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The world is a pretty extraordinary place, and The Skinny loves to explore it. Our travel writers share their stories from travels around the globe.
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Get Me Away From Here...
Certain parts of Scotland (cough, Edinburgh, cough) throng almost unbearably with bodies in the summer- escape the madness with a bit of splendid isolation... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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Norway: Fjord Sierra
Norway: Fjord Sierra Gallery Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
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Norway: Fjord Sierra
Norway has some of the most incredible scenery in the world, and it's really close. Think about it. Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
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Benicassim: The Voyage with a Soundtrack
With more and more Brits merging music festivals with a holiday abroad, Gordon Bruce debunks the critics and explores why Benicassim is becoming an essential for any musical zealot. Read more »| 10 Jun 2009 -
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Get up and Go-Goa
Forget mouldy dreadlocks and sweaty swedgers, take the true path to enlightening travel Read more »| 19 May 2009 -
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Primavera Sound: Sun, sea and shoegaze
So the recession may be biting, but one festival is worth consolidating your debts for. Nick Mitchell looks forward to Primavera Sound. Read more »| 27 Apr 2009
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Berlin again
Sipping a Becks by the railway tracks on Warschauer Strae watching the sun set, it’s hard to imagine Berlin divided in two. In Friedrichschain, an up a... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
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Volunteering abroad with Platform 2
Louise Devlin reports on a remarkable opportunity for young people to do some good in faraway cultures - for free Read more »| 02 Apr 2009 -
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Tuk This
Three wheels, 12 countries and 12,500 miles in a tuk tuk from Bangkok to Brighton. Two English girls devise a new way of travelling and raise £50,000 for a charity very close to one of their troubled pasts Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
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Holiday Snap-shorts
Five Skinny writers are given the challenge of regaling us with their favourite travelling tales. We asked them to keep it short Read more »| 06 Jan 2009 -
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The Great Holiday Footwear Debate
Roll up, it's boys versus girls on this one. Yes, we are being fatuous, and we don't care. Read more »| 02 Jan 2009 -
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Patrick Richardson: From Beyond
Sporting an unhealthy lust for danger, a nomadic desire to travel and a high threshold for discomfort, Patrick Richardson has spent 40 years exploring some of the world’s most remote places and scribbling about them in what has now become Reports from Beyond: A Journey through Life to Remote Places. Compiled by 52 travel reports for several broadsheets such as the Herald and the Scotsman, Richardson has travelled extensively through rural Africa, South America, Europe and Asia on a tiny budget, roaming his way through political upheaval, lawless regimes and poverty stricken countries. Read more »| 29 Oct 2008 -
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The Zurich Lowdown
In the second part of Alex Burden's feature on Zurich clubbing culture, we get in-depth clubs and artists engineering it. Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
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So far, solo, so what?
Deviance editor Nine is no shrinking violet these days, perhaps never was. Here she recounts how she overcame the fear of travelling alone Read more »| 19 Oct 2008 -
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A Helping Hand in New Dehli
Arun ponders the nature of existence during a recent trip to India Read more »| 09 Oct 2008