Mexico animal care

Trip of the Week: MEXICO Veterinary Project in Mexico

Each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors from all around the world flock to Playa del Carmen on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to soak up the sun on its perfect beaches and crystal azure waters. But few have th...
gorillas, Uganda, Africa

Trip of the Week: 15 DAY BEST OF UGANDA

There are few wildlife experiences in the world as spectacular or moving as being in the presence of wild mountain gorillas. With barely a few hundred still in existence and all of those in a small, mountainous...
fall berlin wall

Humpy Dumpy Sat on That Wall, Too

As talk of new border walls ramps up, Outpost's editor-in-chief remembers being in Berlin in 1989, where she witnessed one of the seminal geopolitical events of the 20th century.

How Not to Get Killed on the Road

Every expert will tell you—motor vehicle accidents are the single highest cause of travellers’ injury and death. They’ll also tell you—it isn’t so easy to avoid them Paul Aquilina loved every minute on the bus...

An Old Disease Makes a Disappointing Comeback

Once endemic and chronic, damaging and deadly, tuberculosis was on its way to total eradication. Now it's back with a vengeance in some parts of the world, and travellers would do well to be prepared Watching ...

Avoiding Big Foot Problems on the Trail

Frank Wolf didn't just get lucky when he finished the Sandakan jungle trek with feet intact. No trench foot, skin-burrowing parasites or blisters to speak of. His secret? Don't leave anything to chance “I wore...