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In many countries in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, the arrival of spring also marks the beginning of the new year. Songkran (สงกรานต์), as the festival welcoming in the new year is called in Thai, is often celebrated with playful water fights on city streets over the course of three chaotic days. Over these days, cities turn into playful battlegrounds. Children emerge armed from their houses and bands of revelers gather on the sides of the roads ready to waylay passersby. This, though, is a war with water. [The Conversation]

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Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians.Help us make mor...

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Meet our fellow cruisers, Ben and Lisa. They sailed to Tonga 16 years ago and have been slowly building this incredible off-grid island ever since. ❤ Join O...

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From mysterious murders to volcanic explosions, abandoned islands across the globe have captivating back stories. See how many of these desolate islands you've heard of.

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Mark your calendar: it's time to do or see something big next year. Here's how to pull it off.

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It was 1976. Crew members from the TV show The Six Million Dollar Man were preparing to shoot on location at the Pike Amusement Park in Long Beach, California. The plan was to capture Steve Austin, the titular pricey fellow, riding in one of the cars along the track of a spooky ride called the "Laff in the Dark." The ride featured a tunnel in which ghouls, demons, and skeletons would pop up and scare you as your car jolted from side to side in the dark. While sprucing up the set, a Six Million Dollar employee spotted a mannequin hanging from a noose in the corner. He reached for the mannequin's arm — and the arm broke off in his hand. Looking at the dismembered limb, the worker was astonished to see what looked like bone beneath layers of desiccated skin. This was no mannequin. This was a man.

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The best part about Puglia? The absence of crowds. Despite being a long-established agricultural powerhouse, Puglia has only recently emerged as a desirable tourism destination in the last fifteen years after suffering a long period of under-appreciation. “The dark age of Puglia started with the unification of Italy, for sure,” says Vito Palumbo, a native of Puglia’s capital, Bari, and the brand manager for Tormaresca, a wine producer bringing international recognition to the region. “Now Puglia is the most vibrant part of Southern Italy. It’s an area moving much faster than Calabria or Sicily.” Case in point: Richard Branson has decided to launch Virgin Galactic business in Puglia. Boeing has a facility in Puglia. Helen Mirren owns a home in Puglia.

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Travel's back, but so are the crowds. From surfing to street partying, these are our favorite off-beat options.

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You hear a lot about San Francisco (SF) these days but what you should know is that the city continues to deliver a vital fusion of cultural ideas and influences. This is the kind of town where self-driving cars cruise by historic row houses, where authentic dumpling and taco joints sit next to Michelin-rated restaurants, where hippie meets hipster, where Victorian buildings give way to Mediterranean architecture, where the water meets the woods, where…well, you get the point.

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6,795 Likes, 13 Comments - EIGER - TROPICAL ADVENTURE (@eigeradventure) on Instagram: “Kopi bisa memberikan manfaat sebagai stimulan yang mampu meningkatkan daya kerja otak, mengatasi…”

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Excerpt from History Channel's Ancient Aliens, series 1 episode 6 "Chariots, Gods, And Beyond"

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Take the path less traveled to experience secret caves, cascading waterfalls, wild wolves, and the thrill of exploring new territory.

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Cerulean plunge pools, rocky grottos, and coursing cascades: You'll want to dive right into these secret swimming holes in the U.S.

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A gateway to another world: #TheMukaab will be the world’s first immersive, experiential destination. Large enough to hold 20 Empire State Buildings, the global icon will feature innovative technologies to transport you to new worlds. #NewMurabba www.newmurabba.com

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For teens in Bali, adulthood bites different. Balinese teens come of age with a traditional ceremony that involves grinding down their upper canine teeth—a metaphorical and physical break from their animal instincts and ancestral roots. This ceremony is seen as the final responsibility a parent has to their child. VICE Indonesia follows Gek Sri as she undergoes her own “defanging” ceremony to see how Bali’s youngest generation of adults is taking on a tradition with deep roots on the island and ask whether a new set of teeth is “adulting” or actually adulthood. Cover illustration by Dini Lestari. Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.co.id

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Thanks to a new social media challenge called the “fake plane ride challenge” you can at least fake like you’re living the high life.

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We put together our favorite in-state itineraries in every region of the country, to make it easy for you to explore your own backyard

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My dad was one of the only people with a good-for-life, go-anywhere American Airlines pass. Then they took it away. This is the true story of having—and losing—a superpower.

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Rejected by 4 countries with nowhere to go, we find ourselves forced to go to deserted reefs and islands in the middle of nowhere to survive. Who would have ...

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Greed, gringos, diesel, drugs, shamans, seaweed, and a disco ball in the jungle. What happened to Tulum has happened before. Ibiza gave itself over to the DJs, and Mykonos fell prey to the Instagram hordes, but both places had a good run before the fall. Tulum, however, completed the full evolution of a trendy destination in record time: the arrival, in order, of backpackers, hippies, rich hippies, scenesters, and eventually bachelor parties. In January, one of the organizers of a conference called Summit — “a TED–meets–Burning Man–type learning festival for entrepreneurs” — described Tulum to me as the ideal spot for the “intimate 400-to-500-person event” spread over 21 hotels on the beach. Paradise first opened for renovation in 1970, when the Mexican government converted mostly empty land on the Yucatán Peninsula’s northeasternmost point into a vacation destination. Cancún now welcomes 6 million visitors a year with its gorgeous beach, a strip of all-inclusive resorts, and Señor Frog’s serving tequila shots. That success led the government to rebrand 80 miles of beachfront to the south as the Riviera Maya, including what was once a quiet fishing village called Playa del Carmen, where there are now four Starbucks within ten blocks. Tulum, meanwhile, was little more than a truck stop a few hours south, with a Mayan fortress on the beach where tour buses disgorged visitors for an afternoon. Unless you were looking to get off the grid, there wasn’t much reason to stay. Beachfront hammocks went for $10 a night, or you could sleep at the ruins, under the stars.

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The Maldives is a remote island nation south of India full of five-star luxury resorts for the rich and fabulous. Here's how to fit in wh...

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An Observable notebook by johnburnmurdoch.

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We Recently took a trip up to Anatahan, One of the most pristine Islands in the Marianas Chain. Our mission was to find Humpack Whales which we did Successf...

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Retiring by the sea might feel like a pipe dream but an attractive proposal by Italy’s new government could soon make it a reality. The plan’s purpose is to repopulate the southern Italian regions of Calabria, Sardinia and Sicily by inviting both national and international retirees to settle tax-free for 10 years. Apart from the obvious lure of not being bothered by the tax collector, there’s the added draw of the low cost of living and a higher quality of life – think sun, sand and incredible fresh produce to name but a few benefits. The proposal is the brainchild of Italy’s controversial far-right party The League, who make up half of the government. It has yet to be brought to parliament but is being suggested as part of an effort to bolster the economy in these regions. Unemployment and a shortage of jobs means that most local millennials have left for greener pastures. The lack of jobs, however, does not pose a problem for retirees. The League estimates they would inject €20,000 to €25,000 ($23,150 to $28,950) into struggling local economies.

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If you want to get away — really away — you don’t need to be rich. Here’s how.

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An exclusive interview with the revolutionary yogi on the pandemic, solo travel, wealth, and racism in America.

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From eco-friendly wellness retreats to Michelin-star farm-to-table dining, top travel advisors share how to travel in style in California a little differently.

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http://bit.ly/3SkySvz | More on DIRTNew. York. City. That’s where our host Josh Rosen kicks off his journey in Episode 4—and where he lived for 16 years and ...

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Large energy or infrastructure projects that are intended to benefit one region, country, or people usually go hand-in-hand with big sacrifices. Sometimes the sacrifice is the alteration of the configuration of huge swathes of terrain, like cutting down an ancient forest, destroying fertile land, or flooding old

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