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Travel guides

From the map to the street

Three or five days, planned day by day with a map, the food worth finding and where to stay.

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The Lena Pillars, a wall of layered limestone cliffs, reflected in the calm Lena River on a summer evening

Russia · 5 days

5 Days in Yakutsk

Minus 37 on an average January day, built on frozen ground. Five days in Yakutia's capital, planned honestly.

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Blue-painted café terraces above the Sidi Bou Said marina, with the Gulf of Tunis and distant hills beyond

Tunisia · 5 days

5 Days in Tunis

A medina, a French-built avenue and the ruins of Carthage on one light-rail line. Five days in Tunisia's capital, planned properly.

Updated Nov 2026Read the plan →

Striped red and pink hills of the Cerro de los Siete Colores above Purmamarca, with green trees at their foot

Argentina · 5 days

5 Days in Salta

A colonial city at 1,150 m, then a loop of red canyons, salt and high-altitude wine that climbs past 4,000 m.

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Stories

Stories behind the places

Road trips, festivals, food and the history behind the map.

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Culture & History

Voodoo Explained: The Real Religion from Benin to Haiti

Voodoo is not a doll with pins. Follow the real religion from Benin and Togo to Haiti, New Orleans, Cuba and Brazil, and learn what is myth and what is faith.

November 12, 2026Read →

Culture & History

Vlach Magic: Eastern Serbia's Folk Magic, Myth and Reality

What Vlach magic really is: the Vlach minority of eastern Serbia, their cult of the dead, the Duboka Pentecost trance rite, and how to see the region today.

November 12, 2026Read →

Food & Drink

Eggnog: History, a Classic Recipe and Its Global Cousins

Where eggnog comes from, a safe cooked recipe with real quantities, and the Christmas drinks other countries pour instead, from coquito to Dutch advocaat.

November 11, 2026Read →

Geography games