Lonely Planet • 12th September 2025 Lonely Planet: Epic Train Trips of the World I wrote a piece about Turkey's Dogu Express night train for the Lonely Planet book Epic Train Trips of the World. The piece isn't online, but is probably on some coffee tables
Adventure.com • 12th August 2025 I spent a month on Mexico’s new Tren Maya route and found caves, cenotes and “savage capitalism” With tracks cutting through fragile and sacred areas, many locals say it’s a ticket to social and environmental catastrophe. But what’s it like riding this controversial mega-project?
The Independent • 24th July 2025 Caves, cocktails and dances with deers: 11 days on Mexico’s Copper Canyon railway route Mexico isn’t widely known for train adventures, but Jamie Fullerton found one of the world’s most intriguing rail routes in the country’s rural northwest
BBC • 27th May 2025 The return of Mexico's famous Tequila Express train With "tequila tourism" gaining popularity in Mexico, a train taking tourists to the home of the spirit has relaunched after nine years away. The Tequila Express offers a gateway to an intriguing culture, alongside impressive on-board cocktails
BBC • 13th May 2025 Islas Marías: A notorious prison island turned natural paradise In 2019, Mexico's Islas Marías prison – the last island penal colony in the Americas – finally closed. Now a biosphere reserve, the once-feared archipelago is open to tourists on restricted, navy-organised tours
The Telegraph • 27th April 2025 Lady Gaga, Mexico City, review: more brilliantly bonkers than Katy Perry in space Over the top? Definitely. Moving? Surprisingly so. Gaga’s latest stadium concert confirmed that a star is reborn
Adventure.com • 15th March 2025 Guatemala’s volcano tours offer local guides a different path, but at what risk? A huge eruption from Guatemala’s Fuego volcano has led to evacuations and the temporary closure of hiking trails. It’s also highlighted potential dangers for the guides facilitating the country’s hottest tourism activity. Writer Jamie Fullerton climbed Fuego to see why for many locals, working on a lava-spewing volcano is worth the gamble
The Guardian - Today in Focus • 24th February 2025 The murder and legacy of the world’s first openly gay imam How did Imam Muhsin Hendricks change the lives of queer Muslims? Jamie Fullerton reports
The World from PRX • 20th February 2025 North Korea opens for Western tourists On Thursday, North Korea let Western tourists visit for the first time since 2020. Reporter Jamie Fullerton looks at the ethical issues around taking a vacation in the autocratic nation
The World from PRX • 18th February 2025 Gay imam murdered over the weekend in South Africa Muhsin Hendricks, known as one of the world’s only out gay imams and the only one in Africa, was shot dead over the weekend in what looks like a targeted hit. Hendricks was both loved and reviled for his work promoting tolerance in South Africa and around the world
The World from PRX • 12th February 2025 The Guatemalan health workers funded by Abba's 'Chiquitita' Fifty years ago, the pop superstars ABBA donated all proceeds from the song “Chiquitita” to UNICEF. The song is still making money, and that money is now being spent in Guatemala where it’s funding medical workers in rural areas
The Telegraph • 12th February 2025 How an Abba classic helped protect thousands of children from abuse In 1979, the Swedish pop group signed over the rights to one of their hits – more than 45 years on, it is still changing lives in Guatemala
The World from PRX • 10th February 2025 Bridges save Costa Rican sloths from road deaths - The World from PRX There are millions of sloths in Costa Rica. But with high levels of deforestation over the past few decades and increasing contact with humans, the population is taking a hit.
The Telegraph • 22nd January 2025 The violent history of Costa Rica’s most popular souvenir The brightly coloured balsa-wood masks are ubiquitous in the country, and of enormous significance to the indigenous people of Boruca
The Guardian • 17th January 2025 Songs, tears and resistance: the Nicaraguan exile rallying audiences in Costa Rica As one of the tens of thousands to have fled Daniel Ortega’s regime, singer and ‘artivist’ Olguita Acuña says she has a duty to raise awareness of her country’s situation
The World from PRX • 7th January 2025 A Costa Rican dance against colonialism becomes a paradoxical tourist attraction Every year, in the Costa Rican village of Boruca, men dress in garish masks and costumes to reenact their ancestors’ battle against colonizers 500 years ago.
The World from PRX • 2nd January 2025 Bullfighting in Costa Rica is more like bull 'dodging' Unlike the Spanish form, Costa Rican bullfighting does not aim to kill the bull, but only to dodge it. Jamie Fullerton takes us to this Costa Rican Christmas tradition.
The World from PRX • 10th December 2024 In Costa Rica, there's a new voice of Nicaraguan resistance In 2018, singer-guitarist Olguita Acuña left Nicaragua, following death threats. Acuña made it to Costa Rica and, like many others forced to flee Nicaragua, applied for refugee status. Now, she’s carrying on her activism
Adventure.com • 7th December 2024 Can't decide where to go in 2025? We asked our writers and editors for their top travel picks Adventure.com editors and writers share their travel wishlists for 2025.
The World from PRX • 29th October 2024 Sheds playing greater role for men in the UK Sheds are important to British culture, or at least to many men of a certain age in the country. But now, sheds are playing a far greater role in the UK, bringing older men together.
