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At a Bangkok cafe, Martin Oliver tries to order a plain Iced Tea. But as often in Thailand, the locals get their own way.

If you’re in America and visiting Pennsylvania, Joseph Ciccanti says visit Longwood Gardens. Plants and flowers pictured by Annie Ciccanti.

From his Bangkok bar-stool, Coventry native Martin Oliver comes across a scathing review of his home city. He says it’s not all bad, though noticeably is living abroad.

Thomas Scott is charmed by one of North London’s more edgy areas. He channels Alan Partridge to explore the UK’s capital.

Off the coast of Australia Anthony Toole explores Bruny Island. Though little-known elsewhere it’s Tasmania’s premier day-trip destination, a haven for wildlife off its southeastern coast.

Most travellers to India surf across the caste system without dwelling too closely on how they rank. On a trip to the Himalayas D B Goman tries to walk the delicate line between respecting the caste system while also thinking it’s unfair and ridiculous.

Bonnie Lynn heads to Mexico for a taste of central America.

Lindsay Salt finds her travel options limited by the ongoing pandemic, so stays close to her Canadian home. Photos, as ever, by David Grimble.

Tim Saunders heads off towards Chesil Beach in Dorset and discovers a haven of peace at Abbotsbury Swannery.

Eric Whitehead finds the Chilean Capital a warm and friendly place, and all the better for an earthquake or two.

Jetlagged and confused, John Gimlette finds himself slipping in and out of reality on a – very slightly dangerous – drive across Madagascar’s highlands, now a deforested, landslipping plain.

Fine wine has a character that varies across the Old and New Worlds. Lucy Barker takes a tipple on a tasting tour with expert guides.

Somehow we should have known that 2020 has been the ‘Year of the Rat’ according to the Chinese calendar. In Singapore’s traditional street-vendor region Amanda Jaffe gets a taste of things to come with a cataclysmic horoscope.

Rajhu S Goraai suggests Holland is an ideal destination for the British, with short flights and easy car hire.

For all the talk of staycations, Jim Follett has research that suggests as soon as the vaccine is in widespread use it will be overseas travel that surges ahead.

Tim Saunders celebrates his wedding anniversary at historic Sherborn Castle, built by Sir Walter Raleigh, poet, courtier, soldier and spy.

If you want to kayak North America, Alex Thomas has your handy guide as to where to go – and why.

Elizabeth von Pier finds Covid cramps her travel style. In her latest journey she travels barely 40 miles from her Boston home.

Colin Todhunter needs to get from Delhi to Chennai and chooses to go by train. But any railway journey in India – let alone such a long one – is always an experience.

It’s a long time since Sun City was the only option for South Africans who want a gambling holiday. These days South Africa has some pretty compelling casinos: Paul Woollacombe looks through the options.

Anthony Toole finds wildlife aplenty on the River Wensum in Norfolk, in one of the UK’s least visited wildlife sites.

Canadian Lindsay Salt takes a visit ‘overseas’: she leaves her Vancouver home and takes a ferry to Vancouver Island. Photos, as ever, by David Grimble.

Paul Michelson visits the Southeast Asian country of Laos and finds it’s capital city challenges his preconceptions. Not least because there seems not a lot goes on. Apart from a mysterious set of gleaming golf clubs.

Donal Conlon visits an Aegean Greek island so far untouched by either tourism or Covid. On Fourni he feels as though he’s stepping back in time.

Wondering how you are going to get through that ten hour journey? Click here to read more about making the most of your phone and keeping boredom at bay.

On a cooking course in the Medina of Fez, Morocco, Michael Edwards has to face mortality, culture, and the soul of North Africa.

Nick Elvin recalls a journey into the Andes on a now-defunct rail service, the weekly freight train from Salta to Antofagasta: a trip through the Puna.

Of all the Caribbean islands, Jamaica is Lucy Barker’s favourite. From natural beauty to culture she explores the land that gave us reggae.

In a Covid year, Bonnie Lynn chooses a domestic trip. Riggins, Idaho proves the perfect place to bond with her grandchildren – with no quarantine involved.

If you like to travel expanding your business overseas is a great way to combine making an income and visiting new places. Paul Woollacombe says it’s easier than you might think.

Fifty years of renting cars hadn’t prepared Jack Barker for the charmless thieves at Sureprice car rentals in Porto. The next time he visits Portugal he will certainly hire elsewhere.

The biggest of the Canary Islands, Gran Canaria has plenty going for it. Adrian Harman-Bishop settles down to a Canarian groove.

Paul Michelson breezes through Cambodia’s greatest city, but takes time to visit Tuol Sleng, the infamous prison used by the Khmer Rouge when the country went thoroughly to the bad. This brings unsettling thoughts.

There’s still time to slip in a quick holiday without going abroad. Lucy Barker has some tips on planning a trip within the UK.

The Principality of Hutt River rejoined the nation of Australia this month, in August, 2020. Nick Elvin recalls crossing the border from Western Australia into a wonderfully strange micronation.

A lot of casual tourists find Corfu is actually a pretty good place to stay. Paul Woollacombe examines why.

There’s little to beat Courchevel as a ski destination. But Lucy Barker says France’s best mountain resort can be worth a visit whatever the season.

Paul Michelson finds Bangkok’s klongs reach to the heart of Asia’s busiest city in a way the clogged roads can’t do. Welcome to the Venice of the Orient.