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Bonnie Lynn bonds with the great cetaceans as she visits a whale sancturary on Mexico’s coast,

James March finds his first impressions of Hong Kong slightly coloured by the relentless rain. It makes him somewhat philosophical – and wet.

When romance is involved your choice of destination clearly matters. Paul Woollacombe highlights some expected – and less expected – places to put on your travel list.

Biran W Fisher has already toured most of Thailand’s islands but not, till now, the most accessible from Bangkok. He finds Koh Samet is crowded with a litter issue.

There are many reasons to travel, and medical tourism is a growing trend. Paul Wollacombe looks at some options.

Eric Whitehead continues his journey north into Canada’s most remote Northwest Territories and finds the road surface quickly deteriorates.

Misled by maps, Teja assumes Easter Island will be small enough to walk around. It isn’t. But with no money for a rental car she sets off on foot anyway.

Sjue Krieger discovers the vital importance, in the Caucasus, of not being a CIA spy. As this brings the risk of sudden death.

Don’t be put off by the negative impression you get on the mainstream media. Egypt is fascinating, says Jack Carter.

Northwest Canada’s a bad place to be stranded when your plane breaks down. Not least if you’re chasing Caribou and weighed down with 700lbs of camera equipment. Peter Mather straps on his skis.

Lindsay Salt finds culture and adventure on Mexico’s Yucutan Peninsula, with Mayan ruins mixing with natural wonders. Photos, as ever, by David Grimble.

There’s so much to see in North America it’s hard to know where to start. Jack Carter says the major urban hubs are a good introduction.

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.