The Atlas

Dispatches

Every dispatch, reported from one place. The world's journal, told one journey at a time.

Rafting the Futaleufú · Futaleufú, Chile. One of the world's fiercest whitewater rivers by day, a wood-fired hot tub under the Andes by night: rafting the turquoise Futaleufú, and recovering at Peuma Lodge. By Camille Rousseau.

Bled, the Faded Fairytale · Bled, Slovenia. A night in the faded grandeur of the Grand Hotel Toplice, where the best seat on a postcard lake is a worn balcony over the water. By Maya Okonkwo.

The Skeleton Coast · Terrace Bay, Namibia. A one-way drive up Namibia's coast of fog, seals and shipwrecks, from Swakopmund to the locked gate at Terrace Bay where the public road runs out. By Henry Whitlock.

Tokyo, After the Last Train · Tokyo, Japan. A slow, food-first week through Tokyo's tiny bars, old coffee counters and centuries-old eel, then a flight south to Okinawa. By Priya Raman.

The Desert That Floods · Barreirinhas, Brazil. The long way to Brazil's flooded desert, and the thousand lagoons that fill its white dunes from June to September. By Isabel Moreau.

The Republic of Curves · Brasília, Brazil. How Brazil took modernism's right angle and bent it, from Niemeyer's curves to Lina Bo Bardi's lifted box. By Lucia Marchetti.

The Lake That Isn't Always There · Cerknica, Slovenia. Europe's largest intermittent lake fills each spring and drains into the limestone by late summer. By Sebastian Cole.

The Amalfi Coast, Slowly · Amalfi, Italy. Lemon terraces, slow ferries, and long lunches above the sea. By Julian Marsh.

The Empire of Grass · Kharkhorin, Mongolia. Across the steppe by road, chasing an empire that left almost nothing standing. By Camille Rousseau.

Getting Lost in Fez · Fez, Morocco. Three days on foot in the oldest medina in Morocco, no guide, getting lost on purpose. By Maya Okonkwo.

Lisbon on Foot · Lisbon, Portugal. Tiled hills, trams, and slow mornings between the miradouros. By Daniel Foss.

Fjords from the Water · Bergen, Norway. A coastal route through the western fjords. By Isabel Moreau.

The Bernese Oberland · Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Waterfall valleys and cogwheel trains into the high Alps. By Henry Whitlock.

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