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Body confident tourists hike WITHOUT clothes in naked travel trend

11/15/2018, 9:27:08 AM
GET Naked Australia is a popular travel page on Instagram. Here are some of the cheekiest submissions that have gone viral in recent months. ✔ As the page has shot to fame, cheeky naturists began coming up with more inventive ways to get noticed ✔ One Instagram user posed by the waters of Katherine Gorge, a stunning feature of the Nitmiluk National Park ✔ I never expected it to become this big – it was meant to be a bit of fun but has had an amazing impact



Ancestral Travel: Trace your roots [The Morning Call]

11/15/2018, 11:28:23 AM
We talk ancestral travel and hear from Anita Kerai, a London based chef who embarked on a journey to Kenya to discover her Kenyan-Indian roots. ✔ Travel to trace your roots There are a lot of names for it: ancestry travel, genealogy trip, family heritage travel ✔ A study by the University of Pennsylvania revealed diversity on the continent, shared ancestry among geographically diverse groups ✔ As the eldest of four children, she started cooking from a young age



Portugal's 10 most beautiful seaside towns

11/15/2018, 10:12:13 AM
Continuing our series of Europe’s most seductive seaside towns, Telegraph Travel’s Portugal expert reveals her favourite spots. ✔ Continuing our series of Europe’s most seductive seaside towns, Telegraph Travel’s Portugal expert reveals her favourite spots ✔ Previous articles looked at the best options in France and Spain ✔ It sits in the Ria de Formosa Natural Park on a coastline of unblemished golden beaches and crystal clear waters protected from development



Did Zayn Malik just confirm those Taylor Swift suitcase rumours?

11/15/2018, 8:47:13 AM
Zayn Malik appeared to confirm bizarre claims that Taylor Swift used to travel around in her luggage in a bid to go unnoticed. ✔ Zayn Malik appeared to confirm bizarre claims that Taylor Swift used to travel around in her luggage in a bid to go unnoticed ✔ 'I literally just put the phone down from someone on Taylor's camp ✔ One downside is that several minutes inside the plastic container leaves her dripping with sweat - something she addressed early in her performance at ANZ Stadium in Sydney



The most embarrassing menu mistakes tourists make while in Italy 

11/15/2018, 8:07:21 AM
While it calls for adventure, travel also presents a slew of unique challenges which can often lead to embarrassing mistakes if they're not tackled in the culturally correct way. ✔ Travel can often act as the perfect opportunity to expand a person's horizons - and place them in situations only possible when in an unfamiliar place ✔ In a move known as fare la scarpetta (which literally means: 'to make a little shoe'), a torn off corner of bread is dragged across the empty plate to catch every last drop of the not-too-heavy sauce



Flights: Cabin crew reveal the baffling reason they wear TWO watches during a flight

11/15/2018, 10:30:35 AM
FLIGHT secrets have revealed the baffling reason why cabin crew members often wear two watches while working on a flight. ✔ Flights: Two watches mean flight crew can know the exact time in emergency situations (Image: Getty) This can enable them to stay on track of the time of the flight and inform anyone of delays while knowing what time their body will need to be used to when landing



30 years later, woman recreates her Europe vacation photos

11/15/2018, 11:21:14 AM
Lisa Werner tracked the exact location of 13 European vacation photos from the 1980s and took new pictures in the same places 30 years later. ✔ Once in Europe, she successfully tracked down the exact locations and mimicked her pose from 30 years previously -- creating new versions of her favorites ✔ Then I expanded to across America, to Mexico [...] Last year I photographed aboriginal cave paintings in the Australian Outback ✔ I plan to reshoot each one again when I'm 87, she says



Cruise ship warning: 80-year-old passenger banned from boarding for not having THIS

11/15/2018, 10:30:32 AM
CRUISE passengers could face being banned from boarding after an 80-year-old female passenger was prevented from entering the ship after missing one important item. ✔ Cruises: ID such as a passport must be carried to board the ship (Image: Getty) Express.co.uk has contacted Fred Olsen for comment ✔ A passenger on forum Cruise Critic warned: One of my tips is, don't pack your passport in your luggage or you will not be let onboard until they find your luggage among thousands of luggage



Kate Middleton performed dangerous activity during Mustique holiday with Prince William

11/15/2018, 11:54:58 AM
KATE MIDDLETON has been known to attempt many sports and dangerous activities from rock climbing to skiing. On one of her annual trips to Mustique, she partook in something very high risk. ✔ Kate Middleton: She is now an advanced scuba diver after learning in Mustique (Image: Getty) Kate Middleton: The royal is happy to try dangerous sports such as yachting and white water rafting (Image: Getty) Scuba diving has a number of risks, with one of the most dangerous being the bends which is when nitrogen bubbles form in the blood if the diver rises to the surface too quickly



Airline seat size: Will FAA bring relief to squeezed flyers?

11/15/2018, 10:17:14 AM
Congress made it clear the FAA needs to enforce more sensible seating standards. The coming months will determine if that mandate will be heeded. ✔ In July, Bart Jansen noted here that an FAA official stated there is no evidence seat dimensions hamper the speed of passenger evacuation, or that increasing passenger size creates an evacuation issue ✔ The coming months will determine if that mandate will be heeded



Six Senses Krabey Island Hotel in Pictures

11/15/2018, 10:31:00 AM
A sneak peak inside Six Senses Krabey Island, the new luxury private island hotel in Cambodia. ✔ Cambodia is blossoming with incredible new hotel openings, especially on its smattering of tropical isles ✔ Vegetables, herbs and fruit used in the restaurants and bars are sourced (where possible) from the Organic Farm and Earth Lab, Six Senses Krabey Island's four-hectare organic market garden on the mainland



36 Hours in Denver

11/15/2018, 11:15:03 AM
A weekend in the Mile High City offers something for everyone: a flourishing restaurant scene, microbreweries, miles of trails for skiers and bikers alike, and a vibrant street art movement. ✔ At Our Mutual Friend, a friendly taproom, state flags on the menu indicate Colorado-grown barley and hops, including Colorado Pale Ale and Dad’s Brown Ale (pints $6) ✔ Get weekly updates from our Travel Dispatch newsletter, with tips on traveling smarter, destination coverage and photos from all over the world



Pilot's crazy photos from an airplane cockpit

11/15/2018, 11:21:11 AM
Northern lights, glowing clouds and spectacular sunsets -- pilot Christiaan van Heijst takes incredible images from an airplane cockpit ✔ Pictured here: Sunrise and thunderstorms over Texas ✔ It takes a long breath, a lot of effort, and willingness to fail very often [...] you will encounter situations where it's frustrating you couldn't capture it, but persistence, that's the best word to describe it



True story behind Green Book - real friendship between the musician and bouncer

11/15/2018, 10:03:31 AM
Talented black musician Don Shirley tours the Deep South in 1960s America accompanied by bouncer Tony Lip ✔ But by the end, after overcoming discrimination and hostility in America's Deep South in the 1960s, they became the best of friends ✔ Lip’s son Nick Vallelonga, who wrote the screenplay for Green Book, and said of Shirley: He was a meticulous, well dressed, well spoken man ✔ Green Book is released in UK cinemas on February 1, 2019



Why Prince William's school friends felt sorry for him when he played rugby

11/15/2018, 11:02:03 AM
Fantastic Beasts actor Redmayne also admitted that William's pain benefited him slightly ✔ Redmayne said: I always felt a bit sorry for him because basically any school you played, all they wanted to do was tackle Prince William and they could say, 'I tackled Prince William.' But he did also admit that poor Will being thrown to the floor was kind of good for him - as it made the match 'easier'



Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling struggles amid Theresa May Brexit deal turmoil

11/15/2018, 8:25:26 AM
THE POUND has fallen once again against the euro after confusion surrounding the Brexit deal by Theresa May and the government hinders the exchange rate’s growth. ✔ Exchange rate: The pound has fallen against the euro following the draft Brexit deal announcement (Image: Getty) Exchange rate: The pound is currently trading at €1.148 (Image: Bloomberg) She said: This deal, which delivers on the vote of the referendum, which brings back control of our money, laws and borders, ends free movement, protects jobs, security and our Union; or leave with no deal, or no Brexit at all



The world's most fascinating abandoned islands

11/15/2018, 9:07:59 AM
place. ✔ The search term abandoned places near me has soared since 2014 and there's even a name for it: ruin porn ✔ So check nobody is looking and sneek a peek at these fascinating islands.. ✔ Hashima Island/Gunkanjima, Japan James Bond fans might recognise Hashima, which lies around 15km from Nagasaki – it appeared as the lair of villain Raoul Silva, played by Javier Bardem, in the 2012 film Skyfall



Why the Baltic states will always mean more to the Cold War generation

11/15/2018, 9:08:00 AM
It was love at first sight. ✔ I’d been on the train from Berlin for 36 hours and was in a slightly delirious sleep-deprived state, but there was no mistaking as we crossed the River Daugava that the city of spires and steeples that was slowly emerging through the mist was something rather lovely



Why it's easy to fall in love with the Baltic states – and where to go

11/15/2018, 9:07:57 AM
It is not exactly the same as the cliché about London buses – but 2018 is proof that if you wait long enough for a European national centenary, three will come along at once. ✔ This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern Latvian state – a red-letter date that completes a trio of three-figure Baltic independence birthdays, in the wake of similar moments in Lithuania (tethered to February 16 1918), and in Estonia (February 24 1918) ✔ These milestones are being saluted with gusto in the countries in question (see lv.100.lv, lietuva.lt/100 and ev100.ee respectively)



Uncovering the secrets of London's forgotten waterways

11/15/2018, 10:49:05 AM
Exploring London’s network of canals, rivers and docksides is to walk (run or cycle) through the capital’s history. ✔ Towpaths, quays and riversides are soaked in traces of the past - from Saxon beaches, Georgian warehouses or Victorian sewer pipes to exotic plants carried on passing barges ✔ There are ribbons of almost-rural green, screened from surrounding suburbia by graceful willows and poplars, vast expanses of water where whalers, the first freezer ships, and ocean liners docked and canals that cut through key moments in industrial history ✔ Gilly Cameron Cooper, author of Walking London’s Waterways..



Hotel chain offers guests an 'Instagram sitter'

11/15/2018, 11:11:18 AM
Ibis hotels in Switzerland are offering the quirky service called 'Relax We Post' which will see an 'Instagram sitter' post photos and even reply comments on behalf of guests. ✔ They include names such as Anna Maradan, Cristina Gheiceanu, Pascal Erband and Elay Leuthold ✔ These butlers show guests the very best places to take photographs and guide them around 'Instagram Trails', itineraries that take in some of the prime spot for images



Opinion | Is Amazon Bad for America?

11/15/2018, 11:14:56 AM
And is President Trump actually good for the Republican Party? ✔ (My other two were about the global battle over reproductive rights and, in a brief detour from politics, about an adventurous Russian émigré who helped bring yoga to the West.) I love to travel; a long time ago, after my husband and I eloped, we spent a year backpacking through Asia



Low-emission zones ineffective in improving child lung health, study says

11/15/2018, 8:11:24 AM
Low-emission zones have improved air quality in London, but the number of children with poor lung capacity because of traffic pollution remains high, a new analysis finds, concluding that better control measures are needed to improve respiratory health. ✔ Improving child health A reduction in lung capacity can lead to stunted lungs, which is dangerous for two reasons, Griffiths said ✔ Planned measures aiming to reduce population exposure in urban areas, and in particular vulnerable groups such as children or older adults, need to be adequately assessed prior to implementation



After a terrifying year, my family is learning to be grateful for normal, humdrum life

11/15/2018, 11:20:51 AM
After my daughter's cancer diagnosis and treatment, we see life differently. ✔ We never spoke of dreadful digits again, pushing them out of our minds ✔ They insisted on ordering pizza and ignored the messy piles of mail and laundry ✔ Stacy Kim is a social scientist turned life coach at LifeJunctions.com ✔ 7 ways parents can teach girls to build one another up, instead of tearing one another down



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