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Guides written for our journeys. Every story lists its sources and the date it was last fact-checked.

Boom 2027 · 3 min readBoom 2027: the festival, and who it suitsA week of music, art and ideas by a lake in central Portugal, every second year since 1997. What Boom is like, who tends to love it, and how our journey from Mauritius gets you there.Fact-checked 2 Oct 2026Goa Afterglow · 2 min readGoa Afterglow: the Goan coast in DecemberSlow mornings, Goan food and the end-of-year sunsets on the Arabian Sea. What Goa is like in December, who a journey like this would suit, and where our plans stand.Fact-checked 2 Oct 2026Thailand: Beyond the Mainstage · 2 min readThailand: Beyond the MainstageTomorrowland brings its first full-scale Asian edition to Thailand. What that festival is, who a music journey around it would suit, and what our 2027 idea depends on.Fact-checked 2 Oct 2026Himalayan Foothills Reset · 2 min readHimalayan Foothills Reset: a pause in RishikeshYoga, meditation, rest and gentle walks where the Ganga leaves the mountains. What Rishikesh is, who a reset like this would suit, and where our plans stand.Fact-checked 2 Oct 2026Silverstone: Race Weekend · 2 min readSilverstone: the British Grand Prix, 1 to 4 July 2027Four days at the circuit where the Formula 1 World Championship began. What the race weekend is, who it suits, and where our plans for a journey from Mauritius stand.Fact-checked 2 Oct 2026Boom 2027 · 3 min readThirty years, one valleyBoom runs every second year on the shore of a reservoir in the Beira Baixa. Where it started, how it came to own its ground, and what that shore is.Fact-checked 2 Oct 2026Boom 2027 · 3 min readTwelve grounds, and no main stageBoom publishes areas rather than a line-up, and there is no headline slot anywhere in it. A dozen grounds, a stage woven by hand out of willow, and a written rule about who gets to play again.Fact-checked 2 Oct 2026Boom 2027 · 3 min readWhat the ground gets backFive hundred and thirty-eight dry toilets, a seven-million-litre water plant and a tree count. The environmental record is unusually specific, and it is the festival reporting on itself, which is the first thing to say about it.Fact-checked 2 Oct 2026