52 weeks and 52 countries, travelling around the world at random on the cheapest ticket every Tuesday? Some call it crazy. We call it ex-STA staff member and all-around solo backpacker extraordinaire Finding Alexx. Ever hear of those crazy adventures that you’d LOVE to do but have no idea how? This is one of those
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Explore Texas Hill Country’s many delights, from hillsides carpeted in wildflowers to refreshing sauv blancs. From city streets to rolling countryside, the Texas Hill Country is a geographical juxtaposition. The vast scenery ranging from hills to rivers to protected areas and long-standing sites is full of wonder, to boot. Spanning across Central Texas and correlating
Dark Sugars makes some of the best hot chocolate in London. Their 72 kinds of chocolates are all made in-house. Its hot chocolate base is made with chocolate paste, topped with hot milk and more froth, and three types of chocolate shavings. See more from Dark Sugars: https://www.facebook.com/darksugarschocolates/ https://www.instagram.com/darksugars/ FOOD INSIDER believes life should be
All of Egypt in just one week? It seemed like an ambitious plan — maybe too ambitious. But, that’s essentially what Lady Egypt Tours promised us on our recent luxury tour of Egypt. While our idea of vagabonding doesn’t usually involve organized tours, we knew that Egypt could prove difficult to explore on our own.
Prince Harry and Meghan, who have spoken out regularly on environmental issues, were photographed boarding a private jet with their three-month-old son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor twice in the last week, visiting Nice, France. British newspaper The Sun claims that the couple had returned to the UK from Ibiza, also by private jet, just two days
Where will our Pathfinders take you this month? © Alexander Ippolitov / Shutterstock From New York’s stunning street art scene to Siberia’s wild winter wonderlands, our Pathfinders have been jet-setting across the globe and have returned with ever more inspiring tales of their adventures. Check out March’s round-up of our favourite blogs, Instagrams and videos.
British Airways airoplane Boeing B747-400 in the sky above clouds. hady Khandan | ullstein bild | Getty Images In case the suites and lobster at the front of the plane didn’t give it away, a new ranking shows how high-paying travelers rule the skies. The routes that make the most money are those frequented by
Bus and train trips, flights, delays in airports and train stations, hostels without TV or much light; the list of situations where a traveler has time to kill is long. That’s right — travel is not always exciting. There will be dull downtimes, and you may not always be able to read a good book,
Oh, Quebec. Je t’aime. Both the province of Quebec — and Quebec City, in particular — will always have a special place in my heart. It was the site of my first-ever international trip in high school, and where my paternal grandmother grew up on a rural farm without electricity many, many decades ago. Funiculaire,
(CNN) — Workers in the United States left a record number of vacation days on the table last year, equating to billions in lost benefits, according to research from the U.S. Travel Association, Oxford Economics and Ipsos. A total of 768 million days went unused in 2018, a 9% increase from 2017. Of those, 236
Wonderings: rambles through and reflections on travel… this month, James Kay travels to the parallel universe of the theme park © Joe Davis / Lonely Planet It’s a special week for the 177,000-odd people in England and Wales, and many more around the world, who define their religion as Jedi: Saturday is Star Wars Day
The eternal temptress of the Ionian islands Corfu has long enticed conquerors and holidaymakers with its intoxicating mix of historical monuments, lush hillsides, blue skies, sand and pebble beaches and calm, azure waters. British and French influences can be seen in Corfu’s atmospheric Old Town – however, it’s obvious that the Venetians, who stayed around
It starts as a trickle of spring water from a rock face high in the Peruvian Andes. This is the source of the Amazon River, and all that marks the spot is a white wooden cross. Some 4,000 miles away, the river empties into the Atlantic Ocean at a rate of 55 million gallons a
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Over ten years ago, I quit a great job to live and travel abroad. People told me I was crazy, and a few tried to persuade me not to do it. Given that a decade has since passed and my life is going pretty well, I think I’m qualified to say that those people who
As a native of the northeastern United States for more than twenty years, I’m biased in saying that it’s the most charming region in the entire country. And, even though I’m a lifelong Rhode Islander, no state is more quintessentially “New England in winter” than Vermont. Soaring mountain peaks, quaint valley towns, covered bridges over
(CNN) — The globe is criss-crossed a million times over with flight routes, buzzing with planes throughout the day. Sometimes market forces and competitive advantage come together to make some routes more lucrative than others. One route stands out from all the rest, the only one to break the billion-dollar barrier: British Airways’ service between
Sunset in the breathtaking El Valle ©Timothy Cohen Lonely Planet Pathfinder, Timothy Cohen, is recently back from a whirlwind trip around Panama – one of our top countries to visit in 2019. From deserted beaches to bustling, urban hubs, here’s what he discovered… Panama has always been a mystery to me. All I knew about
Wise travelers know to “get their jabs” before setting sail to some far off place. But why? What exactly are these diseases we’re all getting inoculated against? Will they lead to a grim and grisly death or just a good story to tell the grandkids? We combed CDC Travel and other health resources to gather
Tristan Davis (@tristans_expeditions) is a world-traveler, travel writer and photographer. He is currently studying a Masters in International Relations at NYU. He is a vegetarian foodie, street food aficionado, and lover of art, history and culture. Recently having explored the lesser-traveled Western Asia while studying Arabic, he’s put together a list of his must-sees if