From Batman to Bloodvein, Wee Waa to Wuhu, cheap flight site Skyscanner has scoured its database of over 10,000 airports in search of cheap laughs. All are genuine though, and recognised by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Committed carbon-saver Barbara Haddrill lives in Wales. So when she was asked to be bridesmaid at a wedding in distant Australia, she decided to travel there by land. David Ellis reports.
There's a touch of masochism but also art and dedication in Alastair Humphrey's transglobal cyclefest: two years on the road through the world's most difficult cultures - and highest passes - at the steady pedal pace of a bicylist online.
Germany? Korea? It doesn't take much to get Jim Marquez to pack his booze and fags and buy a flight, but a World Cup soccer match will do it every time.
Rod Eime finds his childhood dreams realised in a trip to Antarctica and comes back with great pictures. Jealously, we can only reflect that, as an Australian, he starts off half-way there.
They say Greenland was named as a marketing ploy to try to attract settlers in the days before they could just fly straight home. And it's certain not many people stay long enough to trekking. Except Kim Senger.
Working a passage isn't an easy way to travel anymore. It's increasingly difficult to get work on merchant ships. Hats off, then, to David Tanen, who's persistence in Melbourne gets him half-way round the world.
