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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·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·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·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·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·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·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·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·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·Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Vast Atacama desert landscape with red sand and distant mountains in northern Chile
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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·San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
Highland Scotland landscape with stone cottage and rolling green hills under cloudy sky
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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·Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Roman arena of Verona at sunset with red brick facades and piazza
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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·Verona and Bologna, Italy
Snow-covered Remarkables mountain range above Lake Wakatipu Queenstown New Zealand
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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·Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
Yellow daffodils in bloom in a London park with church spire in background
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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·Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom
Container ship transiting the Panama Canal under blue tropical sky
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Fun Ways to Visit Panama — The Canal, the Coasts and the Jungle

Panama is two coastlines, a canal, a rainforest and 365 Caribbean islands packed into a country smaller than South Carolina. Here is how to combine the highlights into a 7-to-14-day trip — Panama City, the canal, Bocas del Toro, San Blas and the Embera villages.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·Panama City, Panama
Adobe buildings at sunset under a turquoise New Mexico sky in Santa Fe
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Santa Fe, New Mexico Travel Guide — Adobe, Art and the High Desert

A practical Santa Fe travel guide — the historic Plaza, Canyon Road galleries, Loretto Chapel, the Native American markets, and the high-desert drives out to Bandelier and the Pueblo villages.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Wat Arun temple lit up at sunset over the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok
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Bangkok City Guide — Temples, Rivers and the Old City

A practical Bangkok city guide for first-time visitors — three to seven days in the Thai capital, the temples worth your time, the river ferry that doubles as the best transport in the city, and the neighbourhoods locals love.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·Bangkok, Thailand
Small fishing boats moored at a Caribbean harbour at sunset
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Güiria, Venezuela — The Ferry Crossing to Trinidad and Tobago

Güiria is the Venezuelan port from which travellers used to ferry across to Trinidad. The ferry has been on and off for years. Here is what the route looks like in 2026, the current alternatives, and what Güiria itself is like for a stopover.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·Güiria, Sucre State, Venezuela
Wat Arun temple at sunset over the Chao Phraya river, Bangkok Thailand
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Bangkok Travel Recommendations — Things to Do, Eat and Avoid

A practical Bangkok travel guide pulled together from years of community recommendations — Wat Pho and the Grand Palace, the river ferries, the night markets, where to eat $1.50 noodles, and the cooking class travellers have been recommending for fifteen years.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·Bangkok, Thailand
Potala Palace in Lhasa Tibet under a deep blue Himalayan sky
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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·Lhasa, Tibet (Xizang), China
Wild monkey in jungle canopy in south-east Asian rainforest
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Bako National Park, Sarawak — A Borneo Day Trip from Kuching

Bako is the closest national park to Kuching and the most rewarding day trip in Sarawak. A guide to the boat ride from Bako Bazaar, the Telok Paku and Telok Pandan Kecil trails, the proboscis monkeys, and how to do it all yourself for the price of a tour.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·Bako National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
Sailing yacht at anchor at sunset off a tropical coastline
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Crewing a Yacht from Indonesia to Australia — The Bali-to-Cairns Crossing

Crewing a private yacht from Bali to Cairns is one of the genuinely cheap ways to cross from Asia to Australia without flying. Here is how the boat ride works, what the trade winds do to your timing, and the websites and yacht clubs that connect crew to boats.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·Bali, Indonesia → Cairns, Australia
Three peaks of Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Italian Dolomites
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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·Dolomites, Italy
Conical trulli houses of Alberobello in Puglia
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Puglia in Five Days: Alberobello’s Trulli, Polignano’s Cliffs and the Baroque Lecce

Five days in Puglia — the trulli of Alberobello, the cliff village of Polignano a Mare, the white town of Ostuni, the Baroque city of Lecce, and the slow southern Italian rhythm.

@craig·23 Apr 2026·Puglia, Italy
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