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For a country with 7,000 years of history, Malta isn’t usually a place that comes up often on your radar of potential vacation spots. It gets overlooked for other Mediterranean spots like Cinque Terre or Positano or Corfu. Here’s why it shouldn’t. On a map, Malta looks like just a peek of land below Sicily; you’d miss it if you weren’t squinting with the intention to find it. But this Mediterranean nation is a unique gift that keeps on giving for travelers who like food, wine, beaches, and history. Two majorly important Caravaggio paintings are here under one roof, in one of the most jaw-droppingly gilded cathedrals you’ll ever see. The island is home to the oldest free-standing structures on the planet (yes, older than the pyramids). They make a very tiny quantity of very good wine, and more than enough cheese to eat along with it. Most recently, its claim to fame has been Hollywood’s use of the timeless landscape for filming (i.e. Game of Thrones, Gladiator, Assassin's Creed, Murder on the Orient Express). With tourism numbers growing wildly every year, it’s time to visit Malta.
If you dare to litter in Tokyo, you'd better watch out, because there's a team of fearsome samurai warriors ready to admonish you. Every time they make a grand appearance on the streets, onlookers stop to film the warriors, and videos posted online spread like wildfire, with people around the country curious to find out more about the samurai trash collectors. Just last week, they were spotted again, this time inspiring onlookers in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district with their dramatic fight against litter.
Compared to the ultra-high-speed bullet trains of Japan, the breakneck speeds allowed on Germany’s autobahn, and the efficiency of the Swiss rail system, getting around the U.S. is often slow, inefficient, and often pretty dull. That’s thanks in large part to our reliance on decades-old freeways to get everywhere. Whether driving to and from work, across town, or between the coasts, most of the country’s traffic is restricted to the same 50,000 miles of Interstate Highways. But, buried amid the four million total miles of marked roads criss-crossing the country are some of the most amazing drives in the world. If you’re looking for stunning, Instagram-worthy scenery and, most importantly, as few other travelers as possible, these are some of the quietest, loneliest scenic roads in America.
Winter opens up endless adventure opportunities. And there’s no time to hibernate, because it’ll be gone before you know it. Here are 13 unique and fun trips, from backcountry lodges to fat biking to the world's longest ice skating path.
Formed in 2018, the Responsible Tourism Collective of Goa is a group of 20-odd tourism businesses that is committed to promoting responsible and sustainable travel. We find out how they are working to reinvent this popular beach destination for the better.
A year into extreme challenges, we’re asking ourselves some big questions. Untethered from our daily commutes, where do we really want to live and work? Faced with health and travel restrictions, how do we still have fun? In the midst of so much change, how can we adapt? The answers will be different for everybody, whether you’ve lost your job, gone remote, moved back home, or stuck it out. Maybe you’ll take to the open road for outdoor adventures and history lessons in real time. Work remotely from the beach or the backseat. Find a new town to call home and a new community to serve. The Roaming ‘20s is all about seizing this moment of exploration. We’re talking to creative risk-takers about how they used 2020 to start a new chapter, flip their work-life balance, and have a ton of fun doing it. We’re embracing the nomad in each of us and rethinking the way we live, work, and travel.
Each flight is expected to take about three hours. It will depart from and land in Changi Airport.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Albania built 750,000 bunkers for a war that never came. Now what? Directed by Martijn Payens (http://www.martijnpayens.com/)Subscribe to the Aeon Video news...
From New York City to Southern California, these restaurants have elevated their outdoor spaces in a safe and stylish way
When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently to William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman
La Cueva (“The Cave”) is a favorite weekend spot for locals and the venturesome tourists that get wind of it by word of mouth. The cavernous disco is located on the northern outskirts of town, about a 10-minute walk up a hill away from the center of Trinidad, an old Spanish colony that feels even more preserved in time than the rest of Cuba. Two hundred miles from the bustle of Havana, horses still trot down the narrow cobblestone streets of sleepy Trinidad, a Caribbean coastal town founded by Spanish explorers in the 1500s that rose to prominence as Cuba’s sugar economy boomed in the 18th and 19th centuries. The historic town is an unlikely setting for one of the world’s most bizarre discos. As you approach La Cueva, the first curious thing you’ll notice is there’s no noise at all coming from the club. It’s not until you walk through the gated entrance, descend down a long flight of stairs and through a tunnel into the jagged cavity that the dance floor opens up and the music starts blaring. The second thing you’ll notice is that it’s very hot. You’re in the Caribbean after all, dancing in a throng of a thousand people. In a cave.
IN OREGON’S COASTAL forests, hikers enter an ecosystem fed by frequent rain and moderate temperatures, where enormous evergreen trees thrive and support wildlife, mosses, and — most tantalizingly for enthusiasts of both food and the outdoors — several types of edible mushrooms. Mushroom hunting takes hiking to a whole new level.
You see the hauntingly beautiful pictures of the fallen grandeur of abandoned buildings, and you think, "I want to see those for myself." But watch out. Some of the world's most fascinating modern ruins are also the most hazardous. Here are some abandoned sites that you could risk life and limb to visit.
Many of us love nothing more than packing our bags and heading off around the world. Now we can save money iny these cheap countries traveling.
A place of biological superlatives with a flora and fauna that have only just begun to be researched: Lord Howe Island, between Australia and New Zealand. Th...
After losing her job as a journalist, Janet Blaser left Santa Cruz for Mazatlán, where she started her own magazine. Here are the pros and cons of her life...
With hundreds of Caribbean islands out there, it can be daunting to decide on a destination. Here are 10 of the best choices for a variety of travel appetites.
Documentary. Summary: Since the end of World War II, the people of Tanna, a remote island in the South Pacific in the archepelago of Vanuatu, idolize an Amer...
This list is packed with classic, straight-shooting burgers and the old-school institutions still making them.
The paranoid worldview of Enver Hoxha, the leader of Albania during the Cold War, led to a massive 'bunkerization' project that resulted in the building of nearly 175,000 concrete bunkers across the country.
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.
Settle down against the trunk of a nearby tree in your local woods and join Sweden as she reads you her own chilling story.
From Pico Island to North Sentinel Island this is a list of islands you didn't know exist. Subscribe to Talltanic http://goo.gl/wgfvrr 6. Utila The smallest ...
Oct 8, 2014 - “@heynataliejean Every time I see this photo I think it's you! Every. Time.”
5,489 Likes, 230 Comments - Kyle Vollaers (@kylevollaers) on Instagram: “Days well spent missioning around the Otways. I am considering spending a few months on the road in…”
The landing strip on the Caribbean island of Saba, known as the world's shortest commercial runway, is only 400m long, with cliffs plunging down to the ocean...
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