Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 6th January 2026

The Dance Of The Little Devils

Every new year in Boruca, a remote Costa Rican village, Indigenous villagers wear garish masks and bull costumes for rituals commemorating a battle against Spanish colonisers. I travelled to Boruca to witness Danza de los Diablitos: the Dance of the Little Devils

Adventure.com • 19th December 2025

These are our photo editor’s favourite shots of 2025

These photos of Guatemala’s active Fuego volcano stand out for being shots that scream ‘right time, right place’. The lava and ash are dramatic enough, but the addition of a group of travelers walking towards it helps to tell the story well—are we risking too much with volcano tourism?

Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 3rd December 2025

Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast

A new on-the-ground, around-the-world podcast, for which British travel writer Jamie Fullerton goes on travel experiences that are in some way… unexpected. Launching January 6, 2026

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

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 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 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

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 Telegraph • 15th October 2024

The slow-train adventure that reveals a rarely seen side of Turkey

Our writer jumps aboard the Van Golu Express as the country has a railway ‘moment’.

Adventure.com • 19th September 2024

The sound sculpture in Austria where you can hear a glacier ‘crying’

Scientists say it’s likely that Austria’s Dachstein glacier will have melted almost completely by the end of this century. Now, deep in an ice cave, an artist is giving the dying glacier a voice - via an ambitious sound sculpture.

The Guardian • 29th August 2024

Austrian town gets its lederhosen in a twist over modern art

Bad Ischl is the first alpine town to be awarded European capital of culture status, bringing nudity and surreal sculptures to a rural area more in tune with classical music and mountain pursuits

The Guardian • 1st August 2024

Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany

The dramatic landscape was beloved of Romantic painters and hardcore climbers. But the spa town of Bad Schandau provides a gentler introduction for skinny-calfed explorers.

The Guardian • 3rd July 2024

Across Turkey by train: riding the Mesopotamia Express

With lengthy stops for side trips, this long-distance journey is a joyful, social experience accompanied by great food and music.

The Guardian • 7th May 2024

Why clubbers are raving about Germany’s cross-country Techno Train

With DJs, bouncers and bars, the Nuremberg train offers a complete clubbing experience – and some lovely views of the Bavarian countryside.

The Guardian • 23rd March 2024

Not just cheap beer and old buildings: an arty weekend in Prague

A new sleeper train from Brussels is bringing the Czech capital’s contemporary art scene within easy reach of rail travellers.

The Guardian • 21st December 2023

Dresden – the city that saved my Christmas

The city’s Christmas markets and baroque architecture will revive even a flagging festive spirit, while its street art is an edgy pick-me-up.