Here’s everything we posted this week:
Exploring the Balkans: Finding Campsites Word for Word
A first-person account of exploring the Balkans by van, from Split to the Albanian Riviera, following campsite notes word for word.
Highway 1, Slowly: Savouring Every Mile of the Pacific Coast
What happens when you spend 17 days driving Highway 1 slowly instead of 5 — Big Sur, the redwoods, and a route plan that made it effortless.
First Time in Vietnam: Booking a Route Off This Blog
A first time in Vietnam trip report: booking an entire route from a blog post, plus Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, and four unplanned nights in Hoi An.
Weekly Roundup — September 15 to September 21, 2026
A roundup of everything we posted this week — routes, guides, and stories from the road.
Kyoto Itinerary Guide: Fushimi Inari Taisha and Beyond
A Kyoto itinerary guide has to start with Fushimi Inari Taisha, because nothing else on this trip prepared me for…
A Love Letter to Life Lived on the Borderlands
Three years ago I traded a lease for a steering wheel. I didn’t plan it as a grand gesture —…
Three Days in Marrakech, Morocco: Souks, Sunrise Balloons, and Blue Doors
The ferry from Tarifa to Tangier takes just under an hour, and somewhere in the middle of that crossing —…
The Slowest Express Train in the World: Crossing the Swiss Alps on the Glacier Express in Winter
There are faster ways to cross Switzerland. There just isn’t a more beautiful one. The Glacier Express takes a whole…
Above the Fog on Mount Rigi: A Winter Journey from Lucerne to the Queen of the Mountains
Some winter days in central Switzerland begin in grey. A lid of low cloud settles over Lucerne, the lake turns…
Cartagena Walled City Itinerary: Colombia’s Caribbean Jewel
Every Cartagena walled city itinerary should start the same way mine did: standing at the Puerta del Reloj at seven…
Bungy Jumps and Fiords: Five Days in Queenstown, New Zealand
The plane banks hard between two ranges of bare, scree-streaked mountains on the way into Queenstown, New Zealand, and for…
