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Serbia Road Trip: Our Experience of Renting a Car in Serbia
Renting a car in Serbia: The highs and lows of our Serbia road trip. Tracking down Spomeniks, following the course of the Danube and battling the potholes.
Travelling in Central Asia – Questions & Answers
FAQs for Backpackers and Independent Travellers to Central Asia. All you need to know to plan a trip to Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan.
The Complete Guide to Transport on the Pamir Highway and in the Wakhan Valley
A Guide to Transport in the Pamir Highway & Wakhan Valley for Independent Travellers and Backpackers: How to book transport for the Osh to Khorog journey.
Eastern Turkey itinerary: Malatya to Hopa on the Georgia border
Malatya to Hopa on the Georgia border, overland travelling through eastern Turkey taking the southern route via Mardin, Lake Van, Ani and Kars.
Longterm Travel: Seven Years on the Road
Seven years of longterm travel. Today marks the date when, seven years ago, we left the UK and began our nomadic life. These are some of our highlights.
An epic train journey from Iran to Pakistan
An epic journey by train to Pakistan. I arrived in Zāhedān in May 1995 to catch the twice monthly train to Quetta in Pakistan.
Travel Shot | Rush Hour on the Trains India Style
Images of rush hour on the trains India style. Major Indian railway stations are often pretty busy and over the years we had become used to navigating them.
Crossing the Sirikit Dam by local ferry in Northern Thailand
Crossing the Sirikit Dam: In northern Thailand’s Nan province we decided to travel across the Sirikit Dam using the local ferry from Pak Nai fishing village
The Aga Khan’s Helicopter: Travels in Northern Pakistan in the early ’90s
An epic travel story of travelling in Pakistan in the early 1990s: I arrived in Pakistan under a hail of falling rocks, lightning and torrential rain.
Travelling by Rocket Paddle Steamer in Bangladesh
Travelling by Rocket Paddle Steamer in Bangladesh: taking the famous Rocket ship from Dhaka to Hularhat is one of Bangladesh’s ‘must do’ tourist attractions.
Travelling by Chicken Bus in Central America
Travelling by chicken bus is an essential experience in Central America. You haven’t travelled in Guatemala or the region unless you’ve taken a chicken bus.