- What’s The Bright Idea?
- Going Long, Staying Long
- Chasing Myiek
- Scottish Daze
- Tuscan Death Battle

This issue features a tiny speck at the southern end of the Lesser Antilles, Grenada’s only claim to fame to global volunteer guide: The skinny on how to travel the world by becoming a volunteer.

DEPARTMENTS

07_TRIPPING
Cambodian Land Mine Museum, BioBlitzing NYC, and a history of the guidebook

12_OFF-THE-GRID
What’s The Bright Idea?
How LED lighting systems can bring illumination to millions living without electricity.

14_SOFT MACHINE
Going Long, Staying Long
Six-point plan to keep you healthy during long-term overseas stays.

17_OPEN LETTER
Not So Lonely Anymore
On the thirtieth aniversary of Lonely Planet, we consider how the indie guides have changed the way we travel.

40_GOIN’ HARD
Scottish Daze
This year’s Adrenalin Rush confirmed its reputation as Europe’s toughest race.

66_WRIGHT OF WAY
Tuscan Death Battle
Hungry for bloodsport, Ian Wright takes in Italy’s most savage ball game.
FEATURES

22_CHASING MYIEK
Isolated from the pro-democracy struggles of the north, and long considered a difficult region to settle, Burma’s Mergui Archipelago is only now attracting its first visitors.
Story and photos by Bruce Kirkby

32_ROUGH & TOUGH
A ting speck at the southern end of the Lesser Antilles, Grenada’s only claim to fame was its brief role in the Cold War theatre. But with its intact natural ecology, lush mountain rainforest - not to mention its over, over-proof rum - Grenada may be the Caribbean’s best kept secret.
Story and photos by Ed Wilkinson-Latham

43_TRAVELLERS FOR CHANGE: global volunteer guide
The Skinny on how to travel the world by becoming a volunteer.
CULTURE/RESOURCES

55_MUSIC + BOOKS
The new sound of tango from Argentina, Brazil’s Tribalistas, and revisiting a reggae innovator.

58_BACKPACKERZ BUZZ
Travel news and updates from Hostelling International Alberta and British Columbia