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Every issue falls into roughly one of these five buckets, in case you want more of one and less of another.
Where the route went, week by week, since 2019.
Real trip costs, broken down line by line.
What actually survived a year of flights, and what didn't.
Entry rules, processing times, and paperwork worth knowing.
Longer accounts of a single route, start to finish.
What's actually covered, and the clause most people skip.
Visas, wifi, and cost-of-living notes for working while traveling.
Notes specific to traveling with kids, added since 2024.
Opens with the Porto-to-Lagos train timetable that isn't in any app, followed by what the whole week actually cost across three towns, and closes with the one stop we'd skip on a repeat trip.
A quick index of recent dispatches, in case you want a sense of what lands in your inbox.
| Issue | Date | Destination | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0149 | Jul 4, 2026 | Portugal | Coastal train routes we'd take again |
| 0148 | Jun 27, 2026 | Vietnam | The sleeper train seat class that's actually worth it |
| 0147 | Jun 20, 2026 | Iceland | What the campervan route costs off-season |
| 0146 | Jun 13, 2026 | Backpacks | Six bags, one year, no sponsors |
| 0145 | Jun 6, 2026 | Peru | The altitude mistake almost everyone makes |
| 0144 | May 30, 2026 | Morocco | Negotiating fair prices without the awkwardness |
| 0143 | May 23, 2026 | Insurance | The clause everyone skips reading |
| 0142 | May 16, 2026 | Georgia | Why this is the cheapest good wine country left |
| 0141 | May 9, 2026 | Japan | Timing the JR Pass around cherry blossom season |
| 0140 | May 2, 2026 | Jordan | Wadi Rum by night versus by day |
| 0139 | Apr 25, 2026 | Sri Lanka | The hill country train seat worth paying extra for |
| 0138 | Apr 18, 2026 | Digital Nomad Visas | Which ones are actually processing applications this year |
| 0137 | Apr 11, 2026 | Croatia | Ferry timetables that aren't in any app |
| 0136 | Apr 4, 2026 | Colombia | Cartagena's old town without the cruise-ship crowd |
| 0135 | Mar 28, 2026 | Thailand | The Andaman island that isn't overrun yet |
| 0134 | Mar 21, 2026 | Nepal | Teahouse trek costs, day by day |
| 0133 | Mar 14, 2026 | Switzerland | Scenic rail on a non-scenic-rail budget |
| 0132 | Mar 7, 2026 | Egypt | Nile cruise cabin classes, compared honestly |
| 0131 | Feb 28, 2026 | Mexico | Oaxaca's markets, mapped by neighborhood |
| 0130 | Feb 21, 2026 | Remote Work | Three visas that actually approved applications this quarter |
| 0129 | Feb 14, 2026 | Colombia | Bogota's altitude, and how long it actually takes to adjust |
| 0128 | Feb 7, 2026 | Portugal | Off-season pricing on the exact same coastal route |
| 0127 | Jan 31, 2026 | Iceland | Winter ring road, and why we don't recommend it for everyone |
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