Sometimes good things don’t last, which means if you have the chance to experience the good, do so while you can.

This week I’m leading with a terrific story + video looking at Bali and tourism. It is far from the usual “here are some tourists doing dumb/offensive stuff in Bali” style piece and instead takes a ...

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Published: 14th April, 2024 On how AI makes travel planning worse while promising better ...

After my rather long Instagram ramble last week, something a little lighter today. Some quick thoughts on all the stuff we pass on by getting from here to there and back again. My daughter and I are ...

A quick word of introduction. My name is Stuart McDonald and this is Couchfish—the perfect tub of ice cream for the traveller stranded on the couch. The newsletter has both a paid edition that traces ...

A quick word of introduction. My name is Stuart McDonald and this is Couchfish—the perfect tub of ice-cream for the traveller stranded on the couch. The newsletter has both a paid edition—like this ...

This week I’m leading with a super-interesting piece on Thailand’s slowly vanishing beaches, and the sometimes bone-headed approaches taken to arrest the loss. It should come as no surprise the issue ...

Last Monday was Nyepi here in Bali and so while I planned to get the newsletter out on Tuesday, I took the silence to heart, and, well, here I am, a week late. With that in mind, the read of the week ...

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