to go where locals go and do what locals do when in New York? Your best bet, then, is to go native with a native. Louise Schutte reports on a scheme that gets you under the Big Apple’s shiny skin.

Bonding with snow - North America  Colorado
Andy Falconer lives a spy’s life among the rich and famous in Vail, Colorado.

Welcome to the end of the world - North America  Nevada
Karl Horeis visits an ‘only in America’ tourist attraction: the Nevada Test Site, home to 928 nuclear tests and WMD training.

Brewing an ale - North America  Nevada
Lager lout Karl Horeis traces the source of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in California, USA.

Casa Esperanza: Mexico City`s street children - North America  Mexico
Julie Guyot spends a day with the street kids of Mexico City.

Hiking through history - North America  Canada
Trevor Clark traces the footsteps of 19th Century explorer Sir George Simpson through Banff NP, Canada’s oldest national park.

Navigate and Explore - North America  
by Lindsay Soberano

Transitions at the Borders - North America  
by Lindsay Soberano

Backpacking as a metaphor for life - North America  
by Lindsay Soberano

Trouble in paradise - North America  Belize
UK journalist, Ben Pilgrim, discovers filing for a weekly newspaper in Belize is not all sun,

I walk from his dorm room - North America  
by Yael Grauer

California Morning - North America  
by Christine Hoyt

Today my home is on the road - North America  Sedona
by Yael Grauer

Losing My Religion - North America  United States
Where to go to attempt to understand religion from A-Z? May as well start in Arkansas, writes Lyn Fox.

Liberty, Equality, & Fries with Gravy: Montreal, Canada - North America  Canada
The modern American psyche often harbors shame over past civil rights abuses.Lyn Fuchs (aka Lyn Fox) contemplates...in Montreal.

Canada’s favourite sun: British Columbia - North America  Canada
Jane Cassie reckons BC’s Sunshine Coast has a bright side, no matter what the weather is. Photos by Brent Cassie.

Grains of truth: culinary travels in NY, USA - North America  United States
Nadia Arumugam gets a taste of the Big Apple with spoonfuls of rice.

Between a rock and a hard place: Rockaway Beach, USA - North America  United States
Kyle Tregurtha tries to find a slice of sandy paradise in Queens. With rose coloured glasses, you'd say he suceeded.

Dying With Dignity (Part 2), Mexico - North America  Mexico
Lyn Fox gets to grips with Mexico’s fascination for death but comes away learning more about its antithesis.

Balloons ’n burritos: Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, USA - North America  United States of America
Adee Braun gets all het up, in more ways than one, in the deserts of New Mexico.

Dying With Dignity (Part 1), Mexico - North America  Mexico
Lyn Fox gets to grips with Mexico’s fascination for death but comes away learning more about its antithesis.

Tight squeeze: Capsule Hotel, Osaka Japan - Osaka  Japan
Mark Yabsley bunkers down for a night in one of Japan’s capsule hotels.

Amidst giants - Osaka  Japan
Erin Rigik gets into the Sumo stomp

City of dreams - Rio  Brazil
According to legend, rumour and backpacker gossip, Rio’s favelas are infamous, notorious, glamorous (in a gansta kinda way)…but what’s really up there? Helen Clark explores.

Rasta Residencia in Brazil - Salvador  Brazil
Cable TV, air hockey, well-stocked private bar…these days 'roughing it' in hostels is getting pretty comfortable. Time then to follow Helen Clark, you pampered bastards…

Free State of Mind - South Africa  Africa
Emily Buchan leaves the urban sprawl of Jo’berg for the open spaces of the Free State and café culture of Clarens.

In the saddle of Sundance - South America  Bolivia
Novice horseman Chris Ord traces the final stand hoofprints of notorious 19th Century outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in Bolivia’s Wild West.

Stairway to heaven - South America  Brazil
Sasha Naod meets an artist taking steps to pay tribute to his adopted hometown of Rio.

Volunteering in Ecuador - South America  Ecuador
Saving the Andean rainforest is as much about people as trees writes Sarah Kanowski.

Missionary Mummy - South America  Guano
With Quito as his launching point, Paul Roddy and the National Geographic team headed south on the Pan American Highway toward the charming Andean town of Guano where they filmed an episode of The Mummy Road Show for the National Geographic Channel.

Mañana in Panama - South America  Panama
In an excerpt from her recently published book ‘Led By Destiny’, which details her five year journey hitchhiking around the world, Kinga Freespirit crosses from Central to South America becoming stranded on an island where the concept of time is mucho differente...

Shades of Mexico - South America  Mexico
Kevin Patterson paints shades of Mexico in three acts.

Cloud Prince of Ecuador - South America  Ecuador
A trek to the cloud forests of Ecuador is a magical experience, except for a sting in the tale, writes Chris Ord.

Patagonian drama - South America  Argentina
Chris Ord takes in a sweeping view of Argentina’s wild frontier.

Viva Cuba - South America  Cuba
Tony Brown takes a lingering and very sentimental look at a destination soon to disappear: Fidel’s Cuba.

Thunderwater baptism at Iguazu Falls - South America  Argentina
Chris Ord becomes a convert at one of the world’s loudest natural wonders of the world; Foz de Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina.

The flavour of Venezuela - South America  Venezuelan
Catherine Quinn’s heart melts like hot chocolate for the sweet life on Venezuela’s cacao coast.

Roll, baby, roll... - South America  Ecuador
From the world’s highest active volcano to cloud forests and lush Ecuadorian jungles, Chris Ord discovers down and Dutch is the only way to fly on a two-day biking tour.

Around the world in twenty dishes: Café Eucalyptus, Cuenca, Ecuador - South America  
Chris Ord finds a place to eat in Ecuador that takes your tongue on a world discovery tour without having to leave the comfort of a fire-warmed couch.

Flood of life: Amazonia’s nature of change - South America  Brazil
Chris Ord visits Brazil’s Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve deep in the Amazon.

Itauna Inn, Itauna (Saquarema), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. - South America  Brazil
Chris Ord relaxes at a laid-back ‘pousada’ on Brazil’s Costa Do Sol.

Beachside bliss: Casa da Praia, Itaunas, ES Brazil - South America  Brazil
Chris Ord discovers a Brazilian beachside guesthouse where motherly love makes all the difference.

Brazil’s heart of diamonds - South America  Brazil
Brazil’s central highland Chapada Diamantina National Park offers brilliant hiking and a lesson in the commerce of nature writes Chris Ord.

Roll, baby, roll... - South America  Ecuador
From the world’s highest active volcano to cloud forests and lush Ecuadorian jungles, Chris Ord discovers down and Dutch is the only way to fly on a two-day biking tour.

Bolivia's heavy metal scene - South America  Bolivia
Claire Morsman travels troglodyte fashion to discover the world's largest underground mine below the world’s highest city in Boliva.

Huascaran highs - South America  Peru
The crisp Andean air goes to Chris Ord’s head and heart (but not always his lungs) as he treks through Central Peru’s stunning Huascaran National Park.

Heartbreak hill - South America  Bolivia
Billed as a ‘beginners’ summit’, Bolivia’s 6,088 metre Huayna Potosi proves to be more than a mere mountain for first-time climber Chris Ord.

River wide, river rough… - South America  Ecuador
Chris Ord finds Ecuador’s rivers are as beautiful as they are challenging on a four day kayak course experienced mostly upside-down.

Gravity, grime ‘n gravel - South America  Bolivia
A wild mountain bike ride down ‘the world’s most dangerous road’ in Bolivia’s Cordillera Real leaves a rather grubby Chris Ord gasping for more gravity-assisted thrills.

On Antigua - South America  Antigua
Andy Falconer discovers there more to do on the Caribbean island of Antigua than just lie on the beach.

The art of creative hospitality: Sandanzas, Buenos Aires - South America  Argentina
A circle of Argentine friends has creatively blended art, entertainment, culture and hospitality to create one of Buenos Aires’ most inviting hostels reports Chris Ord.

A scoop of socialism - South America  Cuba
Cuba has a sweet side writes Leisha Grebinski, but its melting.

Blood and bombs: Potosi, Bolivia - South America  Bolivia
Lucy Witter tries to avoid being splattered with llama blood during rituals celebrating the annual Pachamama festival in Potosi, a mining town perched high on Bolivia’s altiplano.

Another day in Buenos Aires - South America  Argentina
Anna Maria Espsäter revisits her love affair with Buenos Aires – one that continues despite the odd rough patch experienced during the low of Argentina’s financial crisis.

Bus or bust: Brazil - South America  Brazil
Being a clueless tourist doesn’t always mean getting ripped off writes Helen Clark.

Bottled in Mendoza: Argentina - South America  Argentina
Chris Ord discovers a drop from the seventies swinging the right way in Argentina’s Mendoza wine region.

Lessons in conservation: Costa Rica - South America  Cosat Rica
Ellie Garwood volunteers for the turtles in Costa Rica.

Sweet life in Sucre - South America  Bolivia
Mark Kennedy travels to Sucre, Bolivia, to find a backpacker couple turning a local watering hole into a nationally known restaurant and tour company.

Eye for an eye (and a few teeth missing): Livingston, Guatemala - South America  Guatemala
Over four centuries ago the Garifuna people was enslaved by the British and brought to the Caribbean coast. Today, James Curtis sees first hand how they live, while making a few discoveries of his own.

Winds of change: globalization & Guatemala - South America  Guatemala
Blame the Maya for globalization says Lyn Fuchs (aka Lyn Fox) who discovers an eternal truth in the Guatemalan highlands.

Black Mountain, Black Teeth: volcano surfing, Nicaragua - South America  Nicaragua
Avoiding the choking sulphur and giant wasps is the easy part - volcano boarding down Cerro Negro is the true test, says James Curtis in Nicaragua.

On location - World wide  World wide
Robert OChristopher travels around the world in 80 plus scenes