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.
The Guardian • 16th December 2023 ‘So good I went five times’: travel writers’ favourite discoveries of 2023 We asked 23 Guardian travel writers to share their best experiences of 2023, from elegant spas and an art deco cinema to a new ‘megalith’ and a futuristic hotel.
The Guardian • 23rd September 2023 On the midnight express train across Turkey On the final journey in our long-distance rail series we take the Doğu Express, which runs east from the Turkish capital, Ankara, towards Kars and the border with Georgia.
The Guardian • 22nd September 2023 From sulphur baths to Stalin’s home: five great trips in Georgia Spectacular mountains and valleys, natural hot baths and a Soviet-era ghost town are all just a day trip away from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
