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English speakers have it easy in this new age of travel. But Lucy Barker says it’s important to remember that most of the world’s population have languages of their own.

When visiting the UK Paul Michelson opts for self-drive. By the time he’s toured the country from south to north he starts to wish he hadn’t bothered.

Adam Jacot de Boinod finds a welcome in the hills of Madeira, Portugal’s temperate outpost in the Atlantic Ocean.

Blaine Bonham meets the ‘Blue Men’, the ancient Berber tribe that inhabits the Sahara Desert. He meets them amongst the dunes of Morocco’s Erg Chebbi region.

It’s never too late to follow your travelling dreams. Septuagenarian Warren Bratter heads off to Italy, in winter, to explore Venice, Florence and Lucca.

Lee Ruddin finds oases of calm in Morocco’s most visited city. Along with the locals he takes refuge in the many public gardens that are part-hidden in Marrackesh.

Paul Woollacombe finds plenty of reasons to visit America’s most glamorous State, Well, five, anyway.

Jack Barker reviews the latest bit of mobile-charging tech, the Mophie Charge Stream that powers your Qi wireless phone anywhere in the world.

There are many reasons to visit Bulgaria. Lee Ruddin adds climbing its fourth-highest mountain to the list.

A visit to one of Spain’s ‘white villages’ introduces Lindsay Salt to narrow cobbled alleys, Christian festivals and the art of pressing the region’s ‘liquid gold’, freshly-pressed olive oil. Photos, as ever, by David Grimble.

Armed with a new University degree, Caleb González plunges into Mexican street food, unveiling a cuisine and a culture all at the same time.

Turkey’s Cappadocia region is an iconic destination. Elizabeth von Pier tours the world’s most indiosyncratic desert destinations.

Mexico proves an excellent winter getaway for Bonnie Lynn, who finds there’s plenty to do beyond the beach.

A day-long tour of Seville gives Lindsay Salt an insight into one of Spain’s most captivating cities. Photographs, as ever, by David Grimble.

The DRC is a strikingly mis-named country, finds Ben Cooke. It’s undemocratic, for a start, and a republic only in name. He starts in Lubumbashi, heads into the hinterlands of small-town Kipushi and then braves the capital, Kinshasa. He finds the Congo’s reputation for being dangerous has been superseded by its capacity to relentlessly hassle any visitor – especially if carrying a camera – and he finds the unremitting focus on a lone white traveller forces his mind into solitary reflection.

Adam Jacot de Boinod explores the entrancing backstreets of Portugal’s capital city.

Elizabeth von Pier takes tea and time to explore the shopping opportunities in Turkey’s greatest city.

Hurricane Irma devastated Tortola, leaving yachts wrecked across the island. But Claire Shefchick reports that the local yachties refused to give up on their annual race.

Eric Whitehead can’t miss the temptation of a good long road. Here he drives across Canada from Dawson City to Inuvik.

Lee Ruddin finds history hangs heavy as he finds while he’s getting selfies against Bombay’s famous Gateway to India, everyone else chooses their background as the Taj. And that’s the Taj Hotel, not the wonder-of-the-world in Agra.

Lindsay Salt visits Seville Cathedral, climbs the Giralda Tower, and chills out at a Flamenco dance display. David Grimble, as ever, takes the excellent photographs.

As some who has often rented draughty character properties in France, Jack Barker is surprised by the value offered by newbuild French villas offered to the French, by the French.

In the Seventies while the Foreign Legion tries to suppress the resistance to French colonial rule, Colin Wallace finds a way to help at least one Algerian.

Free-diver James Monnington has taken his camera all over the world, from the waters off the UK to the Galapagos Islands and the cenotes of Central America. He talks to the Travelmag about shooting black and white.

Perhaps it’s bad luck that when Colin Wallace joins the Foreign Legion they happen to be fighting the Algerian War. He starts to realise he’s on the wrong side.

Emily Jones says the seaside town of Cefalù in Sicily is Italy’s ultimate answer for a perfect short sunkissed break.

Photographer Kyle Oberman talks to the Travelmag about his expedition into China in search of the elusive – and endangered – panda bears.

There’s no doubt Poland’s city of culture has plenty to attract the visitor. Lucy Barker examines the highlights of Krakow.

In a world where USB chargers are ever-more important on the road, Jack Barker finds that Anker is the company providing what the traveller needs. Here, their four-port charger with a continental adapter built-in.

Karen Beattie introduces Project Luangwa, a ground-breaking charity working in one of Zambia’s most beautiful parks. This is a way to sponsor a child through school – and know there’s an actual child at the end of it. Click through and remember it’s Christmas.

Back in the seventies Colin Wallace is tricked into crossing from Morocco in a fan stuffed with hash. He finds his fellow inmates also have tales to tell.

The gem of Central America, Costa Rica, finds Adam Jacot de Boinod one of it’s most enthusiastic and appreciative guests.

Pretty little Croatia is one of Europe’s most underrated tourist destinations. Lucy Barker explores its highlights.

Stephanie van Es examines the concept of ‘Adventure Travel’ and how it interacts with the commercial world.

Bhupender Gupta finds his Alaskan cruise an ideal way to reach Juneau.

Bonnie Lynn finds her experience of Portuguese culture a thrilling, enriching experience.

It’s also the moment Colin Wallace discovered his car had been stuffed with hash to smuggle from Morocco into Europe.

There are 18 icy, wolf-infested kilometres between these two countries. Yuri Drobkov has the choice between freezing and getting eaten in the wastes of Central Asia.