Vegetarian Festival

A strange and unnerving festival of self-mutilation and religious devotion in Thailand.

Exploration Fawcett

A gripping and unbelievable tale from Colonel Fawcett’s ill-fated final journey into the Amazon jungle.

How To Mind Your Gap Year

Gap years can be a daunting thing to plan- get all the help you need from these excellent resources.

A Christmas Quiz

Lonely Planet has teamed up with the Guardian to bring you this fiendish Christmas quiz. Merry Christmas, Speak to you next year! 0

Hasankeyf, Turkey

A desert haven, with a history going back 10,000 years, Hasankeyf is an idyll on the Tigris.