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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Sightseeing
Go Away! - Bangkok
Few people head to Thailand for the sake of the capital, but The Skinny specialises in unearthing unexpected treats. Here Deborah Martin gives her insider's guide to bustling Bangkok Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Go Away! Hit the Road
Got somewhere to go? Or just mournful for the passing of the Beat generation? In the month of the fiftieth anniversary of Jack Kerouac's classic On The Road, Nine considers the pros and cons of hitching now Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
SightseeingGo Away! - to San Francisco
If you're going to send the Music Editor off to write a travel piece, there can be few places better suited than San Fran. Luckily, Dave Kerr was taken by the city's various cultural offerings Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Go Away! - to Afghanistan
For the sake of this Opposites issue, we decided to drop the usual 'recommended' travel piece for a more alternative report. Here Jeff Jackson recounts an eventful US Army tour of duty in Afghanistan Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Go Away! - to East Anglia
popular with the combustible cocktail of dog walkers and kite surfers Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Cringletie House Hotel
Philosophers tend to be depressives. Rather than dwell on the implications of this otherwise irrelevant introduction – those who think hard about life ... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007
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Go Away - to Berlin
This month errant Skinny reporter Edgar Hyde experiences the weight of history in trendy Berlin. And goes drinking in a secret bar with a radical punk. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Features
Big Stoo MC: Big in Japan
Big Stoo is a hip hop MC who readers may remember from his days with Edinburgh's Scotland Yard Emcees. But he's now living in Tokyo as a pro wrestler and interdisciplinary fighter. So, what's the (not so) skinny on life in Japan? Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Go Away! - Glenridding and the Lake District
the Lakes aren't just home to sheep and people who use the word ""thee"" instead of ""you"" Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Go Away! - Ice Climbing
There are few things so satisfying as the swing and penetration of an ice axe into thick, crusty ice' Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Scoot - Dunalastair Hotel, Perthshire
shines all the more through a lack of gastro-fussing Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Go Away! On a Highlands Day Tour
With such passion and purpose it was impossible not to be taken in by the enthusiasm Chris has for the Highlands and Scottish history. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Scoot - The Bank, Muirend
Escape the Christmas mayhem in the city centre to this warm little pub just out of town. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Go Away! To Soho, London
where variety is abundant and affordable, and more than you take in one go Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
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Go Away! to the West Highland Way
After you've got over the sheer excitement of settling into your wigwam, pack a dry change of clothes and shoes into your rucksack and head off for the most beautiful walk to a pub you'll have done in a long time. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006