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2026-04-23 · Intro

Welcome to the SLW field notes

This is where we write the long version. The planner at slw.travel gives you a route from A to B — realistic legs, honest uncertainty, and a packable itinerary. But some corridors deserve more than a leg list. That’s what lives here.

What you’ll find

Route guides for specific overland corridors — Istanbul to Tbilisi, Bangkok to Luang Prabang, the Trans-Caspian via Aktau. Border walkthroughs with the small-but-important details. Gear notes from trips where the gear mattered. Honest reports from legs we weren’t sure about.

What you won’t

Sponsored fluff. Top-10 listicles. “Ultimate guides” that are neither ultimate nor guides. If a post is here, someone went the long way to write it.

the SLW team

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