BBC Travel • 8th May 2026 Here's what it's like to ride India's sleek new sleeper train The first sleeper in India's semi-high-speed Vande Bharat fleet is drawing crowds, selfies and intense curiosity – but what is it actually like on board?
The World from PRX • 5th May 2026 Why 'Asia's cleanest village' bans tourists on Sundays Mawlynnong, a village of 600 people in far northeast India, has captured the nation’s imagination
The World from PRX • 20th April 2026 India’s new generation sleeper train leaves the station Vande Bharat trains can reach speeds of 100 miles per hour and have reduced travel times on routes across India. Although some people say they’re a break from the romantic and nostalgic versions of older Indian trains, many are embracing the modern versions with excitement. Now, the first sleeper train in the fleet is proving particularly popular
Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 14th April 2026 A Sloth’s Journey: Building Bridges In Costa Rica Sloths are getting injured and killed due to tourism infrastructure development in Costa Rica. A group of conservationists is taking action by shimmying up massive trees and putting up rope bridges for the sloths
The World from PRX • 1st April 2026 In India, whimsical cars are public health intervention In the Indian city of Hyderabad, an inventor named Kanyaboyin Sudhakar Yadav creates vehicles in the shape of everyday objects. At Sudha Cars Museum you can see burger cars, a basketball car, even a huge toilet car. These quirky creations have earned Yadav fans across the world, but Yadav isn’t just having fun; he’s also trying to promote public health
Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 31st March 2026 The Bulls Of San José: Costa Rica’s Amateur Bullfighters Every year around Christmas, massive bulls and “Improvisers” descend on bullrings around San José. I spent Christmas with the amateur bull-botherers of San José, and some of the people determined to end their booze-fuelled fun
Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 17th March 2026 The Mayan Train: A Month On Mexico’s Controversial Tren Maya Route Mexico’s new Tren Maya takes tourists around the Yucatán Peninsula. It’s also displaced Indigenous locals, destroyed sacred sites and caused environmental carnage. I spent a month traveling around the railway route to see how the massive project has affected life near the tracks
Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 3rd March 2026 The Copper Canyon train: 11 days on Mexico’s Chepe Express route Northwest Mexico’s Chepe train route is one of the wildest, most ruggedly-beautiful railway journeys in the world
Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 17th February 2026 The Tequila Express: Mexico’s famous tipple train is back The Tequila Express runs from the city of Guadalajara to the town of Tequila in Mexico’s Jalisco state, and is loaded with bars and booze. The train spent nine years off the tracks, but recently returned
Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 3rd February 2026 Hell Becoming Paradise: Visiting Islas Marías, Mexico’s prison island Islas Marías' penal colony was home to some of Mexico’s most feared criminals, but was shuttered in 2019 following reports of terrible conditions. In 2022 Mexico’s navy began allowing tourists to visit the archipelago
Wizz • 1st February 2026 All aboard the Techno Train: "It's mid-afternoon but there's a 3am feeling" Nuremberg's legendary Techno Train takes an eight-hour rave through the Bavarian countryside. But it's not for the feint of heart...
Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 20th January 2026 Climbing Fire: Hiking Guatemala's Fuego Volcano Fuego Volcano in Guatemala is one of the most active volcanos in Central America, and hiking it has become popular with adventurous tourists. Locals have signed up serve them as volcano guides, risking their lives for better income. I joined an overnight hike on Fuego
Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 6th January 2026 The Dance Of The Little Devils: Boruca's Mask Rituals 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