Stephan Orth—traveller, author, couchsurfer extraordinaire—explores the enigma that is Russia in his 2019 book, “Behind Putin’s Curtain.” Read his exclusive excerpt for Outpost here.
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Whenever life gets routine, Christine Rucker hits the highway for a jolt of adventure. But on an epic road to Alaska it was bonding with her dog Bailey that was most surprising.
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When naval explorers rounded the cape of southernmost Chile, they had no idea the mysteries they’d leave behind.
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On the great ice fields at the tip of South America, explorer Jeff Fuchs explores one of the planet’s most pristine places: Patagonia
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Dave & Jo’s South-North Epic Adventure | Four Oceans, a Thousand Cats
by Dave Hazzanby Dave HazzanIn 2016, after more than a decade in Korea, Dave Hazzan decided it was time to go home. But not before he and fellow-expat/now-wife Jo Turner embarked on one last epic adventure.
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Summer 2020 Newfoundland and Labrador adventure report update: whether kayaking, trekking or road tripping, now be best time to explore Canada’s most-eastern shore!
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Remote and isolated, windswept and wild. You might think Arctic Norway is an odd destination for an overworked urbanist. Turns out, it’s just about perfect.
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After living in one of Europe’s great cities, then penning a novel about its darker tensions, an expat revisits a place she’s come to know and love.
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Africa and the Winds of Change | How the Heroes of the Anti-Apartheid Movement Changed My Life
As a volunteer in Southern Africa in the 1970s, Charlie Nixon had a chance encounter with Steve Biko, and other heroes of the anti-apartheid, liberation movement. That experience forever changed his life.
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A young trekker-traveller sets out with high hopes for the almost-roof of the planet to do one of the world’s most challenging treks.