The wildest, most ruggedly beautiful train route in the world? I spent 11 days on northwest Mexico's Copper Canyon train route for the new episode of my travel podcast. Listen/watch etc: linktr.ee/keepgoingtra...
Mexico's booziest train is back. I took a teetotal trip on the Tequila Express, then spent a few days in Tequila town, for the new episode of my travel pod linktr.ee/keepgoingtra...
I went to Islas Marías, Mexico’s prison island turned holiday destination, for the third episode of Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast. Out today: linktr.ee/keepgoingtra...
I climbed an erupting volcano in Guatemala for the second episode of my travel pod. Please do have a look'n'listen! linktr.ee/keepgoingtra...
I witnessed The Dance of the Little Devils in Costa Rica's Boruca village, for the first episode of my new travel podcast. Do have a listen/watch on YouTube etc. All links here: linktr.ee/keepgoingtra...
It lives! My new travel podcast launched today. Please do point your ears at this: linktr.ee/keepgoingtra...
NEW THING KLAXON: My new podcast Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast is out on January 6, 2026! But you can subscribe in all the usual podcast places now. Cowabunga! www.youtube.com/shorts/u-LB0...
Spent a month around 1,000km of Mexico's Tren Maya route for this: adventure.com/tren-maya-ra...
Caves, cocktails and dances with deers: 11 days on Mexico’s Copper Canyon railway route www.independent.co.uk/travel/centr...
I rode Mexico's relaunched Tequila Express train to Tequila, for a BBC travel feature, which you could say was an interesting pitch considering I'm teetotal www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Just before Trump said he wanted to reopen Alcatraz I went to Islas Marías, Mexico's notorious former prison island, which now allows tourists to visit on restricted tours managed by the navy. Travel feature for BBC. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Parsnip hands! Skeletons being inappropriately touched! Human chess! Lady Gaga played the first stadium show of her Mayhem tour last night in Mexico City - I reviewed it for @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concer...
In January I hiked Guatemala's Fuego volcano, which had a huge eruption last weekend, forcing evacuations. I wrote about my trip, and the potential risks of volcano tourism: adventure.com/guatamala-fu...
The murder and legacy of the world’s first openly gay imam: I'm on @theguardian.com Today in Focus podcast talking about the late Imam Muhsin's role as a community and religious leader, and gay rights activist www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Today North Korea opened up to Western tourists for the first time in five years. Usual rules apply: no free roaming, no insulting the Kim dictators etc. I spoke to Simon Cockerell from Koryo Tours and Lina Yoon from @hrw.org for an audio piece for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
Muhsin Hendricks, known as the world's first openly gay imam, was murdered last Saturday. He was pure love. Audio story for @theworld.org, featuring my interview with Imam Muhsin at his mosque in Cape Town. (Photo by Matjaz Tancic) theworld.org/segments/202...
Bridges save Costa Rican sloths from road deaths: I headed to Central America to hang out with some greasy mammals. Audio story for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
The violent history of Costa Rica’s most popular souvenir - my latest from Costa Rica, for The Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...
Songs, tears and resistance: the Nicaraguan exile rallying audiences in Costa Rica - my latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
I went to Costa Rica's Boruca village to see the Dance of the Little Devils: a four-day ritual celebrating indigenous resistance against Spanish colonists. Audio story for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
Spent Christmas Day watching this lot get nailed by bulls in Pedregal, Costa Rica, where bullfighting is more like bull 'dodging'. Audio story for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
Olguita Acuna left Nicaragua in 2018 after taking part in protests against the dictatorship. Now, in San Jose, she sings songs of resistance and hope, galvanising the huge Nicaraguan exile community. Audio story for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
There’s a lobster hatchery in Cornwall that releases up to 50,000 baby lobsters into the ocean each year. I made an audio story about it for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
Community sheds are opening in the UK, offering friendship amid woodwork. I went to The Witney Shed, one of many sheds linked to UK Men’s Sheds Association, to see how the stereotype of the lone gent tinkering in a shed is being flipped. Audio story for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
The sound sculpture in Austria where you can hear a glacier ‘crying’: my latest for Adventure.com adventure.com/silent-echoe...
I met Riyosuke Kiyasu in Warsaw and saw his somewhat unconventional drum show, then made an audio story about it for The World theworld.org/segments/202...
“It’s the sound of the glacier dying”… my latest audio story, from Dachstein glacier, Salzkammergut, Austria, for PRX’s The World theworld.org/segments/202...
My latest for The Guardian: Bad Ischl is the first alpine rural area to be awarded European Capital of Culture status, bringing nudity and surreal sculptures to a place more in tune with classical music and mountain pursuits www.theguardian.com/travel/artic...
Two years ago a female Russian explorer, along with two friends, was arrested for espionage in Albania. She’s still waiting for the case to be resolved, so in the meantime has accidentally become Albania’s no.1 urban explorer. I met her for PRX’s The World theworld.org/segments/202...
Bagpipes: big in Bulgaria. I went to a bagpipe festival in the Rhodope Mountains to create an audio story for PRX’s The World theworld.org/segments/202...