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India's most populous city proves something of a challenge to Madelaine Triebe, despite having relatives to help her blend in the crowds, but it is a bad - and almost malicious - haircut that proves to be the final straw.

A social connection means Alex Sehmer ends up with a guide for his trek in Nepal. A few hours into the journey he starts to regret this decision.

Part charity fundraiser but more importantly a driving challenge, the Mongol Rally has come to be an annual landmark on the overlanding callendar. Adam Smith fires up his Kia Pride - but then forgets almost all his documents.

A whistlestop tour of India gives Wendy Harbottle a vivid taste of Indian history, but leaves many experiences pending for her next, longer, visit. 

When Charlie Weatherill and girlfriend Nina both lost their jobs, they didn't mope about or rejoin the treadmill. Very sensibly they drove off across Asia. Pakistan, so far, has proved the unexpected highlight.

One of Asia's poorest countries has some imaginative ways to make the scarcely-edible taste good. While tourists feast on expensive luxuries Charlotte Halligan finds the locals subsist on a range of deep-fried insects.

Malaysia's Perhentian Islands are paradise, says Natasha Al-Atassi, as she settles in to tropical dreams.

It's easy to idealise the Laotian style of riverside life. But in Savannakhet David Calleja discovers the mighty Mekhong is not always benign. 

Charlotte Halligan finds the pace of life slows dramatically on her volunteer placement in Laos. Hammocks are everwhere and even the Buddha statues seem in permanent recline.

Mongolia to Moscow is a very long journey - and Russia's iconic rail system does little to make it seem shorter. Tom Bristow finds a few bottles of vodka are key to surviving the Trans-Siberian Express.