October/November 2022

Wanderlust

The magazine for people with a passion for travel

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Welcome
Apparently, this was the summer of revenge travel. Article after article, hashtag over hashtag described our eagerness for holiday vengeance; for dropping everything else and just getting back out there, no matter what. For how else could we express
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Contributors
Japan by Rail Co-author of Japan by Rail, (Trailblazer), Anna initially went to Japan to visit a friend but fell in love with the country, later returning to live and work there. She unravels its rail network for us and creates the perfect route for
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About Us
Wanderlust Taking The Road Less Travelled Since 1993 DISCOVER THOUSANDS OF TRAVEL STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE wanderlustmagazine.com Wanderlust is the UK’s leading independent travel magazine, taking the road less travelled since 1993. Paul Morrison and L
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Editor-in-Chief George Kipouros@georgiostravels Founding Editor Lyn Hughes@wanderlust.lyn Sub Editor Gareth Clark Special Features Editor Rosie Fitzgerald@rosiefitzgerald Contributing Editors Sarah Baxter, Mark Carwardine, Paul Goldstein, William Gra
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Viewfinder
Photographer: David R Abram One of the best things about travelling is getting a different angle on the world – and sometimes we mean that literally. Standing amid the pocked heathland of Norfolk’s Grime’s Graves, it can be hard to even discern its s
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Wanderlust TRAVEL PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2022
One of our favourite Wanderlust diary dates has arrived for 2022: Travel Photo of the Year – the UK’s largest amateur travel photography competition. After a year off due to the pandemic, we’re asking you to gather your soul-stirring photos to send t
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Your Letters
I just wanted to write and give kudos for your wonderful ‘Literary Deep South, USA’ [issue 221, Jun/Jul 2022] article, written by Jacqui Agate. Having only travelled as far south as North Carolina or Florida myself (I’m not even sure if you would cla
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#wanderlustmag
“This bridge, made out of living tree roots, in India’s Meghalaya state is sustainable living in action.” Vijay Mewada (@vmewada.photo) “We discovered the ‘Big Prawn’ in a car park in Ballina on a road trip of coastal New South Wales in Australia.” V
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Estonia
Highlight: Tallinn’s UNESCO-listed Old Town. Don’t miss the Town Hall Pharmacy, the oldest in Europe, which has operated in the same premises since at least 1422, then climb Toompea hill for views over the red-tile rooves as far as the Gulf of Finlan
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Journal
It’s easier being green than you think… Singapore might be the futuristic poster child for Asian metropolises, but the way it has weaved rainforest and marshland into its urban soul, complemented by architecture that embraces nature, makes it a wild
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What’s New
The Dalmatian Coast is no stranger to a road trip. This thrilling stretch of the Adriatic, which runs from the Croatian island of Rab down to Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor, is a popular route. It is also not short of quirks. North of Dubrovnik, the Croat
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Waltzing Into Winter
Last time was North Korea; now it’s Iraq. At an age when most travellers would be forgiven for hanging up their boots for something a little fluffier, Michael Palin continues to investigate destinations with a reputation for dysfunction. The three-pa
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Read This!
By Alex Bescoby Michael O’ Mara; £20 Crossing 23 countries on the mother of all road trips, filmmaker Alex Bescoby recreates a journey originally documented in the mid-1950s, when a group of students drove for the first time from London to Singapore
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5 Crafts That Make Switzerland Tick
Switzerland’s watchmaking industry developed in Geneva during the mid-16th century. As the city’s attic workshops filled up with watchmakers, some left to seek more space in the Jura mountains. The UNESCO-listed towns of La Chaux-de-Fonds, home to th
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Keeping It Local In Slovenia
Slovenia is hard to describe to those who have never been there. The sun-splashed Adriatic coast is distinctly Mediterranean in spirit, with its red-roofed medieval towns and excellent seafood. On the other hand, Alpine Slovenia – dominated by the sn
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The Art Of Slowing Down
As technology fuels greater levels of efficiency, life is speeding up. We pack more in than humans have ever done before, albeit often with less physical effort. And while the pandemic provided a firebreak, changing our mindsets in the process, thing
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The Maldives Goes Green
There was a moment when it seemed like everyone on Instagram was sliding down Soneva Fushi’s waterslides, splashing into the pale turquoise waters of Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Either that, or they were zooming into Flying Sauces, its treeto
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Kicheche Bush Camp, Kenya
There is one mistake that guests invariably make on their first night at Kicheche Bush Camp. It happens at the end of a long and exciting day, having earlier landed in Nairobi and then transferred to Wilson Airport to board a Cessna for the 60-minute
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The Art Of (re)building History
My flight was the last to land at Kuwait’s airport before its runways were shut down. A desert sandstorm that would engulf the Arab state for the night was creeping in and the air felt heavy. “You’re lucky you made it tonight – so many flights were t
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On The Right Track
here aren’t many occasions when I’ve had to slam on the brakes of my bike to avoid cycling over a sunbathing monitor lizard, but that’s precisely what happened earlier this year during my pedal along the Rail Corridor, a forest-lined hiking and cycli
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Michael Palin
So, Iraq! You say in the book: “It’s a country few people would choose to visit, but for me that’s one of the best reasons to go there.” Well, you know what it’s like: you always want to go to the places other people haven’t been, don’t you? It’s cur
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The Promise Of The Amazon
The evening was velvet dark. The air was sweet with the scent of night flowers and filled with an orchestra of cicadas and tree frogs. Far off in the forest, I heard the whippoorwill-trill of a nightjar. Somewhere out there, close by, a jaguar was pa
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THE Wanderlust CLUB
We love the Lorton & Horn range of quality travel wallets, organisers and other travel goods, and you will too. Made from high-quality vegetable-tanned leather (there are also vegan versions) and available in a range of desirable colours, they are no
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Japan Life On The Rails
Transferring from a 12-car Hokuriku bullet train (shinkansen) to a one-car sightseeing train, named Belles Montagnes et Mer, was like travelling back in time. Gone were the reclining seats and leg room; the hi-tech toilets and the smooth journey. The
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The Island Of Small TREASURES
“Jamaica has many personalities,” my guide, Lucretia, advised me as we rounded a bend in the road on the way to an unspoilt stretch of coast home to fishermen and farmers. I tore my gaze momentarily from the car window, as farmland and glittering oce
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We Pick Our Top Trips In… Latin America
When you think of cruise adventures in Brazil, you typically picture the Amazon: boats chugging beneath tree canopies barracked by sugarrushed primates. But there is another great waterway to discover here. At 195,000 sq km, the Pantanal is the large
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A magnificent CATALAN GRAND TOUR
You aren’t often greeted at a museum’s entrance by a two-meter-high stuffed polar bear bedecked in mayoral-style chains and holding a hand-held photo flash in its paw. But the Salvador Dalí House isn’t your average museum. The bear and his fellow res
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Discover
Double bill: Dominican Republic 196 Hidden USA: Maine 200 World heritage: Purnululu National Park 206 British break: Suffolk 208 Off grid: Luxembourg City 214 Short break: Derry-Londonderry 218 View from above: Cape Town 226 Maine has a long maritime
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Jarabacoa & Constanza
Population: Approx 56,800 Average July temp: 30°C Famous for: Outdoor adventure; the tallest peak in the Caribbean; home-grown coffee, arts and crafts; an annual flower festival. Population: Approx 59,000 Average July temp: 25°C Famous for: Local pro
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Coastal Maine
‘May you have fair winds and following seas,’ reads the billboard that sits above the entrance to Portland’s Old Port. It’s a message that captures much of what makes coastal Maine such an inviting slice of New England. The inhabitants of this beauti
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Purnululu And The Bungle Bungles
Australian geology is such a tease. Just when you think you’ve seen it all – the ocean stacks of the Twelve Apostles, the alpine topography of the Tasmanian Highlands, the Outback monolith of Uluru – you venture up to the far north only to encounter
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The Suffolk coast
From a new lookout I peered down at the bumps scattering the banks of the Deben River. A bow and a stern poked out from a fulsome grassy knoll, a replica of the 27m-long wooden ship that became one of Britain’s great historical finds back in 1939. It
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Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
he drama and beauty of Luxembourg’s capital often comes as a surprise to the first-time visitor. The Grand Duchy – the world’s only sovereign nation whose head of state is a Grand Duke – emerged in 963 AD when Count Siegfried built a castle on top of
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Derry-Londonderry & County Donegal
Nestled in the north-west corner of Ireland, the city of Derry-Londonderry (Northern Ireland) and the county of Donegal (Republic of Ireland) sit snugly side by side. Taken together, this pair have every ingredient you could want from a short break:
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Clifton Beaches, Cape Town, South Africa
Strung along the west coast of Cape Town like a loose set of pearls, the four beaches of Clifton shelter in the lee of the Twelve Apostles mountains. These slopes form a lush amphitheatre around the bay, protecting it from the gusting winds, though n

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