Travel Stories from Around the World

Come to Bangladesh

Before I left I heard it said that the tourist slogan for Bangladesh was, Come to Bangladesh– before the tourists ...

Freedom is Sleeping on a Beach - Sardinia, Italy

Like any proud road junky I get on the bus along the southern coast of Sardinia without a guidebook and ...

The Tragic Story of Vindalf the Dog in La Palma

The Rainbow Gathering in the Canary Island of La Palma was the first I’d ever attended where I didn’t freeze ...

Across the Andes Finishes

Hikers Gregg Treinish and Deia Scholsberg have completed what must truly have been a life changing epic voyage – 20 ...

What is the What by Dave Eggers - Travel Book Reviews

The life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Dinka from southern Sudan, is one of constant motion in Dave Eggers’ What ...

Where do Road Junkies Go When the World Ends?

Any sane, self-respecting paranoiac knows the end of the world is coming and the paranoid road junky is in a ...

Into the Wild - Movie Reviews

Into the Wild is Sean Penn’s adaptation of the tale of Christopher McCandless, a young man who rejects the values ...

Death and Enlightenment in South Italy

Last year I had the idea I wanted to live in South Italy, what with the good weather, fine food ...

A Day in the Life of a Road Junky Editor

I stuff some 25 second hand books into my rucksack, throw away the clothes with more than one hole in ...

Ten Reasons Not to Travel in Australia, the World's Most Dangerous Country

It’s been said very reasonably that ‘just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean everyone isn’t out to get you’ – well, ...

Recession Travel for Americans

The glory days of international travel for Americans who sling dollars around like they’re going out of style are rapidly ...

Saint Patrick's Day - The Drunken Saint of Travelers and Irish

Once upon a time the role of the Irish was fairly well defined; they were good for dying by the ...

If You're in Jerusalem Just Ask for Ibrahim

“Just take a taxi to the Mount of Olives and ask for Ibrahim.” my friend had told me on the ...

Banksy - Graffiti Artist and Culture Hero

Banksy is one of those artists that remind you why it’s worth going on. Against the merciless waves of media ...

Travel the World With a Spray Can - the Guerilla Artist

Ok, so we got a bit excited at seeing all the videos on youtube of the guerilla artist, Banksy, ...

10 Countries Where You Don't Want to Go to Jail

The world can be a scary, dangerous place where the life of the traveler is threatened on all sides. There ...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt – Travel Book Reviews

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a portrait of Savannah, an isolated town in Georgia where John ...

Arabia by Jonathan Raban - Travel Book Reviews

When does a travelogue cease to be a work of journalism and become instead a historical record? Jonathan Raban wrote ...

The Road Junky Shit List - Travel Nightmares

After the resounding popularity of our ten worst cities guide Road Junky decided to extend the concept of a ...

Road Junky Bliss List - Travel Favourites

In honour of duality and a schizophrenic world view that alternates between footloose glee and cynical misanthropy, Road Junky runs ...

Budget Travel in India by David S. Kauffman

One of the very occasional perks of editing Road Junky is the odd parcel that arrives with someone’s book in ...

The Chinese Tea Ceremony Scam

Ok I admit it – I got suckered bad.

Maybe I’ve just grown soft and let my guard down a little. ...

Ludovic Hubler - World's Craziest Hitchhiker

Ludovic Hubler is a mildly insane Frenchman who at the age of 25 decided to hitchhike around the entire world, ...

Travel to Mental Institutions Risking Mesothelioma

Drifting through a maze of dark foreboding hallways covered in giant plastic tarps, I struggled to breathe through my respirator ...

Airports are a Waking Nightmare

I recently took a whole bunch of flights from South East Asia to Europe and I spent days in planes ...

Eating Snake in Saigon

My decision to eat snake in Vietnam was entirely spontaneous. There it was, right in front of me on ...

Why India is Crazy

This video pretty much says it all about India – crazy land of no logic.