Travel
The Skinny travel guide. We take an alternative approach to travel writing, exploring what it is to travel as well as sharing the unique international experiences of our writers. Sightseeing recommendations, features, guides and adventures for avid globetrotters to amateur travelers may also feature.
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FestivalsFestival Column: The Big Tent
The ongoing enviromental crisis is no laughing matter. I mean this literally; try Googling 'environment jokes' by way of coming up with filler for an article... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
FestivalsCoachella – Field of Glamorous Dreams
A pasty Scot heads for the glamour-packed fields of Indio, California, for a Coachella festival that smells of roses, not piss... Read more »| 29 May 2012 -
Festivals
Festival Column: Five of the Best for 2012
A look ahead to five more of the best festivals around Scotland and abroad: Knockengorroch, Hebridean Celtic Festival, Kelburn Garden Party, Benicassim and Thistly Fest. Read more »| 25 May 2012 -
FeaturesMarfa, Texas: No Country For Old Boxes
Our man in Texas takes in Marfa, as much an art installation as a town Read more »| 03 May 2012 -
Festivals
Clubbing at the Festivals: Playing The Field
If Scottish summer festivals leave you cold (and wet, and windy), then an escape to greener pastures might be your ticket Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
FeaturesKayaking in Fiordland
One intrepid reporter explores the foot of New Zealand's South Island the Maori God way Read more »| 05 Apr 2012
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Features
A Traveller's Manifesto
Backpackers : you’re not big, you’re not clever and you’re not Buddhist. Put the souvenir T-shirts and the Lonely Planet down Read more »| 05 Mar 2012 -
Features
Fear and Loathing: A Non-Savage Journey to the City of Lost Wages
What happens at an academic conference in Las Vegas stays... oh never mind! Read more »| 13 Feb 2012 -
Sightseeing
Go Away! To the Gili Islands
If you’re ever lucky enough to find yourself in Bali or Lombok in Indonesia – leave. No, not really, but get off the mainland and spend as lon... Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Festivals
Festival Column: The Falls Festival, Tasmania
To me, New Year's Eve is a rubbish night. I almost inevitably find myself switching between the extreme heat of a sweaty party and the extreme cold of Scot... Read more »| 16 Nov 2011 -
Sightseeing
Go Away: To the Papay Gyro Arts Festival
Papa Westray is a remote island, 4 miles long and 1 mile wide just north of Kirkwall in the Orkney Isles. Since February, this tiny island has been the hom... Read more »| 14 Nov 2011 -
FeaturesA Good Feeling for Portugal?
Portugal, a country with an unexpected north-south divide, and an ample supply of hammocks. Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Features
Meeting Mr Adventure: An interview with Charley Boorman
Professional traveller Charley Boorman discusses his forthcoming speaking tour on the vagaries of travelling the world, and gives sound advice on what to do in case of an elephant stampede Read more »| 28 Sep 2011 -
Features
Travel Bucket List
A traveller ponders his own mortality in terms of the trips not taken, and challenges us all to do likewise Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
Sightseeing
Bonnie Boat: Isle of Skye
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, 'Onward!' The sailors cry. Carry the lazy urban dwellers (for just one day, it can't be that hard), over the sea ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011