Lost, Issue 5

Travel has proved a popular subject for new magazines, but this one provides a genuinely unique angle. Lost looks at travel as a form of self discovery, avoiding luxury hotels and the usual tourist destinations, but perhaps of even greater interest is that it is published from China. We don’t see enough magazines from that part of the world so it’s a real pleasure to find one that provides insight into how such an important country looks at other places.

The editor describes his approch to travel as, ‘immersing oneself in someplace entirely foreign to feel extremely uncomfortable so that one can learn from it.’

This magazine is also beautifully made, the buly, light matt paper bound by with open spine adding to the tactile experience and allowing the pages to fall open and flat; this also means the issue is a beautiful object in its own right.

In this issue:

When you lose your way,
Let your hidden thoughts,
Your demanding questions,
Your thirst for adventure,
Your unspeakable desires,
Your eager curiosity,
Your forgotten ambition,
Your compelling impulses,
Your unfathomable emotions,
And the voice inside
Tell you where to go.

Issue Five is 17.5cmx24cm, 268 pages, bilingual (English & Chinese) and features 10 personal travel stories.


Featured stories:

In “Half A Year”, Beata Wasilewska juxtaposes her life in Beijing with the memories of her childhood and home in Suwalszczyzna, Poland, where winter lasts half a year.
Ben Crisp finds a refreshing alternative way to lead a contented life while volunteering in the village of El Paredón in “Down The Dust Track”.

Mikolai Napieralski shares what it’s like to camp and get wasted as close as you can ever be to the Saudi border without going to jail in “Camping in the Kingdom of Saudi”.

Ester Keate discovers the importance and love of the motorbike to the Burmese people while travelling in the country of Burma. She documents this through her lens in “Boys, Bikes, Burma”.

Simone Spilka learns to let go of the tensions from city life and to reconnect with nature at a Yoga retreat in Guatemala in “The Art of Being”.

In “The Warmth of Winter”, Erin Stewart travels to Tromsø to find out how the people there cope with winter depression, only to discover a new perspective on darkness and cold.

Issue Five stories:

Half A Year / Paradise Island / Down The Dust Track / Camping In The Kingdom Of Saudi / The Thing About Solo Travel / Boys, Bikes, Burma / Let Me Think / The Art Of Being / Selfies / The Warmth Of Winter

Issue Five Contributors:
Beata Wasilewska
Jessica Xie
Ben Crisp
Mikolai Napieralski
Xiali Shi
Ester Keate
teikoukei
Simone Spilka
Nate Clark
Erin Stewart