An independent journal of the long way round

What we are for

Most travel content is written to rank, not to be read. It hedges, it pads, it repeats the same twelve destinations, and it is very careful never to say that something is not worth your time. The result is an internet full of articles that are technically about a place and practically about nothing.

We wanted the opposite: fewer places, covered properly. A guide should tell you when not to go, what the walk actually costs your knees, which of the famous things is overrated, and what you should do instead of the queue. That requires having been there, having got it wrong at least once, and being willing to say so in print.

So the archive grows slowly. Twenty destinations rather than two hundred. Ten guides that get updated rather than fifty that rot. And nothing published from the road, because the first days somewhere are the least reliable days to write about it.

How it works

• We go first

  Every destination guide is written by someone who has been there. No desk-written round-ups of places nobody visited.

• We write afterwards

  Drafts happen at home, once the novelty has worn off and it is possible to tell a good place from a good afternoon.

• We date everything

  Published and updated dates sit at the top of every article, and we do not backdate to look fresher than we are.

• We say what it cost

  Prices are recorded on the ground with the month attached, so you can judge how stale they have become.

• We disclose the money

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