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Overland 4WD truck parked at sunset in an open African landscape with rooftop tent
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Overlanding the World — Our Setup, Vehicles and What We Learned

Overlanding looks effortless on Instagram and it is anything but. Here are the six things we wish someone had told us before we shipped a Hilux to Cape Town.

@craig·24 June 2026·11 min read·👁 11
📍 Worldwide
Loaded touring bicycle with panniers leaning against a wooden fence on a European country lane
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Cycle Touring Kit — What Actually Works After Six Months on the Road

After six months of cycle touring across Europe, here is the kit that actually earned its place in the panniers — and the gear we ditched in the first fortnight.

@craig·24 June 2026·9 min read·👁 12
📍 Europe
Erbil Citadel rising above the surrounding modern city on its tell mound in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Iraqi Kurdistan Travel Guide — Erbil, the Citadel and the Quieter Side of Iraq

Iraqi Kurdistan is the unexpectedly easy back door to Iraq — visa on arrival at Erbil airport, a 6,000-year-old citadel at the centre of town, and Kurdish hospitality that is hard to overstate.

@craig·24 June 2026·10 min read·👁 5
📍 Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Folding camping chair set up beside a tent at a forest campsite at golden hour
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Best Camping Chairs USA — 10 picks tested for 2024

Ten camping chairs worth packing — across budget, ultralight, big-and-tall, rocker and director styles. Tested, honest, with current Amazon availability for the US.

@craig·8 May 2026·6 min read·👁 23
📍 United States
Hand writing in a travel journal on a wooden table with a coffee cup nearby
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Fun Things to Write About in a Travel Blog (When the Trip Itself Feels Done)

You went somewhere, you took the photos, you wrote the post. Now what? Here are 23 angles that travel-blog veterans keep going back to when the obvious "I did this" posts dry up.

@craig·3 May 2026·6 min read·👁 13
📍 Worldwide
Snow-covered mountain peaks in Hokkaido, Japan, with a forested foreground in winter light
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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·👁 15
📍 Hokkaido, Japan
Wooden longtail boats moored along a tropical Asian river estuary at golden hour
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Kawthaung Travel Guide — Myanmar's Southernmost Town

Kawthaung is the small port that closes Myanmar at its southernmost point — a quick longtail-boat hop from Ranong in Thailand, and the launching point for the Mergui Archipelago.

@craig·3 May 2026·6 min read·👁 26
📍 Kawthaung, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
Plate of escargots de Bourgogne in their shells with garlic-parsley butter and a French baguette
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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·👁 122
📍 Worldwide
Hot air balloons rising at dawn over the temple plain of Bagan, Myanmar, with stupas in mist
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Burma Travel Guide — Bagan, Inle Lake and the Slow Country

Burma is the slow country of mainland Southeast Asia — Bagan's 2,000 temples, Inle Lake's leg-rowing fishermen, and a difficult 2026 backdrop you need to understand before booking.

@craig·3 May 2026·6 min read·👁 19
📍 Myanmar (Burma)
Caribbean coastal town at dusk with palm trees and small fishing boats moored in the harbour
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Güiria Travel Guide — The Quiet Caribbean Corner of Eastern Venezuela

Güiria sits at the very tip of Venezuela's Paria Peninsula — the closest mainland point to Trinidad and a quiet base for some of the country's least-trampled coast.

@craig·3 May 2026·6 min read·👁 28
📍 Güiria, Sucre, Venezuela
St Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow at twilight, with onion domes lit in colour
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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·👁 181
📍 Russia
View of Bologna with the Two Towers (Asinelli and Garisenda) and red-tiled rooftops at sunset
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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·👁 15
📍 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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