Some thoughts on homestays & guesthouses, mountains, cold wind, samsa, and sleeping bags.

When two mates "sailed" a toilet barge across Backstairs Passage to Kangaroo Island, there was more to it than just having a laugh.

Tourism growth, trash on the trail, slick yurts, and amazing mountain passes

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Cold weather, marmots, whining, and the wisdom of helmets.

How not to ride a horse, tourism thoughts & Thai beaches

On old maps, tall towers, the Lord of the Rings, and more.

A bit on what’s involved in back-of-stage tourism in Kyrgyzstan

I thought I had missed something major in my reporting. Turns out I had stumbled into an AI-fueled feedback loop that involved a real LLC’s fictional website and a search engine that’s thrusting unrel...

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Yurt resorts, horse sausage, spruce forests, and market shopping

Major logistical issues, Peter the Russian, and a Canadian a long way from home

A day on the metro

Famine, cemeteries, traveller tales

Border towns, cosmonauts, griffins, and a robbery attempt

Fun times with immigration

Desert, destruction, yummy fruit, icy water

The wonders and horrors of the desolate

First fast train, first chat, first tourist trap

LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.

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Some thoughts of temples and alms giving

A chat about tourism in Luang Prabang

Learning from those making tourism less bad

Time travel, hostels, less bad travel and more

Chats with a hotelier and a bunch of travellers

A train trip down memory lane

Architecture, guides, trains, and more

Travel by train they say

Taxis, planes, trains, buses and more...

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Trains, homestays and history.

A volcano, a train, a bowl, and some thoughts on trickle down tourism

A year late is better than never

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