A guided trek on Mount Forever helps protect endangered tigers and reveals an exotic array of other, less elusive, wildlife
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In the footsteps of Hokusai on Mount Fuji
Katherine Rundell explores the scenes immortalised in the artist’s masterpieces, from the chestnut fields of Nagano to Fuji itself
Our man in Havana: music, mojitos and swearing in Spanish
The former Observer Magazine editor moved to Cuba to write a book – but with its crumbling elegance and sense of drama Havana presents plenty of distractions from the job at hand
China by train: tracks, tales and a snapshot of everyday life
Chinese new year signals major travel across the country, and railways are at the heart of many journeys. Author and BBC journalist Michael Bristow knows China well – and the insight time on board offers
The best sights and bites in Hong Kong: readers’ travel tips
This cinematic city offers iconic views, stunning rooftop bars and, a little further afield, pretty beaches and great hiking.
‘You could say I’m reluctantly retired from writing books’: travel writer Dervla Murphy
In a rare interview, the much-loved author of Full Tilt and Through Siberia by Accident, now 86, looks back on more than 50 years of pioneering, intrepid travel
Why I swapped investment banking for Buddhism in Bhutan
In Bhutan, humans are not dominant, but a small part of the whole’ says Emma Slade on the Himalayan kingdom she regards as her spiritual paradise
Istanbul – Bazaar – 6
This extract is from ‘Travel Tales from Exotic Places like Salford’ The occupations detailed in the museum were those of Nazi Germany and then the Soviet Union. I watched some propaganda films of Estonians literally singing the praises of Josef Stalin, yet he deported 87,000 Estonians to Siberia. These people were given a small wooden suitcase to pack theirContinue reading “Istanbul – Bazaar – 6”
From the Coupon Kid to Netflix and Chill – the best of the week’s travel stories
Blogger Jordon Cox’s long but thrifty journey home and other travel stories
Things to consider on elephant safari
Soon Major was thirsty, so he headed for a small stream and sucked up a ten yard stretch in a matter of seconds. As an encore he raised his trunk vertically in the air and blew out the last two yards of water so that we tourists were treated to our own mini-monsoon. He trumpetedContinue reading “Things to consider on elephant safari”
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