An expert’s guide to making north Indian street food at home (recipe)
Chana Bhatura is one of northern India’s favourite comfort foods. It’s basically a combination of chole (spicy chick peas) and bhatura (Indian flat bead), but Delhi street food expert (and Intrepid Foodie) Pamela Timms has given it a special twist.
Guyana is South America’s secret superstar and you need to go there right now
Did you know that it’s entirely possible to visit South America and have one of the world’s tallest waterfalls all to yourself? If you make tracks for Guyana, nestled in the continent’s northeast corner between Venezuela, Brazil and Surniname, it is.
Seven ways that being a traveller is a lot like being a new parent
Travelling and being a new parent are both very different things, but they’re also both big and bold adventures. And when you think about it, there are a surprising number of similarities between parents and travellers.
A Hawaiian phrasebook: 11 words that aren’t ‘aloha’
The Hawaiian language is actually pretty cool. It was only written down in the early 19th century when missionaries tried to capture the native dialect on paper. And until the USA annexed Hawaii in 1899, Hawaiian thrived in schools, newspapers and novels.
10 of the world’s best island getaways: how to decide which one is for you
It’s the age-old question: if you were stranded on a deserted island, what would you take with you? There are an infinite number of answers to this, ranging from the practical (A book called ‘How to build a raft’) to the short-sighted (My PS4, bro!).
Meet the couple making one documentary every day for a year
At Intrepid, we’re always on the lookout for travellers who are sharing their experiences and stories in interesting and creative ways – whether it’s travel writers, photographers or filmmakers – the people who are capturing a unique perspective of the world and showing what it really means to be ‘intrepid’.
19 things only travellers in the 90s would understand
The year was 1997. A small wizard named Harry Potter cast a spell over our hearts. Rose let Jack go in Titanic (despite promising not to. There was plenty of room on that door, don’t get me started). And travellers the world over dreamed of a future where they could share photos of their own face with millions and millions of strangers. It was a simpler time.
A homecooked meal in Burma: one of life’s simplest wonders
She has tiny hands.
Hands like small birds that flutter around the kitchen, gathering herbs, picking spices, covering her mouth to laugh. With those hands she leaves a trace of thanaka on my brow and grinds turmeric to a fine dust. Her name is Thein and she is the best cook in Burma.