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27 January 2026
singaporeSingapore: What to Do in 3 Days (and What to Skip)
Singapore's cost is 40% higher than Bangkok but 30% lower than central London — and the three-day experience justifies both the price and the precision. The city rewards travellers who don't fight its nature: it's orderly, air-conditioned, efficient, and built for short visits with real payoff.
Henrik Vinter
26 January 2026
vietnamTwo Weeks in Vietnam: A Practical North to South Route
A two-week Vietnam itinerary covering Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City requires picking five or six stops maximum. The north-to-south routing follows the geography: limestone karst formations and colonial history at the top, imperial cities in the centre, beaches and urban intensity at the bottom. You'll spend 2–3 nights per location and move every second or third day. South-to-north works identically well, but north-to-south feels more natural — you move with the country's gradual shift from cool northern mountains to tropical heat.
Henrik Vinter
26 January 2026
sri lankaSri Lanka in 10 Days: A Practical Route Through the Island
A 10-day circuit of Sri Lanka covers the cultural triangle, hill country, and coast in a logical sequence without backtracking — but only if you move south or east from the cultural sites instead of returning to Colombo. The island is compact (300km north to south), yet transport is slow: a private driver with a vehicle covers roughly 150km in five hours on main roads. The efficient route is Colombo (transit) → cultural triangle (Dambulla, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa) → highlands (Kandy, Ella via train) → coast (south or east, depending on monsoon season). This avoids reversing direction and maximises distinct landscapes.
Henrik Vinter
25 January 2026
philippinesEl Nido, Palawan: What to Expect and How to Plan the Trip
El Nido's limestone karsts rising from turquoise lagoons—the photographs are accurate. The experience is genuinely one of Southeast Asia's best island destinations. The challenge is logistics: getting there is involved, weather windows are strict, and the infrastructure is budget-leaning with limited mid-range options. Most promotional content skips the six-hour van journey from the airport, the ferry cancellations in wet season, and the fact that you'll share the lagoons with 200 other tourists in peak months. Plan with specifics, or disappointment arrives faster than you do.
Henrik Vinter
24 January 2026
cambodiaAngkor Wat: The Practical Guide to Visiting Cambodia's Temple Complex
Angkor Archaeological Park covers 400 square kilometres with over 1,000 temple structures spread across terrain that takes four to five hours to traverse. Most visitors see five to eight key sites. The standard circuit takes a full day; the outer circuit adds another. Accomplishing it all in a few hours leaves the most interesting temples—Banteay Srei, Beng Mealea, Pre Rup—unseen and means missing what makes Angkor archaeologically distinct beyond Angkor Wat itself.
Henrik Vinter
24 January 2026
maldivesMaldives Without the Resort Price Tag: What's Actually Possible
The single honest fact that changes every budget Maldives conversation: an overwater bungalow at a resort costs €600–2,000 per night. A guesthouse room on a local island—on the same reef, with the same fish below the water—costs €60–150 per night. The €1,800 daily difference buys privacy, exclusivity, seaplane transfers, and the ability to snorkel alone at dawn. The water and marine life are identical. Understanding what you're actually paying for at a resort versus what you're getting on a local island determines whether the price gap makes sense for your trip.
Henrik Vinter
23 January 2026
mexicoMexico City for First-Timers: Neighbourhoods, Food, and Getting Around
Mexico City has 9 million residents in the city proper and 22 million in the metro area—the largest Spanish-speaking city on earth. The first thing to understand about visiting it is that you will not see "Mexico City." You'll see the three or four neighbourhoods you choose to base yourself in. The choice of neighbourhood determines the food, the noise level, the transport options, and the experience more than any single sight. A first-timer who picks the wrong area can spend a week feeling like they're in a quieter version of their home city rather than Mexico City at all.
Henrik Vinter
22 January 2026
moroccoMorocco Beyond Marrakech: Fez, Chefchaouen, and the Sahara
Marrakech absorbs four million tourists annually while Fez — home to the largest intact medieval medina in the world, with 9,400 pedestrian streets largely unchanged since the 14th century — receives a fraction of that traffic. The imbalance has nothing to do with quality and everything to do with flight routes and Instagram algorithms. If you have more than four days in Morocco, Fez outperforms Marrakech for the kind of immersive urban disorientation most travellers actually seek. Adding Chefchaouen and the Sahara transforms a Morocco itinerary beyond Marrakech from pleasant to substantial.
Henrik Vinter
22 January 2026
peruMachu Picchu: The Logistics Most Guides Get Wrong
Most travel articles about Machu Picchu misidentify which altitude will affect you. The ruins sit at 2,430 metres above sea level — a moderate elevation that rarely causes problems. Cusco, where almost every visitor spends two to three days before heading to the site, sits at 3,400 metres. That 970-metre difference matters. The standard itinerary actually works in your favour: you acclimatise in Cusco, then descend to Machu Picchu, gaining relief rather than facing additional altitude stress. Plan your trip around Cusco's elevation, not the ruins'.
Henrik Vinter
21 January 2026
croatiaBest Time to Visit Croatia: Coast, Islands, and Dubrovnik
Croatia's peak season runs mid-June through August, and during this window Dubrovnik's old city receives up to 10,000 cruise passengers daily in addition to hotel guests. The old city covers 2 square kilometres. Do the arithmetic — then decide whether July is the month you want to visit it.
Henrik Vinter
20 January 2026
italyAmalfi Coast by Public Transport: The Practical Guide
The Amalfi Coast doesn't require a car, but every rental agency and travel article insists it does. In July and August, a vehicle becomes a liability: the SS163 coast road carries two lanes of traffic with one lane per direction, SITA buses overtake on blind corners, and parking costs €30/day in Positano or simply doesn't exist in Amalfi town. The ferry network and SITA bus system cover all main towns reliably between April and October, making public transport not just viable but often faster than driving. The trade-off is straightforward: less flexibility for spontaneous stops, more standing room in high season, and motion sickness on hairpin turns for some passengers. This matters only if your itinerary depends on being elsewhere by noon.
Henrik Vinter
20 January 2026
kenyaKenya Safari: What First-Timers Get Wrong About the Experience
Kenya's Masai Mara covers 1,510 square kilometres in the southwest, continuous with Tanzania's Serengeti, and the park fee alone is $200 per person per day — before you pay for a guide, vehicle, or somewhere to sleep. Most first-time safari visitors arrive expecting the sustained drama of BBC's Planet Earth: lions taking down prey, herds migrating in a visible tide, perfect light every morning. The reality is that 70% of a game drive is slow driving through empty plains with binoculars in hand. The remaining 30% — a single lioness walking to a waterhole at dawn, a cheetah with three-week-old cubs, a giraffe silhouetted against an acacia tree — is why people return to Kenya repeatedly. Understanding what you're paying for changes how you experience it.
Henrik Vinter