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From the road

Stories from places
worth getting lost in.

Travel stories, strange places and the adventures that don't always make it into the itinerary.

Travellers climbing onto a wagon of the Mauritania iron ore train in the desert

Mauritania

The Iron Train & the Sahara: Why Mauritania Doesn't Feel Real

A freight train longer than most towns, hauling iron ore through hundreds of kilometres of empty Sahara. This is why Mauritania is the trip that started Dauntless.

20 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

A remote village terraced into a dramatic Central High Atlas mountain valley

Morocco

Morocco Is More Than the Cities Everyone Visits

Riads, souks and camel silhouettes at sunset get all the attention. A few hours into the High Atlas, Morocco turns into somewhere else entirely.

19 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

A remote dirt track crossing the open Mongolian steppe under a dramatic sky

Mongolia

Where the Road Ends: Nomadic Mongolia

In Mongolia, the map runs out long before the landscape does. A look at horses, ger camps and a country where distance is measured in days, not kilometres.

18 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

A turquoise cenote sinkhole surrounded by dense jungle in Mexico, sunlight filtering through the trees

Mexico

Beyond the Beach: Cenotes, Jungle & Wild Mexico

Skip the swim-up bar. The Yucatán's real draw is underground — thousands of cenotes hidden in jungle, and an entire outdoor world built for exploring rather than lounging.

17 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

Turquoise Red Sea coastline in Egypt with a coral reef visible beneath the surface

Egypt

The Egypt Most People Never See

Everyone plans the pyramids and a Nile cruise. Far fewer see the Red Sea's marine reserves or a genuinely working camel market outside Cairo — the Egypt that isn't built for tour buses.

16 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

The jagged peaks of the Gran Sasso mountain range in Abruzzo, Italy, with a hiking trail and a small mountain refuge below

Italy

Gran Sasso: The Italy Nobody Expects

Everyone thinks they know Italy. Then you take them to Gran Sasso — a national park of jagged peaks, wild plateaus and mountain villages most international travellers never hear about.

15 Aug 2026 · 4 min read