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Pick your trip length, then take the two or three pages that answer it - the rest of the site will still be here later.

This page exists so you do not have to read the whole archive to find the two pages that matter. Pick the line that looks like your trip, open the pages in it, and come back for the rest when the dates are fixed.

If you have a weekend

Read the Hong Kong night walk for how to use six hours after dark, and the vertical city checklist if you also want photographs that are not the skyline from the ferry. Both work on foot, both cost almost nothing.

If you have two weeks

Start with three slow days in Santorini to set the pace, then add four days in Cappadocia if the route runs east. The pair gives you one island and one interior, with the flight or bus leg between them documented step by step.

If you are travelling long

Take the bamboo piece for how building and materials read on the ground in Asia, and the heat-loss checklist before you sign for a winter rental. Between them they cover the part of long travel that nobody photographs: where you sleep and what it costs to keep warm.

If you like the engineering detour

The Atomium walk and the Ertan dam story are the two pages that started the structural series - landmarks read by someone who likes joints, bolts and load paths more than opening hours.

Still lost? Write to the desk with your dates and starting city, and we will send back the three pages worth your time.