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25 August 2023By Marco Ferrarese, Features correspondentDorling Kindersley ltd/AlamyIt may soon be obsolete, but the Jungle Train is still a nostalgic jaunt across the heart of the Malay Peninsula, taking in forgotten towns steeped...
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23 August 2023By Lindsey Galloway, Features correspondentАлексей Облов/Getty ImagesA new survey on living and working abroad has revealed the best countries for expats to live. From Malaysia to Mexico, residents explain what makes them...
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20 June 2023ShareSaveEllen NguyenFeatures correspondentShareSaveGetty ImagesSome people who have tried combining working with travel have found the lifestyle isn't quite what they thought.The digital nomad has become an iconic character of the...
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25 April 2023By Sarah Brown, Features correspondentGiordano Cipriani/Getty ImagesLaunched in January 2022, Brazil's new Digital Nomad Visa is enticing a new type of traveller to the South American country. And Rio is one of...
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AlamyIs a slower, more mindful pace of life the answer to stress – or is it just another unachievable, privileged lifestyle brag? Meet the author who battled burnout with "a year of...
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8 February 2023ShareSaveAmanda RuggeriFeatures correspondentShareSaveWestend61/Getty ImagesWe answer every emigrating family's top question: where are the best places to raise children – or, for that matter, to be a child?For people looking to...
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4 January 2023By Peter Elia, Features correspondentjahmaica/AlamyStretching 192km, the Peak of the Balkans Trail bridges three previously war-torn nations and crosses through some of the continent's least-explored landscapes.Hiking through the green valleys and wildflower-strewn...
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29 November 2022By Susanne Masters,Features correspondentPeter Carroll/AlamyIreland's peat bogs have heated Irish homes for centuries. But could cycling through them help fuel a slow travel revolution and save this landscape?Cycling The Bog...
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Getty ImagesThe much anticipated re-opening of Indonesia's famed tourist island Bali has seen a slow start, with no international flights scheduled.As of Thursday, fully vaccinated travellers from 19 countries including China, India,...
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Anton Petrus/Getty ImagesThe country that created the Slow Food movement is now championing slow travel with an ambitious €35m, 13-year plan to connect all of Italy's 25 national parks.On a recent evening,...
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16 April 2020By Chloe Berge, Features correspondentArt Wager/Getty ImagesWith a ban on non-essential travel and some countries in complete lockdown, we’re able to witness what happens to the Earth when we’re largely absent for...
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20 May 2025ShareSaveLindsey GallowayShareSaveGetty ImagesDeclining trust in airline safety, a rise in US citizens being detained when reentering the country and growing anti-American sentiment abroad have some rethinking their summer travels.Travelling abroad...
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4 July 2018By David Fettling,Features correspondentArterra Picture Library/AlamyBahasa Indonesia was adopted to make communication easier across the vast Indonesian archipelago, but its simplicity has only created new barriers.The woman stood in her...
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23 November 2017BBC CapitalA town in Indonesia is home to a thriving group of professionals who have traded office drudgery for a more idyllic work environment.BBC CapitalUbud is a far cry from...
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Getty ImagesFollowing this summer's heated protests against overtourism, there's some good news. For every overcrowded tourist spot in Europe, there are plenty of places around the world that need more visitors.St Mark's...
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25 February 2022By Lindsey Galloway,Features correspondentJane Sweeney/Getty ImagesIn these five spots, expats will likely be greeted with a warm welcome, a helping hand and a friendly smile.For many expats, finding new friends...
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6 February 2017By Kate Mayberry, Features correspondentGetty ImagesExpatriates from Asia are growing in demand over those traditionally from the West. Kate Mayberry explores this changing demographic trend.Wan Norafli Razali leaves the restaurant and strolls...
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20 January 2017ShareSaveKieran NashFeatures correspondentShareSaveAlamyThe argument that it's not just executives and professionals, but also maids and other workers.Editor's note (30 January 2016): The top of this story has been updated to...
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2 January 2017By Rob Budden,Features correspondentAlamyGrowing older can mean growing bolder. Forget golf and games of bridge, head here for the time of your life.Year-round sunshine, a lower cost of living and...
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Getty ImagesPeople on long-term foreign assignments often find it hard to adjust once they return home. Many leave their company within a few years, and some leave the country entirely.After 15 years,...
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