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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FeaturesMiddle Eastern Travels: Day-trips in the West Bank
Stressed by the big city, a traveller takes a wee jaunt to Hebron Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
SightseeingGo Away! To Dublin for St. Patrick's Day
Where? Dublin for St Patrick's Day. What? The St. Patrick's Parade in Dublin opens the annual festival with a dazzling display from street theatre troupes,... Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
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Go Away! - To Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth
Where? Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth. What? Apart from the occasional trip across the bridges, or a frankly insane ‘Looney Dook’ on New Year&r... Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
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Elite Encounters in Pakistan
A backpacker finds himself upgraded to the royal suite for one night only Read more »| 05 Feb 2011 -
FestivalsFestival Column: Fort William Mountain Festival 2011
With the winters we’ve been having, who hasn’t plodded and stumbled along in the vast tranches of the white stuff and thought “I could real... Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
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MOAB: Adrenaline Town
Our fearless writer takes on the thrills and extreme spills of a small town in Utah Read more »| 15 Jan 2011
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Features
Charity Hitchhike to Morocco/Prague. Where Will the Road Take You?
This Easter why not put those itchy feet to work for a good cause? Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
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On: The runs in Mexico - The Diarrhoeas of a Medical Triallist
Our man in Mexico pulls out all the (pit)stops in the name of advancing science Read more »| 15 Dec 2010 -
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Go Away! To Snowbombing '11
It's rumoured the snow could be here until March, that is if the forecasters are to be believed. Of course, after the past couple of winters we're now so acc... Read more »| 14 Dec 2010 -
FestivalsFestival Watch: Vikings @ Up Helly Aa
Ah, the Vikings and their renown as history's most hirsute bunch of raping, pillaging murderers. Well, perhaps not. Recent research from some cardigan and co... Read more »| 03 Dec 2010 -
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Go Away! - To Ski and Snowboard School, Cairngorm Mountain
For December, we're looking north to take advantage of some of Scotland's winter sports Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Go Away! To Aberdeen's Winter Festival
Ah Christmas. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost indulging your foot fetish, and, eh, Lemmy screaming Killed By Death all up in ya face. Or so it... Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
Features
Tunisia: In a galaxy not so far away…
Armed with a pen, a camera, and a mild disdain for Euro house, our Music Editor walks the coasts of Tunisia… Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
SightseeingHalloween Experience @ The Edinburgh Dungeon
Forget about the horror stories from OK! (and, err, Austria), dungeons are fun! Or at least, the Edinburgh Dungeon is, with features designed to make the mos... Read more »| 18 Oct 2010 -
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Samhuinn Shenanigans
There are those at The Skinny (not the Fashion Ed it must be said) who long for the return of the tunic as everyday wear for all and sundry. Until that day a... Read more »| 08 Oct 2010