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As Anthony Bourdain once said: “I’m really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I’m out; I’m asleep for takeoff.”
We love writing about history. It's like an onion, where the more you peel, the more you find the prize. And we are well and truly blessed nowadays to have history at our fingertips, at the end of a remote control. Discovering new editions of historical topics is one of the best…
OK, so you may fancy yourself as the all-seeing and all-knowing. You've been places. You've seen things. You know stuff. You impress your friends. But, as is always the case, there are some places where you just can't tread, where your arcane knowledge takes a back seat. And, worst…
Some visual eye-candy that, without words, will speak for itself. Sit down with a big glass of Montepulciano and plan your next trip to the city of mirrors.
Looking for your next travel destination? Are you a music fan? Do you like to mix the two, maybe with a little ganja and history? Well, we have the perfect combination for you. You've probably guessed it - it's Jamaica. You know it - the Caribbean island nation, that has a…
The more that we continue to work on Matouring, the more we realise how much "world" is out there. That may sound rather simplistic, but even in these modern days of being "connected" 24x7, we are still bedazzled at how much we haven't yet seen, and we've been to many, many places. We've…
We won't spend too much time discussing the dimensions of our beloved planet Earth. That's something that we all should have learned when we were supposedly learning things in school. It's big, to say the least. (OK, we guessed that you would want to know: Earth's circumference is the distance around…
...and here's your towel. Here's another installment in our ongoing series of stories, images and, well, anything we can find related to travel, you and James Bond. Again, you'll probably need to be of a certain age in order to really get thrilled by the world's most famous spy, but to us, the franchise…
Who doesn't love fun parks? And who doesn't love Japan? So imagine a fun park in Japan! It's a natural fit. And we have the OSAKA e-Pass available to you for non-stop fun. Enjoy direct entry to Universal Studios Japan™’s 60+ attractions! Experience the thrill of the world’s # 1 ride…
If there ever was a man that we should all listen to, it would certainly be Sir David Attenborough. This jewel of a human being has been slowly, methodically and gently letting us errant knuckledraggers know that the planet is on borrowed time, and that we had better pay attention. And, as part of this…
Here's a bit of fun for you. The amusing (and complex, so pay attention) Turkish Netflix series, Midnight at the Pera Palace, is a sharp, stylish and binge-worthy adventure. Initially set in modern-day Istanbul, a journalist is thrust into the past and must stop a plot that could change the fate of modern Turkey. What…
They keep warning us about global warming but, for some reason, we don't listen.
The Matterhorn is global warming’s latest victim. Researchers installed 50 movement sensors at 13,000 feet to monitor how the mountain is coping with rising temperatures and melting permafrost, the layer of frozen soil beneath the Earth’s surface.
They found developing and expanding fissures…
We see you . . If you want to do more than float on the water with your scuba gear, you may want to take it to the next level, no pun intended. Many serious divers get certified, and there are a lot of good reasons to do so, least of all you knowing the…