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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.

Whether you spell it Mallorca or Majorca, this fantastic island is to Europe what Florida is to the States: a year-round haven of sea and sun. Paul Woollacombe provides a guide.

Everyone told Teja that English was widely spoken in India, and getting a SIM card would be easy. But when she flies into Varanasi she finds neither statement true.

There are plenty of reasons to visit London in October. Lucy Barker rounds up some options.

Bhupender Gupta sets off on a reassuringly expensive cruise that leaves Vancouver and heads up to Ketchikan.

On a bar-crawl through Tangiers in the seventies, Colin Wallace misses some big warning signs that he’s out of his depth and being soft-soaped by drug smugglers.

Britain’s Mediterranean outcrop off the south coast of Spain provides plenty for Anthony Toole to see and do – though the taxi drivers prove more honest than the notorious Barbary apes.

Adam Jacot de Boinod explores Austria’s answer to Italy’s Lake Como and continues to the capital city, Vienna.

Jack Carter has some suggestions for a world tour – and a handy survival guide for backpacking around the planet.

Lee Ruddin eavesdrops on tourists, fresh from a cruise ship, asking for advice. And sticks an oar in.

Travelling with friends, Bonnie Lynn finds a moment of tranquility in Morocco’s desert spaces.

Eric Whitehead heads into the Pacific to discover the mysterious death of Easter Island, where a culture that could carve – and move – 80-ton stones inexplicably vanished.

Experienced gemologist Kim Rix outlines what to look for in sapphires and how to safely buy them abroad. In her new book she’s already outlined what to look for. Now she tells you how to buy.

Geoff Steward finds the taxi drive to his ritzy eco-lodge quite enough to form some firm opinions about Costa Rica, often proclaimed the happiest country on the world.

The villages of the Cinque Terre that cling to Italy’s Ligurian coast can’t fail to inspire. Eric Whitehead uses cars and local trains before taking on a steep, challenging hike.

Elizabeth Von Pier strides out to explore Spain’s capital city in two short days. And she doesn’t waste any time.

Mancunian Natalie Wilson provides a detailed guide to her home city in the middle of England, often overlooked by visitors to the UK.

Anthony Toole discovers a prehistoric bit of Eire’s past as he breaks his journey between Limerick and Gallway, as well as discovering Tim Severin’s ship from the Brendan Voyange.

Lee Ruddin braves the heat to walk from Mdina to Valetta, six long miles under an almost-African sun.

Andrew Reed stumbles into the Northern Lights at an appropriate moment in his season ski-repping in the mountains of Sweden: just while he was photographing an ancient church.

Geoff Steward has a sabbatical planner. That must be why he’s sent on an Alaskan cruise. His first day in Juneau is an unwelcome introduction to the world of cruising.

Colombia’s not known for its deserts. But an Andean Valley creates a rain shadow that statistically means they have one. But when Yuri Drobkov visits it rains.

Jack Barker hails the new waterproof bluetooth earphones from Anker. Between travels or on them, they make listening easy.

Heading up into Nepal’s highlands by bus, Yuri Drobkov stumbles into a pretty exotic bit of authentic culture.

Most travellers to the Indian Sub-Continent steer clear during its seasonal rains. Jack Cage says this is the time to capture the real spirit of the country.

As part of his very planned Sabbatical, Geoff Steward hires a guide to show him Washington State’s most famous cities, on America’s Pacific coast.

Travelling with pets is getting ever easier. And there’s a world beyond the Travel Tunnel. Gideon Parirenyatwa has researched how to get your pooch on the plane.

If you’re heading off on an African safari, it’s worth putting some thought into what you need to pack. Lucy Barker has a handy guide.

Forget the Grand Canyon. Eric Whitehead finds that Antelope Canyon, in Navajo land, is far more spectacular.

Andrew Reed takes a dog-sled excursion from his daytime job or working as a ski rep at the Swedish resort of Åre.

Ian Lloyd Neubauer explains why his motorbike tour of Papua New Guinea inspired him to write a guide to other bikers in this unexplored corner of Southeast Asia.

Many people dream of travel writing but don’t know where to start. Lucy Barker has some tips and tricks.

Geoff Steward finds America’s border police are exactly as humourless as their reputation describes. And his taxi driver supports Trump. It’s not a brilliant introduction to the USA.

Discounted cruises are to become easier to book than ever with a new initiative by a major cruise discounter. Paul Woollacombe reports.

When it comes to packing for a trip abroad, there are some things you’d like to take and others you need. Lucy Barker has a guide.

The holiday destination of the Dominican Republic shares its island with Haiti, so Yuri Drobkov decides to cross one of the world’s poorest countries to try to get a boat out. It doesn’t exactly work.