Sydney is a fascinating cosmopolitan city that has world-famous iconic landmarks, and lots to see and do when you visit. If you are planning a trip to the Harbour City, and you are looking for a bit o...
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Country/WHS history and background information
Travel In Place: Living Up Lockdown
So all those posts and tweets and instas and vlogs at the beginning of the year about great travel plans for 2020 … well, those certainly haven’t aged well, have they? In their place, how about this i...
Read MoreA Guide To Choosing A Safari Tour
Of all the African countries, Namibia is an unspoilt oasis and it is teeming with wildlife, allowing you to observe "the big 5” — lion, leopard, Cape buffalo, elephant, and rhinoceros — and many other...
Read MoreGo Overseas: 16,000+ Adventures To Choose
Here’s a website we hadn’t stumbled across before we noticed a link to Class Afloat reviews on it the other day, that’ll be of interest to anyone wanting to go abroad to study … or teach … or voluntee...
Read MoreCountry File: Thailand
And today, in a remarkably long overdue country focus given that we’ve been living here the entire lifetime of this blog —
— and are planning to continue doing so permanently! —
— we are taking a lo...
Read MoreSchool On The High Seas: Class Afloat 2020
You know how “experiential travel” is the latest fashionable trend and all I’m sure Dear Readers, and no doubt you’ve also heard about “experiential learning” —
— but how about combining the two?
...
Read MoreAll You Need To Know About Lan Ha Bay, Vietnam
If you are planning a holiday in Vietnam, Lan Ha Bay simply must be on your list of places to visit. This tiny stretch of paradise is not as well-known as Ha-Long Bay, where most of the tourists can b...
Read MoreBest Time Of Year For Cruising
Most people will book their cruise holiday to fit in with their annual leave but for those who have an open diary, there are many dates to choose from. For example, during the European summer, Mediter...
Read More29 New World Heritage Sites For 2019!
So the World Heritage Committee met in Baku (Azerbaijan) last month, and inscribed no less than twenty-nine sites!
New Inscribed Properties (2019)
Cultural properties
Ancient Ferrous ...
Read More21 New Tentative World Heritage Sites To Visit
It’s been a while since we updated the Sitelist — let’s head over and see how many places have been added since we last counted 2787, shall we? And why yes, there’s 21 new sites from 18 countries to a...
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