Journal
Reports, analyses and features from all 195 countries - the journalism behind the journeys.
Crossing the Wakhan: A Winter Traverse
The Wakhan Corridor in winter is one of the world's most demanding journeys. High altitude, extreme cold, almost no infrastructure.
On the Road Through the Sahel
Crossing the semi-arid belt between the Sahara and savanna — a slow overland journey through Mali, Burkina Faso, and northern Ghana.
The Last Quiet Temples of Northern Cambodia
Beyond Angkor Wat, in the provinces where few tourists venture, centuries-old shrines sit half-buried in jungle. We spent three weeks cataloguing what remains.
One Bed Per Night
Europe spent twenty years closing its night trains and a decade reopening some of them. Both decisions were rational on the numbers of their time, which is why the network that came back is the shape it is.
The Road Is Not the Crossing
Air routes fail visibly. Land borders fail quietly — closed for years while the map still shows the road, or open to the two neighbouring nationalities and to nobody else. The four kinds of closure, and how to check before you commit.