Inside the secret Soviet bunker built to withstand a 20-kilotonne nuclear blast: Abandoned Cold War air base that hid fleet of fighter jets will open to public

by David Hibbins | Oct 21, 2023 | Latest Travel News

A sprawling Soviet Cold War bunker built to withstand a 20-kilotonne nuclear blast but abandoned for decades is to be transformed into Europe’s newest tourist attraction. Carved into the side of a mountain on the border of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina,...

We came to London and were charged £205 for a THREE-MINUTE pedicab ride: Moment US tourists argue with driver over 500-yard trip in UK capital

by David Hibbins | Oct 21, 2023 | Latest Travel News

Three American tourists were enjoying a fun night out in London’s West End before being charged a staggering £205 for a three-minute pedicab ride. On October 14 Nicole Kramer and two friends, from Los Angeles, were travelling from Sexy Fish to Sketch...

A perfect storm! Spellbinding photo book by ‘the pope of bad weather photography’ shows the beauty of the world when the sun isn’t shining, from rainy Scotland to wintry New York

by David Hibbins | Oct 20, 2023 | Latest Travel News

‘This book is a tribute to the rain, the snow, the wind, [and] the cinematic emotions they conceal.’So writes photographer Christophe Jacrot in the introduction to his new book Lost in the Beauty of Bad Weather, published by teNeues.The French photographer...

‘How do people survive?’ TikTokers reveal eye-watering grocery store prices around the world, from the ‘Bella Hadid smoothie’ in LA to luxury tomatoes in London

by David Hibbins | Oct 20, 2023 | Latest Travel News

In some parts of the world, food shopping can cost a small fortune. Food inflation, with food prices rising in countries around the globe over the past year, is partly to blame. Some supermarkets, however, are expensive due to their remote location, and the...

Our enchanting world… under a microscope: From a miniature crystal castle to spores that look like rich caramel apples, these were voted the best microscopic photographs of 2023

by David Hibbins | Oct 20, 2023 | Latest Travel News

A miniature crystal castle of golden rutile quartz. The dark phosphorescent armor of a blue-black weevil. Slime molds growing spores that look like rich caramel apples. An otherworldly alien pineapple, nested as the stamen and stigma of a Hibiscus flower...