The sustainable travel movement seems to be growing, with various global organisations taking stock of how to best preserve some of the world’s most unique locations as their popularity increases. One such example is Skellig Michael, a Unesco World Heritage site that has experienced a boom in visitor numbers over the past few years. Given […]
Inside Japan’s ‘noodle hotel’ in Shikoku, the home of udon noodles
The island of Shikoku is the smallest and most rural of Japan’s four major islands. A famous pilgrimage spot, it boasts one of Japan’s most ‘Instagrammed’ beaches and is also home of the udon noodle. The island is so fiercely proud of the chewy, buckwheat noodle that they now have a hotel dedicated to it. […]
On the Way to Auschwitz, I Found ‘Heil Hitler’ Signs for Sale
On a Holocaust education trip in Poland, a writer discovers Nazi memorabilia at a flea market, in apparent violation of the law. But nothing is quite that simple.
Secrets of animals captured in underwater photography contest
Wildlife photographers around the world were celebrated with the seventh annual Ocean Art Underwater Photography Contest. Organisers say this year attracted an exceptional caliber of work, but in the end Duncan Murrell claimed the top prize for his graceful photo of three giant spinetail devil rays performing a ‘ballet’ in Honda Bay in the Philippines. […]