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Fun Things to Write About in a Travel Blog (When the Trip Itself Feels Done)
@craig·3 May 2026·6 min read
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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
📍 Hokkaido, Japan
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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·👁 1
📍 Kawthaung, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
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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
📍 Worldwide
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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·👁 1
📍 Myanmar (Burma)
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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
📍 Güiria, Sucre, Venezuela
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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
📍 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
📍 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·👁 2
📍 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·👁 7
📍 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·👁 1
📍 Verona and Bologna, Italy
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Queenstown in Winter — Skiing, Snowboarding and the Southern Alps
Queenstown is the adventure capital of New Zealand year-round, but in winter — June to September — it doubles in size and becomes one of the great Southern Hemisphere ski destinations. A guide to the four nearby ski fields, the town in winter, and the long evenings on Lake Wakatipu.
@craig·27 Apr 2026·10 min read·👁 2
📍 Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
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