August 21, 2026· Travel Diary🌏 Nikko
Japan in Autumn: Chasing the Leaves and Getting the Timing Wrong
Autumn colour moves south across Japan at about 25 kilometres a day, and I arrived in Kyoto ten days before it did.
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August 21, 2026· Travel Diary🌏 Ha Giang
Vietnam North to South: Three Weeks and One Visa Mistake
I nearly did not get into the country, because I assumed a visa on arrival existed at a land border. It does not.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🇪🇺 Vík
Iceland in October: Weather, Roads and Two Cancelled Days
We lost two of eight days to weather closures, which I now understand is not bad luck in Iceland but a normal feature of the forecast.
Continue reading →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.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🇪🇺 Edinburgh
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🇪🇺 Reykjavik
Iceland in Summer: Midnight Sun, Full Car Parks and No Darkness
The summer version of Iceland has reliable roads and no northern lights, and I underestimated how much a sky that never darkens changes a trip.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🌎 Buenos Aires
Argentina: Currency Chaos and the 20-Hour Bus
Argentina's exchange rate situation changed twice while I was there, and the country is far larger than the map makes it look.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🌎 Banff
Canada: The Distances I Did Not Believe Until I Drove Them
I planned to see Banff and Vancouver in a week and discovered the drive between them is longer than London to Vienna.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🌏 Kyoto
Two Weeks in Japan: What I Got Wrong Before I Left
I bought a rail pass I did not need, packed for the wrong temperature, and learned that the best day of the trip was the one with nothing planned.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🇪🇺 Paris
Day by Day Travel Blogging: Posting From the Road Without Ruining the Trip
Publishing daily while travelling is mostly a logistics problem, not a writing one. Here is a workflow that fits in thirty minutes and does not need good wifi.
Continue reading →August 15, 2026· Travel Diary🇪🇺 Paris
How to Keep a Travel Journal That You Actually Read Again
Most travel journals die on day four. The ones that survive have a format that takes five minutes and does not depend on having anything interesting to say.
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