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Issue #1, April 2001
- Featured articles include:
- Africa - A Truck Trip
- Nicaragua
- USA - The Green Tortoise Experience
- USA - Travel Woahs!
- Thailand - post "The Beach"
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- Issue #1
Issue #1, April 2001
- Featured articles include:
- Africa - A Truck Trip
- Nicaragua
- Usa - The Green Tortoise Experience
- Usa - Travel Woahs!
- Thailand - Post "the Beach"
- Issue #2
Issue #2, June 2001
- Featured articles include:
- Kenya - Lamu
- Nevada - The Burning Man Festival
- India
- Tibet - Seven Days
- France - Walking Through
- Issue #3
Issue #3, October 2001
- Featured articles include:
- Frequent Flyer Programmes
- Malaysia And Thailand
- Kathmandu, Nepal - One Summer
- Thailand - Full Moon Party On Haad ...
- Vietnam - For Philosophers
- Issue #4
Issue #4, January 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Volunteering - The State Of Aid
- Volunteering - Lessons In Nepal
- Travel In Health (advice From Tropi...
- Volunteering - So You Want To Save ...
- Cheap Airline Deals
- Issue #5
Issue #5, February 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Dervla Murphy Interview - Still Ful...
- Aviophobes Amongst Us
- Egypt - Felucca Boat Trip On The Ni...
- Chile - Chillin Out On The Ski Slop...
- Cambodia – Behind The Screens
- Issue #6
Issue #6, March 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Mark Ellingham Interview, Founder O...
- Kenya - Operation Smile
- Bolivia - A Visit To The Notorious...
- Ecuador - Jungle Adventure
- Introduction To The J1 Supplement
- Issue #7
Issue #7, April 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Maureen Wheeler Interview, Co-found...
- Usa - Roadtrip
- Thailand - Soul Massage
- South Of France - Topless Ice-cream...
- Ireland - The Quiet Man From Mayo
- Issue #8
Issue #8, May 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Sean Rothery Interview, 74 Yr Old W...
- Prague - City Of High Culture
- Manchester - The Games
- Ireland - West Cork, Land Of Faerie...
- Spain - Climbing On The Costa Blanc...
- Issue #9
Issue #9, June 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Tunsia - By Night
- Nambia - Hot Feet
- Nicaragua - Sketches
- Coney Island - Capering About
- Ireland - Galivanting In The Kingdo...
- Issue #10
Issue #10, July 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Pat Wallace Interview, Director Of ...
- North Africa - Adventure
- New York - Chelsea Hotel
- India - A Moveable Feast
- Fraser Island - Madness
- Issue #11
Issue #11, August 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Drinkers Delight - What To Drink Th...
- Travel Insurance
- Canada - At A Glance
- Estonia - City Of Haapsalu
- Mary Russell Interview, Traveller A...
- Issue #12
Issue #12, September 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Back To College
- Pete Mccarthy Interview, Bestsellin...
- Working Abroad In Europe
- Unsung Heroes
- Prepared For Anything - Mapmaking
- Issue #13
Issue #13, October 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Tony Hawks Interview, Author And Co...
- Halloween - Freak Out
- Tadgh Kennelly Profile - Afl And Ir...
- New York - Manhattan, Not On The Ro...
- Australia - Digging For Gold
- Issue #14
Issue #14, December 2002
- Featured articles include:
- Ed Byrne Interview
- John Beckett Profile
- Dundalk - The Road Where Things Go ...
- Malta - Diving In Among The Wrecks ...
- Russia At A Glance
- Issue #15
Issue #15, January 2003
- Featured articles include:
- Michael Smith Interview - Antarctic...
- Brendan Scully Profile - Dance Inst...
- Bolivia - Bolivious
- Brazil At A Glance
- Chile - Chillin' In Chile
- Issue #16
Issue #16, February 2003
- Featured articles include:
- Profile - Eoin Dubsky
- J1 Is Still A1 - Advice And Stories...
- Opening The American West - Lewis A...
- All My X's Live In Texas
- All Hail The King Of Tory
- Issue #17
Issue #17, March 2003
- Featured articles include:
- The Best Job In The World? Lonely P...
- Profile - Jon Barrie Waddel
- Belarus - Something In The Air?
- Croatia - Something Different?
- Ski Val Thorens
- Issue #18
Issue #18, April 2003
- Featured articles include:
- Eritrea - A Sentimental Journey
- Tanzania At A Glance
- Zambia's Wild Secrets
- Interview With Brad Newsham
- Discovering Swaziland
- Issue #19
Issue #19, May 2003
- Featured articles include:
- Corbett And The World
- The Man Who Got Roy Keane Sent Home...
- Brittany On A Bike
- Icicle Attack
- Iceland At A Glance
- Issue #20
Issue #20, June 2003
- Featured articles include:
- Vietnamese Speed
- Tea And Passports On The Trans Asia...
- A True Traveller
- To Speed Or Not To Speed
- Mourne Country
- Issue #21
Issue #21, August 2003
- Featured articles include:
- Bali At A Glance
- East Coastin’ Oz
- Alice Springs: Land Of The Disposse...
- Forgotten Fiji
- The Heaphy Track
- Issue #22
Issue #22, September 2003
- Featured articles include:
- Helter Shelter Profile
- Interview With The Revs
- Student Banking
- Peru, Ninos In Latin America
- Indian Camel Safari
- Issue #23
Issue #23, October 2003
- Featured articles include:
- Contraception While Travelling
- Kazakhstan Rugby Interview
- Profile, Shana Morrison
- Race Across America
- Toronto Streak Out
- Issue #24
Issue #24, December 2003
- Featured articles include:
- Tattoos, Slave To The Needle
- Profile, Gerard Byrne's Sexual Life...
- Cambodian Mines, Siem Reap
- India, Agra-phobia
- Laos, New Year At A Glance
- Issue #25
Issue #25, January 2004
- Featured articles include:
- Travel Photography
- Malawi Orphans
- Zimbabwe - A Sense Of Desperation
- Bolivia - Bolivian Salts
- Cook Islands - A Perfect Cook
- Issue #26
Issue #26, March 2004
- Featured articles include:
- Cash Save Down Under
- Australia's Great Barrier Reef
- Australia's Road To Nowhere - The O...
- Rottnest Island
- Tasmania - A Devil's Delight
- Issue #27
Issue #27, April 2004
- Featured articles include:
- Shark Diving In South Africa
- Routes Through Ireland
- Outside Paris At A Glance
- Interview With Fionn Davenport
- Afghani Clowns
- Issue #28
Issue #28, May 2004
- Featured articles include:
- Northern Ireland At A Glance
- Vodka And History In Harbin, China
- Gorillas In Rwanda
- Treehugging In Trinidad
- Project Phakama, A Youth Arts Progr...
- Issue #29
Issue #29, June 2004
- Featured articles include:
- Couchsurfing
- Lads In Thailand
- Terror In Tanzania
- Walking Across Ireland
- Lonely Planet Greek Islands Guide
- Issue #30
Issue #30, July 2004
- Featured articles include:
- Surfing In Donegal
- A Place Called Cappadocia
- Life As The Hostel Dude
- Hong Kong At A Glance
- Bangkok's Steamy Quarter
- Issue #31
Issue #31, August 2004
- Featured articles include:
- Budapest At A Glance
- Tanzania's Southern Side
- Thai Cooking
- Interview With Larry Harvey
- Lonely Planet's Central America On ...
- Issue #32
Issue #32, October 2004
- Featured articles include:
- Take Your Europe Further...
- Ghost Chasing In Edinburgh
- Piqued In Prague
- Cheap Eats In Berlin:do You Vokü?
- Palestine & Plasticine:interview Wi...
- Issue #33
Issue #33, November 2004
- Featured articles include:
- 5 Continents, 50 Countries, 50,000 ...
- No Zzzz's In Nz
- Late Nights In Cairo
- At A Glance:irish For A Day
- Bus America
- Issue #34
Issue #34, December 2004
- Featured articles include:
- Budget Skiing At A Glance
- Working On A Moshav In Israel
- What! No Tinsel?
- Green Heart Of The Big Apple
- Ring Out The Old
- Issue #35
Issue #35, February 2005
- Featured articles include:
- Tsunami - Special Report
- Ghan-ing Across Australia
- Tasmania At A Glance
- Madness In Melbourne
- Central Australia: Alice, Art And A...
- Issue #36
Issue #36, March 2005
- Featured articles include:
- Polar Express
- The Great Blarney Bash
- Two Go Wild In Scotland
- Big Bear Country
- Japanese Customs
- Issue #37
Issue #37, April 2005
- Featured articles include:
- Kathryn The Great
- Good Times In Ghana
- Exciting East Timor
- Chinese Mud Flats
- Mali's Festival In The Desert
- Issue #38
Issue #38, May 2005
- Featured articles include:
- Interview With Hector Ó Heochagáin
- Summer In Dublin City
- Life's A Beach In Perth
- At A Glance:interrailing In Eastern...
- The Magic Of Mississippi
- Issue #39
Issue #39, June 2005
- Featured articles include:
- Warsaw & Krakow
- Touring The Soweto Township
- Big Up North America
- Vietnam's Tortured History
- Interview:ingrid Marson
- Issue #40
Issue #40, July 2005
- Featured articles include:
- Trailing The Incas
- How Very Kerry
- East Oz Express
- Just Ten Cornettos!
- Galway:at A Glance
- Issue #41
Issue #41, August 2005
- Featured articles include:
- Whack A Yak In Nepal
- Fudgepacker's Guide To Oz
- Magical Mayan Ruins Of Tikal
- On Top Of The World
- Co Down:at A Glance
- Issue #42
Issue #42, October 2005
- Featured articles include:
- A Perfect Persian Perambulation
- Lazy Days In Luang Prabang
- Shakespeare In Paris
- All The Colours Of The Rainbow
- The Afghan Tourist Office
- Issue #43
Issue #43, November 2005
- Featured articles include:
- Slow Boat To China
- Working For A Better World
- Hallelujah For Hogmanay!
- All The Joys Of Gapping!
- Cleaning Up On Ko Phi Phi
- Issue #44
Issue #44, December 2005
- Featured articles include:
- Making The Moose Of A Visit To Finl...
- Trains, Planes And Auto-rickshaws (...
- “roughing It” In India
- Don’t Mitch The Hitch!
- High Above The Burning Ghats
- Issue #45
Issue #45, January 2006
- Featured articles include:
- Kidnapped In Amsterdam
- All Aboard The Baz Bus!
- On Being Irish In A Cairo Taxi…
- Safe And Sound With The 112 Number
- Advertorial: Rail Australia
- Issue #46
Issue #46, February 2006
- Featured articles include:
- 32 Pubs In 32 Counties In 3 Days?
- Introduction To The Baltic States
- Saddle Sore
- Annapurna Adventures
- Meet Your Neighbours Night
- Issue #47
Issue #47, March 2006
- Featured articles include:
- Get Thee To Guatemala…
- Afghan’s Treasures Laid Bare In Her...
- On The Tiger Trail
- Rumble In The Jungle
- Most Awesome Adrenalin Rushes
- Issue #48
Issue #48, April 2006
- Featured articles include:
- A Chilean Adventure Tour…
- A Challenging South African Sojourn
- Toodling In Tuscany
- Fat Tyre Adventures On High
- Your First Time…around The World
- Issue #49
Issue #49, May 2006
- Featured articles include:
- The Bling In Beijing
- Walled In – The Ancient City Of Pin...
- Ya Basta! (enough Already!)
- Closing Time?
- Great Greek Grub
- Issue #50
Issue #50, June 2006
- Featured articles include:
- Aloha!
- Sampled Sydney Yet?
- Blue Water, Green Sailors
- The Joys And Hells Of Travel
- Eco Tourism In The Valley Of Eterna...
- Issue #51
Issue #51, July 2006
- Featured articles include:
- Coasting Along In Corsica
- A Swedish ‘smorgasm-břrd’
- Hello Hawaii
- Andean Antics
- Breakfast In Istanbul
- Issue #52
Issue #52, August 2006
- Featured articles include:
- Pop Into Poland
- Zee You In Zanzibar!
- Awesome Aussie Itineraries
- Hooray For Hollywood
- Searching For The Soul Of Seoul
- Issue #53
Issue #53, September 2006
- Featured articles include:
- Bewitched By Morocco
- Chillin' In Chile
- Have A Kraków Good Time!
- Making A Run For It
- Castro’s Cuba Calls
- Issue #54
Issue #54, October 2006
- Featured articles include:
- Welcome To Morocco
- Never Been To Norway?
- Beguiled By Berlin
- The Lost City
- Beyond The Landmarks
- Issue #55
Issue #55, November 2006
- Featured articles include:
- With Child
- Baja California Beckons
- The Jungle Came Alive Around Me
- Climbing “the Reek”
- Bring On Berlin
- Issue #56
Issue #56, December 2006
- Featured articles include:
- The Town Is High But I’m Holding On
- Krazy About Kenya
- Backpackers On A Mission
- Riding And Writing Round The World
- A Vision Of Venice
- Issue #57
Issue #57, January 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Cruising ‘ha Long’
- A Shot At Havana
- At Play The Malay Way
- Time To Party In Prague
- Papua New Guinea - The Last Frontie...
- Issue #58
Issue #58, February 2007
- Featured articles include:
- The Road To Kigali
- Romania & Moldova
- Balkan Mad!
- Fruits Of Hard Labour
- Oh Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan
- Issue #59
Issue #59, March 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Closing In On Kigali
- Talking Sticky Wicket With Thinus F...
- A Great Guatemalan Escape
- The Hoscars
- A Cracking Good Time In Kraków
- Issue #60
Issue #60, April 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Extreme Cycling In The Emerald Isle
- Wandering West Africa
- Amsterdam Meandering
- Paris In The Springtime
- Full Moon Mess
- Issue #61
Issue #61, May 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Delving Into Denmark
- Egyptian Brake Pedals
- Sexy Saxony?
- Having A Hoolie (or Is That A Hula?...
- Never Been To Nepal?
- Issue #62
Issue #62, June 2007
- Featured articles include:
- A Giant Leap
- South America Awaits
- Why Rough It?
- Little Battles In A Big War
- Gö Shopping In Germany
- Issue #63
Issue #63, July 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Walking With The Gods
- Badlands
- And Kerry Is The Kingdom
- Mischief On Mykonos
- Down Mexico Way
- Issue #64
Issue #64, August 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Keen On Kenya
- Take A Walk On The West Side
- Daisy Days Down Unda’
- Destination Bhutan
- Pop Over To Portugal
- Issue #65
Issue #65, September 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Inca Inklings
- Making A Difference
- Roman Holiday
- A True Irish Summer
- Smooth Cycling On The Silk Road
- Issue #66
Issue #66, October 2007
- Featured articles include:
- 21 Countries In 12 Weeks...on A Bus...
- African Adventures
- Un-belize-able
- Okt-ung Baby!
- Adam Hills Interview
- Issue #67
Issue #67, November 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Seeing Swaziland
- Snow Time Like The Present
- Radical Rambler
- Tasmanian Devilish Adventure
- The Malay Way
- Issue #68
Issue #68, December 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Goin’ To Patagonia
- Feeling Fine In Fiji
- Cuba Libre
- Polar Bear Capital Of The World
- Extremely Sporting Scotland
- Issue #69
Issue #69, January 2007
- Featured articles include:
- Capering In Cape Town
- Going Solo
- Heaven In Helsinki
- Love You Hong Kong
- Dolomite Delights
- Issue #70
Issue #70, February 2008
- Featured articles include:
- The City Behind The Sleaze
- European Music Festivals
- Marvellous Malaysia
- South Africa - My Second Home
- Rendezvous At Rio
- Issue #71
Issue #71, March 2008
- Featured articles include:
- Blind Ambition
- Access All Areas
- Legendary Backpacker
- Cycling From Cairo To Capetown
- Crashing On A Couch
- Issue #72
Issue #72, April 2008
- Featured articles include:
- Essential Packing
- Nicked In Nakuru
- Behind The Wall
- Falling In Love With Uganda
- Riders On The Sand
- Issue #73
Issue #73, May 2008
- Featured articles include:
- Egyptian Wonder
- Markets A La Mode!
- Naturally Namibia
- No Experience Necessary
- Shaken To The Core
- Issue #74
Issue #74, June 2008
- Featured articles include:
- A Trip Of Ups And Downs
- Do You Dare?
- A Hard Day's Night
- Abandoned At The Border… Again
- Meandering Through Morella
- Issue #75
Issue #75, June 2008
- Featured articles include:
- Peace In Praiano
- A Hidden Corner
- Chinese Whispers
- More To Maui
- Rush Hour