Back in 2023, I was commissioned to contribute to the the latest edition of the Lonely Planet Romania & Bulgaria guidebook. I wrote the chapters on Maramures and Banat & Crisana. Now available at your local bookstore!
Last year, I was commissioned to contribute to the latest edition of the Lonely Planet Hungary & Budapest guidebook. I wrote the following sections, which you can read below: History in 15 Places, The Outdoors, Bikepacking and Digital Nomadism in Budapeast.
In the wilds of northern Iceland, the only way to take on the white water of the East Glacial River is on a raft.
In an effort to save critically endangered turtles from poachers, new conservation projects turn travellers into ‘citizen scientists’.
Running a half marathon is a monumental milestone for any runner, but this was a race that almost didn’t happen.
Thanks to a growing global consciousness, Icelandic cuisine has blossomed into an exciting and cosmopolitan cuisine.
Recently discovered, Kazumura Cave is a unique national treasure of both geological and cultural significance.
A hotbed of conspiratorial plotting centuries ago, the fabled Alamut Valley is just as impregnable as ever.
A small group of shipbuilders on Iran’s Qeshm Island struggles to keep a 3,000-year-old tradition alive.
Flying in an ultralight aircraft isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time, but the views below more than make up for it.
Riding through a volcanic landscape is extreme by definition, and in Lake Mývatn, it literally comes with the territory.
An expedition inside a lava tube colonised with permafrost is the coolest thing you can do in northern Iceland.
In a city as old as Athens, digging into the ground is literally uncovering history.
Unfurling the Snæfellsnes Peninsula’s unique terrestrial features by car is sublime anytime of the year.
An unsupported 718 kilometre journey across the steep, mountainous terrain and rugged shorelines of the Balkans.
Far from the coast and away from the crowds, Croatia’s rugged karst interior is sliced by the emerald Zrmanja River.
Tucked away in Central Europe is a land of glimmering lakes, wild forests and little hamlets, best unraveled on two wheels.
A 580 kilometre cycling adventure to the German border from Paris is the best way to experience that French joie de vivre.
From the passenger seat of a microlight, a scenic flight over New Caledonia’s sparkling lagoon offers the best views.
For more than a millennium, Burma’s Chin people tattooed the faces of their women. But the tradition is fading, fast.