Brightly illuminated orange letters at Rarotonga airport cry: ‘Kia orana!’ You’ll hear those words a lot if you’re lucky enough to visit this tiny, lushly forested extinct volcano rearing from the Pacific bed. They mean ‘may you live long’ in Maori, and the etiquette is to reply ‘kia orana’. Make sure you do: bleary-eyed after … Read more
Beguiling portrait photographs showcase spectacular multi-coloured garments worn by Mongolian nomads – and handed down through the generations Photographer Alessandra Meniconzi travelled from Switzerland to Central Mongolia to set up the shoot She said: ‘In the past the kings and queens of the Mongolian nomads used to wear these traditional clothes’ The photographer ‘strives to … Read more
While it wasn’t quite the Friends reunion most were looking for, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow reunited on Thursday night, for a very good cause: Red Nose Day. The Friends stars teamed up with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott for NBC’s Celebrity Escape Room, where they were tasked with escaping from host Jack Black’s ‘house’ … Read more
The world’s most breathtaking ports: The ultimate list of places with wonderful waterfronts, from America to Australia via Italy and Norway This series of scintillating snaps will take you on a maritime journey around the globe Some of the ports are framed by soaring skyscrapers, others by rolling snow-covered mountains Dubrovnik, Portloe in Cornwall, Marina … Read more
Through the keyhole of the villa used as Marcus’s Ibizan house in hit Netflix series White Lines – which is available to rent on Airbnb for £1,100 a night The real-life villa is called Villa Can Pirata and is actually located in Cala d’Or in Majorca The listing says: ‘Fantastic seafront luxury villa with pool, … Read more
While lockdown still prohibits us from holidaying beyond our own four walls, there’s nothing to stop us dreaming about the incredible places we’ll travel to once it’s safe to do so – and lots of people across the globe have been using Airbnb to do just that. And they have excellent taste. The global renting … Read more
Stunning locations captured by the finalists of the 2020 Landscape Photography Competition showcase the Earth’s beauty in a unique series of images. In Eric Melzer’s other-worldly ‘Solar Storm’, water ripples in eerily perfect formation around the Ivanpah Solar Station in California. John Kimwell Laluma’s incredible ‘Density’ captures the courtyard of a Macau apartment building from … Read more
To help relieve itchy feet brought on by extended stays at Costa Del Sofa, Google has pointed out that it has over 10 million miles of Street View imagery available for exploration. And some of it can even be explored with professional guides who have taken their tours virtual. Google says that in the past … Read more
Want to splash out on the ultimate post-lockdown romantic getaway? This Airbnb rental moored off the Sydney coast might float your boat. Welcome aboard Lilypad Palm Beach, which boasts a double bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen, a private boat for exploring the coastline, a wine cellar stocked with Veuve Clicquot Champagne and a personal chef. … Read more
An eggs-traordinary place! The bizarre tropical paradise island in Thailand that looks like a CHICKEN Chicken Island, also known as Koh Kai, is part of the Poda group of islands in the Thai province of Krabi The ‘chicken head’ is a limestone rock formation located on the southern tip of the island Chicken Island is … Read more