Be Curious

In 1975, as a 25-year-old newlywed, I travelled to Morocco for a road trip in a shiny blue Renault. 42 years later, I returned to walk with the Berber nomads.

India is a vast country with a huge array of cultures, landscapes and cuisines.So, if you’re looking to mix up your trip to include the highlights, as well as some off-the-beaten-track choices, here are six lesser-travelled spots you should get to and quick!

This place that clings to a retro Soviet-style existence isn’t really a destination for sightseeing as much as it is an experience in time travel…

Discovering the Living Root Bridges of Cherrapunjee wasn’t the only thing in Meghalaya state to leave a lasting impression on Annapurna Mellor. It was the Khasi culture and its strong, vivacious matriarchs too.

From rice porridge and rolling hills, to monks and stupors. Annapurna Mellor tells us of her experiences studying meditation for at the Kopan Monastery, a hilltop complex on the outskirts of Kathmandu.

This wasn’t the first time we had travelled together, but travelling in Australia was a completely different experience to what we were used to.

When you’re surrounded by chaos, you have to seek out the calm. One traveller shares her experience of her first time in Hanoi.

Ever wondered what an expedition to the ends of the earth looks like? Join one Intrepid traveller on the adventure of a lifetime – to Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula.

From the traditional Gers planted on a lonely steppe, to the rolling sand dunes of the Gobi Desert. Annapurna Mellor shares her experiences of road tripping across Mongolia.