Wish I were there: Michael Palin on his greatest adventureThe veteran traveller recalls a thrilling ride through Peru’s Pongo de Mainique, ‘one of the most beautiful canyons on earth’ Wish I were there: South Georgia on my mind Its remote settlements lie abandoned but the ‘Serengeti of the south Atlantic’ is alive with a dizzying abundance of wildlifeWish I were there: the ghosts and glories of DartmoorRaised in the tropics, novelist Catriona Ward returned each summer to the ‘alien and exotic’ moorsWish I were there: on horseback across Mongolia A 1,000-mile ride across the country offers a taste of nomadic life that seems more alluring than ever Wish I were there: a slow train across Siberia Trundling through thousands of miles of snowbound wilderness, the Baikal-Amur Mainline is a cure for claustrophobia Wish I were there: the pristine waters of PalauThe tiny, Covid-free nation has created one of the world’s largest marine reserves More from this SeriesWish I were there: the treasures of SocotraThough conflict and Covid have put the Yemeni island firmly off-limits, a new guidebook has proved an unlikely hitWish I were there: the glory of California’s redwoodsOne of the great wonders of the natural world is still there to inspire usWish I were there: off the beaten track in TajikistanPlans to make 2020 a ‘year of tourism’ have been dashed but if visitors do return, treasures await Wish I were there: chasing waterfalls in the Scottish HighlandsRuaridh Nicoll on the enduring pull of Sutherland’s lonely riversWish I were there: Baracoa and the siren song of old CubaStanley Stewart on the town where Cuba’s love affair with music beganWish I were there: a taste of the past in Tokyo’s ShitamachiDavid Pilling on a very different side of the high-tech, high-rise cityWish I were there: Montserrat, the Caribbean’s comeback kidTim Moore takes inspiration from the perseverance of a tiny paradise islandWish I were there: fell-running in the Lake DistrictRichard Askwith on seeking out the sublime amid England’s highest peaksWish I were there: Edmund Hillary’s ‘Happy House’ in NepalSophy Roberts on a beloved Himalayan retreat that she longs, one day, to revisitWish I were there: Horatio Clare on the Ilha de MoçambiqueIn our new series, travel writers tell the story of a distant place they love and long — one day — to revisit
Wish I were there: Michael Palin on his greatest adventureThe veteran traveller recalls a thrilling ride through Peru’s Pongo de Mainique, ‘one of the most beautiful canyons on earth’ Wish I were there: South Georgia on my mind Its remote settlements lie abandoned but the ‘Serengeti of the south Atlantic’ is alive with a dizzying abundance of wildlifeWish I were there: the ghosts and glories of DartmoorRaised in the tropics, novelist Catriona Ward returned each summer to the ‘alien and exotic’ moorsWish I were there: on horseback across Mongolia A 1,000-mile ride across the country offers a taste of nomadic life that seems more alluring than ever Wish I were there: a slow train across Siberia Trundling through thousands of miles of snowbound wilderness, the Baikal-Amur Mainline is a cure for claustrophobia Wish I were there: the pristine waters of PalauThe tiny, Covid-free nation has created one of the world’s largest marine reserves More from this SeriesWish I were there: the treasures of SocotraThough conflict and Covid have put the Yemeni island firmly off-limits, a new guidebook has proved an unlikely hitWish I were there: the glory of California’s redwoodsOne of the great wonders of the natural world is still there to inspire usWish I were there: off the beaten track in TajikistanPlans to make 2020 a ‘year of tourism’ have been dashed but if visitors do return, treasures await Wish I were there: chasing waterfalls in the Scottish HighlandsRuaridh Nicoll on the enduring pull of Sutherland’s lonely riversWish I were there: Baracoa and the siren song of old CubaStanley Stewart on the town where Cuba’s love affair with music beganWish I were there: a taste of the past in Tokyo’s ShitamachiDavid Pilling on a very different side of the high-tech, high-rise cityWish I were there: Montserrat, the Caribbean’s comeback kidTim Moore takes inspiration from the perseverance of a tiny paradise islandWish I were there: fell-running in the Lake DistrictRichard Askwith on seeking out the sublime amid England’s highest peaksWish I were there: Edmund Hillary’s ‘Happy House’ in NepalSophy Roberts on a beloved Himalayan retreat that she longs, one day, to revisitWish I were there: Horatio Clare on the Ilha de MoçambiqueIn our new series, travel writers tell the story of a distant place they love and long — one day — to revisit