Tag: travel
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Argentina: the end of the world, and two glaciers
Part one of two: three weeks in Patagonia and the Atacama, starting with an airport strike. Ushuaia, the Beagle Channel and a beach full of penguins, then El Calafate for Mount Fitz Roy and the Perito Moreno glacier.
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Chile: the W trek, a thirtieth birthday in the Andes, and the driest desert on earth
Part two of two: turning thirty on the first morning of the W trek, a puma past camp that same evening, five days and 110 kilometres through Torres del Paine — then the flight the length of Chile to San Pedro de Atacama.
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Malaysia: four days in Kuala Lumpur, and a birthday
Part five of five, and the end of the series. Batu Caves at seven in the morning, the best filter coffee of the month, a birthday dinner with four Michelin plaques by the door, and a rooftop on the last night.
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Vietnam: eight days, and the one place we would give more of
Part three of five. Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Ha Long, Hoi An, Da Nang and Saigon in eight days — the day trip that beat the famous one, the town we would go back to, and why Michelin-listed eating in Vietnam costs almost nothing.
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Cambodia: one enormous day at Angkor, and one day to recover from it
Part four of five. Three nights in Siem Reap, no Phnom Penh: a nine-and-a-half-hour temple day starting at half past four in the morning, then a whole day of doing nothing on purpose — and the trick that gets you Angkor Wat almost to yourself.
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Qatar: three days in Doha, and the end of the month
Part six of six, and the end of the series. We turned a two-hour connection on the way home into three days — Souq Waqif at blue hour, the murals of the Mina District, Katara, The Pearl, and Lusail Marina on the last evening of the month.
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Laos: five nights, and the slowest week of the month
Part two of five. Luang Prabang, Kuang Si Falls, the moon bears, and a thatched hut out over Nam Ngum lake.
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Thailand: the first stop of a month across Asia
One month, five countries. Thailand was where it began — Bangkok, Krabi and Chiang Mai, and the easiest place in the world to start.
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26 nights across America
Nine parks, two coasts, one rental car. We left Munich in May with a plan that everyone we told about it said was far too much. New York first, then all the way across to San Francisco, where we would pick up a car and drive south and east — through the Sierra Nevada, into…
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A 4-day summer trip to Montenegro: The Hidden Gem of the Adriatic
Montenegro is a country that has it all: stunning natural beauty, fascinating history and culture, friendly and hospitable people, and delicious food. We spent 4 days in this amazing country, and we loved every minute of it. We visited some of the most beautiful places in Montenegro, such as Kotor Bay, Lovcen National Park, Cetinje,…
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