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Cycle Touring Kit — What Actually Works After Six Months on the Road
@craig·24 June 2026·9 min read·👁 30
📍 Europe
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Long-form travel writing from the BugBitten community.
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Hokkaido Travel Guide — Japan's Wild Northern Island
Hokkaido is Japan's northern frontier — winter powder snow, summer lavender fields, the freshest seafood and an open landscape unlike anywhere else in the country.
@craig·3 May 2026·6 min read·👁 26
📍 Hokkaido, Japan
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What Countries Eat Snails? A Culinary Map of the World's Snail-Eaters
Snails are not a niche French eccentricity — they're an everyday street food across the Mediterranean and a delicacy in parts of Asia. Here is the world map of where to try them.
@craig·3 May 2026·7 min read·👁 246
📍 Worldwide
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Is It Safe to Holiday in Russia?
Russia is open to tourists, but every Western government tells its citizens not to go. Here is what that actually means in practice — and how to think about it.
@craig·3 May 2026·6 min read·👁 228
📍 Russia
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Best Hostels for Backpackers in Bologna, Italy
Bologna is the underrated stopover between Florence and Venice — cheaper, livelier, and home to Europe's oldest university. Here are five hostels we keep recommending.
@craig·3 May 2026·6 min read·👁 24
📍 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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The Atacama Desert — Mano del Desierto, San Pedro and the Driest Place on Earth
A guide to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile — the famous Mano del Desierto sculpture, the town of San Pedro, the salt flats and altiplano lagoons, and the astronomy that makes the Atacama the world's premier observatory site.
@craig·27 Apr 2026·7 min read·👁 19
📍 San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
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The Falkirk Wheel — Scotland's Rotating Canal Lift
The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift in the world, a piece of millennium-era canal engineering that has become one of central Scotland's most photographed landmarks. Here is how to visit, what to combine it with, and the day-trip itinerary from Edinburgh or Glasgow.
@craig·27 Apr 2026·10 min read·👁 52
📍 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Verona and Bologna by Train — A Northern Italy Itinerary
A six-day Verona-and-Bologna itinerary by train — Roman ruins and Shakespeare in Verona, the medieval porticoes and food markets of Bologna, the wine hills of the Valpolicella and the cured-meat region of Emilia-Romagna.
@craig·27 Apr 2026·7 min read·👁 32
📍 Verona and Bologna, Italy
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Walthamstow, East London — A Day Out in the Village and Beyond
Walthamstow has gone from a quiet Victorian outer suburb to one of the most interesting neighbourhoods in London. Here is what to do in a day — the William Morris Gallery, the village, Walthamstow Market, the wetlands, and the daffodils in spring.
@craig·27 Apr 2026·9 min read·👁 25
📍 Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom
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Tibet Overland — From Kathmandu to Lhasa on the Friendship Highway
A guide to travelling overland from Kathmandu to Lhasa via the Friendship Highway — the permits, the pace, the altitude, the monasteries you should not miss, and what the journey is actually like in 2026.
@craig·27 Apr 2026·9 min read·👁 25
📍 Lhasa, Tibet (Xizang), China
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The Dolomites in Five Days: Tre Cime, Lago di Braies and the Alta Badia
Five days in the Dolomites — the iconic Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the postcard alpine lake of Lago di Braies, the Alta Badia’s mountain villages, and the cable cars and trails that connect them.
@craig·23 Apr 2026·8 min read·👁 25
📍 Dolomites, Italy
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Milan in Three Days: The Duomo, the Galleria and the Navigli at Sunset
Three days in Milan — the great Gothic Duomo, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Leonardo’s Last Supper, the Navigli canals at sunset, and the food and design scene.
@craig·23 Apr 2026·8 min read·👁 26
📍 Milan, Italy
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