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Some railcar warriors just appreciate the simple charms of this mode of travel. For instance, Sandra Mayernik and her husband are retiree nomads who, since selling everything they owned last spring, have...
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Being a digital nomad in Thailand feels like you’ve won the lottery or you’re royalty – seriously! I spent two glorious years in the Land of Smiles while working online, and those...
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Share The Article Last Updated 31 seconds agoCasual breakfast in a historic harbor town with cobbled streets dating back hundreds of years, verdant, orange tree-dotted hinterlands as far as the eyes can...
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New York CNN — Laura Barnett has always had a bit of wanderlust. When she was a kid, her father took a job as a teacher with the US Department of Defense...
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When you hear Bangkok, you might think of traffic jams, pollution, and seedy malls. But like anywhere else, if you know it intimately, it becomes a totally different place. To know Bangkok...
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Twelve years ago, I made the difficult decision to travel alone for the first time. I was so scared to do it, but looking back, taking that leap of faith changed my...
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Share The Article Last Updated 45 seconds agoLots can be said about how amazing London is to visit, but if there's one downside we can all agree on it's how different our...
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As the journey progressed, the passengers’ stories got more personal. Barbara, an older British lady, recounted the bucket-list adventures she’s gone on every year since emerging from a long coma 27 years...
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“There are many people to talk to … attendants, people working the dining car or other passengers,” Amirul told This Week in Asia. “Everyone was just fascinated by little cultural exchanges they...
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1. Paddle the waterways of Canada(Grand American Adventures)Leave civilisation behind and paddle more than 320km of the great Yukon River on the Yukon Canoe Adventure with Grand American Adventures.As you voyage deep...
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A train of the Touristic Eastern Express is seen rolling in Erzincan, Türkiye, on May 21, 2024. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)by Burak AkinciANKARA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- In late April, the Mesopotamia...
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A woman is seen traveling on the Ankara-Diyarbakir train, also known as the Mesopotamia Express, in Sivas Province, Türkiye, on May 21, 2024. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)by Burak AkinciANKARA, May 21 (Xinhua)...
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When I quit my job as a credit cards editor to take a gap year backpacking across Europe, I had more than 350,000 credit card rewards points across four different rewards programs...
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Just as the great American road trip has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years, train travel is finally getting the attention and adoration it deserves. Here, the journey itself is...
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Sometimes called the “Blue Lagoon,” Blue Eye is a natural spring that bubbles up into the clearest river that you’ve ever seen. This is an easy walk or ride for the whole...
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“We had ideas but not definitive ideas. I said, ‘We have to restart this train, otherwise it may well be perceived as a dead business’. So we started putting a plan together....
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Let’s talk about the 15 best cafes in Hanoi. The coffee culture scene is huge in Vietnam and there are many fantastic coffee houses and cafes perfect for working on a laptop...
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The US political system wasn’t the sole driver for Michael Keesling, an American who recently moved to the sunflower-filled region of the Dordogne in France, but it certainly helped push the dial...
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Flying is expensive and not always practical, so a TikToker shared an amazing alternative: a sleeper train. "These overnight trains in China is the best way to travel for someone who doesn't...
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‘Flygskam’ has become quite the buzzword in Sweden over the past few years, and one of the splendid Swedish words you will read throughout this article. As you may be able to...
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