Continuing our encounters series, our cricket-mad writer recalls the night she was invited to play – and party – at a club in Port of Spain

A memorable meeting with 90-year-old Jan Loos on the Liberation Route walking trail

From crossing Ulaanbaatar’s chaotic streets to hiking sacred mountains, Oyunaa had an infectious love of her country – and a determination to succeed

In our third travel encounter, the writer is battered by a blizzard in the Velebit mountains but saved by Tomaš and his homemade wine

Continuing our series about memorable encounters, we hear the story of the fire watchman of Desolation Peak in Washington State

In a new series about memorable encounters, the writer recalls the time she spent with a family whose way of life is threatened by the climate crisis