Real Quick Travel Stories

Mini-stories, guides, snippets and snapshots from contributors around the world.

In Between Instagram: How To Get Around Peru

Peru has everything an adventurer could want: beaches, mountains, rainforest, ancient sites, colonial history and modern cities. But if you want to brag about visiting all these epic places, you have to get the...

My Visit to a Sumo Wrestlers’ Training Stable in Japan

Often ridiculed and misunderstood, sumo wrestling is not only highly competitive and respected in Japan but a sport that dates back 1,500 years.

Signs of the Road…Signs of Life?

A few years ago, Outpost held a "Signs of the Road" contest, encouraging readers to delve into their travel photo archives to share that great pic you got when you happened upon an innocent warning expressed with often unintended humour or meaning. Yes, muc...

The Chawaytiri Weavers of Peru’s Sacred Valley (In The Land of Ayni: Part 2)

We are just outside the Andean village of Chawaytiri—meaning Village of the Llama, or Eye of the Llama—that sits at 12,000 feet in the highlands, just 50 kilometres from Cusco in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.

My Muddy, Spectacular Trek Up Rwanda’s Mount Bisoke

The lush forests and scalable mountains of East Africa offer some of the world’s best one-day adventures, which just might include a gorilla sighting or two

Out and About with the Barracudas in Cuba

In the waters of Jardines del Rey, Cuba, a novice snorkeller learns that animals don’t care if you’re new to the sport.

Whether You’re a Foodie or Not, Peruvian Cuisine is a Lesson in History and Geography

From multicultural influences to ancient traditions and modern adaptations, here's Peruvian-Canadian Carla Bragagnini's guide to Peru's cuisine!

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Public Baths and the Art of Nudity: How I Learned to Be in the Buff

Just because you don’t like getting naked with strangers doesn’t mean you’re uptight—especially if you’re female. Then again, embracing the practice in places where it’s common is an opportunity for self-acceptance

Up a Pico Island Peak: Trekking for the View from the Top

To see the mountain every day instills the question: what does down here look like from way up there?

They Call it Gitchigami: a Mother-Son Kayaking Trip on Lake Superior

Story by Liza Finlay, photos by Naomi Finlay The ribbon of road wends its way north, bobbing and dipping through wild thatches of forest that have been trimmed and tamed to make room for man. Swaths of north...