Travel

(CNN) — As journeys home go, it was a particularly long and unusual one. The Covid-19 pandemic forced a group of 24 Dutch teenagers to sail the Atlantic to return to the Netherlands, arriving safely in the port of Harlingen on Sunday after more than five weeks at sea. The students, aged between 14 and

(CNN) — Anyone currently whiling away the long hours of lockdown with when-this-is-all-over dreams of a fresh start in life, should heed this as a cautionary tale. In 2011, at the age of 44, I had my own mid-life-crisis career swerve, ditching journalism to start a new life as the owner of a waterfront hotel,

The man wrote “Steve & Lacy” on rocks, a well and other historic structures throughout Death Valley National Park in January 2019 and January 2020. He left graffiti in Echo Canyon, Butte Valley, Homestake Dry Camp, and Crankshaft Junction, the release said. His notes included “Steve & Lacy Camped Here” and “Steve & Lacy Were

(CNN) — The last Hippo Creek Safari was cut short — in mid-March, the veteran tour operator’s guest flew out of Botswana several days early once news of impending lockdowns hit. She never made it to Rwanda. Covid-19 had arrived in Africa, restricting travel in and out of the continent. The restrictions spell trouble for

(CNN) — Torbjørn “Thor” Pedersen is on a mission to visit every country in the world in a single journey, without taking a single flight. After roughly six and a half years on the road and a budget of US$20 a day, Pedersen is just nine countries away from reaching this goal. There’s only one

(CNN) — In a spot of good news, several koalas who were injured in bushfires in Australia in 2019 have been re-released into the wild. One of the most famous of the group is Anwen, a female whose photos went viral due to the severe nature of her burns — they covered 90% of her

(CNN) — Earlier this month, a Boeing 747 freighter took off from Lleida-Alguaire Airport in Spain, bound for Chicago and laden with urgent medical supplies. It had arrived at this little out-of-the-way airport, some 150 miles west of Barcelona, a couple of months earlier. Its operator, New York’s Atlas Air, had parked it there due

(CNN) — People living under coronavirus lockdown measures are adapting as best they can, but six foreign tourists took an unusual approach by hiding out in a cave in India. The group lived in a cave near Rishikesh, a town (pictured above) in Uttarakhand state in northern India made famous by The Beatles, for nearly

(CNN) — From offering tickets at the cost of a vegetable to multi-seat discounts, Chinese airlines are rolling out a series of deals to attract travelers in the run-up to Labor Day — the first major holiday since the nation came to a standstill due to Covid-19. Recording a loss of RMB39.8 billion ($5.6 billion)

(CNN) — What happens when you’re nearly three years into the middle of a 8,700 mile hike, you’ve given up your home, you have no money — and then coronavirus stops the world in its tracks? That was the dilemma facing Christian Lewis when his quest to walk every twist and turn of the British

Student Giada Collalto, right, with taxi driver Kepa Amantegi. Photo courtesy Chiara Collalto Rome (CNN) — An Italian student stranded in Spain due to the coronavirus crisis has been driven more than 1,500 kilometers home, free of charge by a taxi driver. Driver Kepa Amantegi, 22, drove Giada Collalto, also 22, from Bilbao, Spain, to

On Sunday, in the South Australian capital of Adelaide, a kangaroo was spotted bouncing through deserted streets in the center of the city. For context, Adelaide isn’t exactly a small town — it’s a coastal city of more than 1.2 million people. The kangaroo was spotted by South Australia Police on CCTV. A spokesperson said

(CNN) — Proposals to create a Hyperloop network that would carry passengers from Amsterdam to Paris in less than 90 minutes are under discussion in the Netherlands after a study that says the hi-tech link could be economically viable. Hyperloop is a proposed transport mode that involves traveling in a sleek, pod-like capsule that’s propelled

(CNN) — Budget airline EasyJet is considering leaving airplane middle seats empty once Covid-19 restrictions ease and travelers return to the skies. The carrier, which has one of Europe’s largest commercial aircraft fleets, said the measure would be temporary and would form part of a package of strategies for safeguarding travelers. “Based on our discussions

The MTA, North America’s largest transportation network, which runs New York City’s subways, buses, and commuter rail cars, is using digital signs and audio announcements to make sure commuters know they are now required to wear masks or cloth coverings over their noses and mouths. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he would sign

The scene at Jacksonville Beach wasn’t one of caution in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. Crowds cheered and flooded the beach when police took the barriers down. People were seen swimming, biking, surfing, running and fishing. Social distancing seemed to be the last thing on anyone’s mind Friday. Some residents told CNN not being

(CNN) — Oh, remember the good old days of travel? The ease of picking dates and booking flights, hotels and home rentals? Well, those days are gone, for now. The Covid-19 pandemic has put all but essential travel on hold, and no one can yet answer when we’ll be free to go away again. But

(CNN) — What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re talking about airlines. The coronavirus pandemic has indirectly reignited fresh calls from the public to change the name of Taiwan’s largest carrier, China Airlines. According to reports in Taiwanese media, concerns arose after the airline sent a series of cargo flights to deliver medical supplies to

(CNN) — Nick Runge is planning to go to Italy in mid-September to host a workshop on painting watercolors, soak up the Tuscan scenery and celebrate his girlfriend’s birthday. “It’s at a vineyard, so they have their own wine. And then the town of Vinci where Leonardo da Vinci comes from is very close,” says

Yosemite National Park recently posted video of this bear climbing a tree near ranger housing. Photo courtesy of National Park Service (CNN) — Being cooped up at home is no fun for humans, but bears are making the most of the extra space at California’s shuttered Yosemite National Park. “The bears are just literally walking