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Andrew and Margaret have travelled through more than twenty countries over many years — a great deal of it by bicycle, most of it slowly. These are the guides we wish we’d had.
This week's Travel News
Destinations
We separate the places we know first-hand from the ones we have researched. You should know which you are reading.
Guides marked researched draw on reliable sources rather than our own visits. We say so on the page itself too.
Where to start
Three guides that show what the rest are like — all from places we know first-hand.
Hong KongHong Kong: the first 72 hoursLand, orient yourself, and get the most out of three days without wasting one of them.
New ZealandNorth Island or South Island?The decision most first-time visitors agonise over, settled with what actually matters.
ChinaChina travel survival guidePayments, apps, language and the practical hurdles nobody warns you about.Perth to Sydney by bike
Across the Nullarbor and on to the coast — what it took, what it cost, and what we would do differently.
From the road
Where we write from experience — and where we don’t
Most of our content covers places we know well and return to. Where we are drawing on research rather than personal experience, we say so plainly. Travel changes quickly — treat us as a well-informed starting point, not the final word.