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The Triple Bridge Across the Ljubljanica river in Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Sky High Skating at Chicago’s Hancock Center

Skating in the Sky Touching the sky may be a relative term but it’s a clear possibility on the top floor of the John Hancock Center,1,000 feet above street level.  Glide across the floor of the world’s highest ice skating rink, located on the 94th floor of the John… Read More

Life therapy amid Cambodia’s temples

On a Cambodian trip that paired self-reflection with full-on sightseeing, the lesson turned out to be one of going with the flow I was on the top of Phnom Kulen, the most sacred mountain in Cambodia, in my cozzy in the pouring rain. I was teetering at the edge… Read More

Fitness bootcamp in Italy

Six hours of intensive workouts – followed by a sumptuous meal and wine. This is a fitness boot camp, Italian-style I’ve never been so relieved as when Dan, one of the muscle-bound personal trainers on the Fitscape week-long holiday in northern Italy, said I could bunk off on the… Read More

Canoeing the Congo river… and living to tell the tale

On a truly epic journey, Phil Harwood braves crocodiles, giant snakes and machette-wielding tribes to become the first person to canoe the 3,000-mile Congo river from source to sea I was alone in the middle of deepest, darkest Congo. Worse still, I was being chased by eight angry tribesmen… Read More

Snowpod: bargain ski apartments

Inspired by Japan’s capsule hotels, Snowpods are bargain ski apartments that offer a quirky haven in a snow storm I was talking to the gendarmes when the second tree fell, landing on the roof of a small car not 10ft behind me. The night was thick with snow, headlights… Read More

A Lake District hike for softies

A wild camping trip in the Lake District is designed to take you out of your comfort zone – and with unpredictable weather and testing terrain, it certainly delivers I’m bursting. Crossing my legs. Trying not to picture rivers or waterfalls. I’ll do anything to avoid leaving my tent… Read More

Boat hotel at Rockaway Beach, New York

At newly hip Rockaway Beach, an hour by train from Manhattan, the Boatel, a floating hotel of old cruisers, is drawing crowds Across a narrow stretch of water from New York’s JFK airport, underneath the international flight path, I am reclining on the deck of a rather rustic boat,… Read More

Action stations: an adventure holiday special

‘When you tell people you’re going swimming with tuna, they laugh in your face’ Swimming with dolphins. Everyone yaps on about wanting to do that before they die. But swimming with tuna? For some reason, when you tell people you’re going swimming with tuna, they laugh in your face.… Read More

Are Electric Car-Charging Stations the New Must-Have Hotel Amenity?

An EV Car Charging Station at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront. (Courtesy Marriott ) It’s been a rough half–decade for the travel industry, and to compete for ever–scarcer tourism dollars, service providers have been forced to come up with new ways to attract customers—or in some cases (we’re… Read More