Imagine, if you will, showing up in the run-down parking lot of a third-world country's long-distance bus station at 6:30 in the morning, being trundled into the back of one of many waiting Russian-made cars (after much intense haggling, sometimes devolving into pushing and spitting), and being...

Stuck in Tbilisi without a decent novel? Keen to read a local Slovene author in English? Look no further than the Bookstore Guide. This blog details independent book stores around Europe which stock English-language fiction and non-fiction books. They might not be the most interesting book shops on the...

Since launching back in September, TravelBlogs has regularly added new blogs to our collection of the best narrative travel blogs out there. As a result, the people featured on TB are all over the place, whether they be attending weddings in Mexico (Sloan & Amy), getting married in Bali (Travel Betty),...

Some decisions are bulletproof. The week spent on Malaysia’s Perhentian Islands. Three days living with elephants in Laos. Renting a car in Ireland. The time I decided not to get into an Indian taxi that had literally just caught fire in front of my eyes, despite the driver’s enticing cry of, “Come!...

WE THROTTLE OUT OF San Francisco and are winding southwards on Highway 1, gunning down the roadway precariously close to coastal cliffs. Excited, resigned, taking in all we can as we silently acknowledge that we are headed to our southernmost destination – after Santa Cruz, it’s the way home. The...

The combination of an inclement climate and a British temperamental aversion to casual chat makes the simple café a rare phenomenon outside the biggest cities. A growing number of pubs now serve tea and coffee during the day, but in most places you’ll attract consternation by asking for a cup;...