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Opposite: Vegans can get stuck into a Local vegan communities 18 TROPICAL cashew-based cheeseboard at Beetroot Travelling with meat-eaters 20 Sauvage in Edinburgh. Below: Black rice and roasted vegetables. Bottom: Language 22 Cambodia 128 Vegan fare at Bali’s Yoga Barn. Vegan travel quiz 26 Cayman Islands 132 Staying healthy 30 Jamaica 136 Resources 32 Malaysia 142 INSPIRATION ROAD TRIP Top 20 vegan-friendly cities 36 Austria & Germany 148 Top 10 vegan tours 40 East Coast Australia 152 Top 10 vegan food trucks 42 UK 156 Top 10 vegan festivals 44 West Coast USA 162 ADVENTURE About the authors 166 Acknowledgements 168 Argentina 48 Ethiopia 52 Taiwan 56 Vietnam 60 RELAXATION Bali 66 Japan 72 CONTENTS Nordic nations 76 Switzerland & Northern Italy 82 CULTURE Eastern Europe 88 India 92 Israel 96 Why travel vegan? 4 Spain 102 Veganism around the world 6 WILDLIFE & NATURE PLANNING Brazil 108 How expensive is travelling as a vegan? 10 British Columbia 112 Where to go when 14 New Zealand 118 Packing 16 South Africa 122 ME UP OF BEAN COURTESY / GETTY © WESTEND61 2019, © IMAGES, BEETROOT SAUVAGE, 2019, © CONTENTS 2 3 JANUARY– APRIL– JULY– OCTOBER– MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER • It’s best to scale Argentina’s • Go to Japan (below) in April, • Summer is the best time to go • An excellent time for hiking Andean peaks between December when the island’s spring bounty is cloudberry, juniper, blackcurrant (opposite), you’ll also avoid the and February, during the country’s harvested. Look for pickled plums, and lingonberry picking in Nordic crowds by travelling to Taiwan in summer months (p48). cherry-blossom mochi (sweet, countries, while also avoiding its shoulder season towards the sticky rice) and fresh bamboo- frigid temperatures (p76). end of the year (p56). • No matter when you visit shoot rice (p72). Vietnam (below), it will be raining • Visit Brazil’s Pantanal, the • Jamaica (below) is mild in somewhere. Your best bet is to go in • You’ll probably still need some world’s largest tropical wetland, November and December, and early spring if you want to visit the cold-weather clothes to visit during dry season (July through local okra, callaloo and chocho northern mountains (p60). eastern Europe in early spring, September). Birdwatching is also crops are still available (p136). but pre-Easter Lenten fasting in best during these months (p108). • India can be unbearably sticky orthodox areas makes it the best • It’s still beach weather in Israel’s during the summer monsoon. time to find meat-, dairy- and • Fully blooming cherry blossoms autumn season, when prices Try to plan your trip for winter, egg-free foods (p52). and the Vegan Vibes festival are lower and persimmons and when it’s also chikoo (sapodilla) make New Zealand a great pomelos flood the markets (p96). fruit season (p92). • The mild South African autumn September destination (p118). is in April and May, which • The 40 days leading up to • It’s beach weather down under in coincides with AfrikaBurn – the • Catch the last of surfing weather Christmas (7 January in the eastern Australia from January to continent’s version of Burning during dry season in Bali (below) Ethiopian calendar) are meatless Where to March, so expect crowds of sun- Man festival (p122). in September, right after most of for members of the Ethiopian go when worshippers (p152). the tourists have left (p66). Orthodox church (p52). When picking travel dates, you might find yourself balancing the best weather conditions and festival dates against the agricultural calendar. Here’s an overview to help you decide how to plan your trip according to climates or your appetite. FROM LEFT: © LEREN LU / GETTY IMAGES, © MATT MUNRO / LONELY PLANET LONELY MUNRO/ MATT © GETTY/ IMAGES, LU LEREN © LEFT: FROM FOUNDATION TRAVEL / CHRIS© WILLAN PLANET, LONELY / LAURIE JOHN © PLANET, LONELY / STOKES JONATHAN © LEFT: FROM PLANNING 14 15 THE VEGAN TRAVEL HANDBOOK You’ll find hubs of veganism across the globe, from food trucks on America’s East Coast (left) to Berlin’s Veganes Local vegan Sommerfest (below left) and communities culinary tours in Iran (below). A growling tummy is the worst soundtrack for your adventure away from home. Food may or may not be the focus of your trip, but to make sure you’re adequately fuelled to maximise your travel time, ask a local. BEFORE YOU GO WHEN YOU’RE THERE Set yourself up for gastronomic success before your It’s usually a major faux pas to ask your waiter where trip by connecting with local vegan communities best to enjoy your next meal. As a vegan traveller? online. Google vegan bloggers who are from your Go for it! At most destinations, all you need to travel destination, since plant-based foods are literally do to ensure a satisfying succession of meals is their bread and (non-dairy) butter. If your search isn’t identify one recommended vegan restaurant in turning up any bloggers, look for vegetarian or vegan advance and head there on your first day. The staff societies – there may even be events or festivals are often vegans themselves, or at least plugged in happening during your travel dates. to the plant-based scene. As a tourist, don’t be shy Lots of locations, including Berlin, Cambodia about asking a restaurant to kindly refer you to their and South Africa, have designated vegan Facebook competition – let your waiter or waitress, or the diners groups. Search for the country or city you’ll be staying sitting at the next table, tell you where else they like to in, plus ‘vegan’. Vegan Travel is a near 30,000-strong eat vegan-friendly meals in town. Facebook group of plant-based food lovers who like to eat well abroad, and it’s a great resource for finding people living in your destination (or who have recently travelled there). Couchsurfing (www.couchsurfing.com) and Meetup (www.meetup.com) are also good ways to get some face time with local vegans. Check whether any Couchsurfing hosts are vegan (regardless of whether you choose to crash on their couch), or if any vegan Meetup events are happening while you’re in town. And if you’re travelling solo, check Veg Travel Buddies (www.vegtravelbuddies.com) to see if any other vegans have similar travel plans and want to occasionally share a table. FROM LEFT: © 2019, BJORN FEHL / BERLIN VEGAN SUMMER FEST, © 2019, GMONKEY, © 2019, IRAN VEGAN TRAVEL / PARISA PURRANJBA / PARISA TRAVEL VEGAN IRAN 2019, © GMONKEY, 2019, © BJORN SUMMER FEHL/ BERLIN VEGAN FEST, 2019, © FROM LEFT: PLANNING 18 19 THE VEGAN TRAVEL HANDBOOK Place your order for a dish that seems Ask for the closest vegan. Then make cultural equivalent to extra sure there are no a vegan diet, in terms unwanted ingredients locals will understand: or garnishes: JAPAN VIETNAM SPAIN GERMANY INDIA JAMAICA ETHIOPIA RUSSIA ISRAEL CHINA Ie katsuobushi: Không Sin jamón: Nein speck: Nahin ghee: Ital: Yetsom Postno-ye Parve: Wo chī quán Japanese nuóc măm: Spanish for ‘no German for ‘no Hindi for the Jamaican beyaynetu: menyu: the a Hebrew term sù: how to for ‘no dried Vietnamese for ham’, which bacon’, which ‘no ghee’, a Rastafarian the Amharic Lenten menus describing explain in bonito flakes’, ‘no fish sauce’, is scattered is often diced clarified butter term for mostly name for many Russian foods that Chinese that a kind of a condiment as a topping and included in used in many plant-based, a platter of restaurants have neither you follow preserved fish added to many on soups and salads, noodles Indian dishes unprocessed fasting-friendly offer in the run- dairy nor milk a Buddhist commonly dishes, even salads. and other that otherwise foods. Ethiopian up to Easter, (but may vegan diet used as a when no other seemingly appear wholly plant-based featuring vegan contain fish (this may result condiment or animal-derived vegan dishes. plant-based. foods, available foods (though or eggs), in in onion and for flavour in ingredients are in the country they may accordance garlic being dashi broth. included. roughly 200 include some with Jewish omitted, too, days a year. seafood). kosher laws. so do specify). FROM LEFT: © CHRIS WILLAN / TRAVEL FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION, TRAVEL / CHRIS© WILLAN LEFT: FROM © MATT MUNRO / LONELY PLANET LONELY MUNRO/ MATT © PLANET LONELY / MUNRO MATT © SHUTTERSTOCK, / MARIAKRAYNOVA © PLANNING 24 25 THE VEGAN TRAVEL HANDBOOK 1 BERLIN, GERMANY 2 LONDON, UK 5 PORTLAND, 6 LOS ANGELES, 7 UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA Frequently cited as the vegan There seem to be vegan options OREGON, USA CALIFORNIA, USA With no shortage of tofu and TOP 20 capital of the world, Berlin’s within easy range of every Tube tempeh on menus, Bali is an secret comes down to its stop in London: fancy Ethiopian, The vegan dedication is strong The home of many vegan easy choice for vegans, but VEGAN-FRIENDLY thriving population of vegans: Caribbean, Asian or Japanese in Portland. It has an entire mall celebrities (Natalie Portman Ubud is your ground zero. As CITIES at least 80,000 and growing vegan cuisine? What about the that’s vegan, hosts a vegan and Liam Hemsworth, among the island’s spiritual and cultural So you want a no- rapidly. This is a city where you’ll world’s first vegan chicken shop? summer camp, sells vegan others), LA not only caters to nexus, Ubud is all about feeding hassle city break? A find not just vegan restaurants Even Pizza Hut offers vegan furniture, there’s a vegan punk the cool crowd but respects all your soul. There are plentiful raw but businesses thinking cheese at its London outlets. club, a critically acclaimed fine those who consider the body food options featuring fresh, relaxing trip where you creatively about your everyday dining vegan restaurant, even a temple.