August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🇪🇺 Flåm
Norway on a Budget: Camping Legally and Eating from Supermarkets
Norway cost me less than Italy did, entirely because of one law about where you are allowed to sleep.
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August 15, 2026· Itineraries🌏 Koh Lanta
Thailand: Two Coasts, and the Month I Nearly Ruined
I booked a November island trip to the wrong coast, discovered the two sides run on opposite seasons, and rebooked everything from a Bangkok hostel.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Tips🇪🇺 Granada
Spain: Eating at the Wrong Times for Four Days
I spent my first days in Madrid unable to find dinner before nine and lunch after four, and once I gave up and adopted the schedule the country made sense.
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Scotland Travel Diary: Ten Days from Edinburgh to Skye
Ten days across Scotland, written up as it happened — the weather that rearranged the plan, the drive that was longer than the map suggested, and what I would do differently.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🌎 Cusco
Peru: Altitude, Permits, and the Two Days I Lost to Cusco
I flew from sea level to 3,400 metres and tried to sightsee the same afternoon, which is how I spent two days of a two-week trip in a hostel bed.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🌏 Wanaka
New Zealand: I Tried Both Islands in Two Weeks
I drove 3,100 kilometres in fourteen days across both islands and remember most of it through a windscreen. Here is what I would cut.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🇪🇺 Siena
Italy: The Fines That Arrived Four Months After I Got Home
I collected three ZTL fines in one week without ever seeing a sign I recognised, and they turned up in October for a June trip.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🇪🇺 Ljubljana
Six Weeks in Europe: What the Schengen Clock Forced Me to Learn
I planned six weeks without realising the 90-day rule counts across the whole area combined, which changed my route entirely.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🇪🇺 Lyon
A Week in France Without Paris
I flew into Lyon instead of Paris, which cost less, took less time and gave me a week in a France most visitors never see.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Photography🇪🇺 Lisbon
Photographing Lisbon: Light, Hills and the Tram Everyone Shoots
Lisbon's light is genuinely different and its best viewpoints are free, but the famous tram shot involves standing in a working street with pickpockets.
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Italy in August: What I Should Have Known About Ferragosto
I went in mid-August and found half the restaurants shut, the cities empty of Italians and the coast impossible to book.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Destination Guides🌏 Tokyo
A Week in One Tokyo Neighbourhood
I stayed in Yanaka for seven days and left the district maybe four times, which is how I finally understood a city I had visited twice before.
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