Meet the ‘real-life Tarzan’: Forest parkour athlete swings through jungles topless and races up 200ft trees – using his bare feet like hands

by David Hibbins | Jul 3, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Swinging through jungles topless and climbing trees up to 60 metres (196ft) high in mere seconds – barefooted.All in a day’s work for Leopald Hurbin – an outdoor athlete who’s been dubbed a real-life Tarzan.The 30-year-old Frenchman, also known as Leo...

What does ‘rawdogging’ a flight say about you? Psychologist reveals why people do it and what it means about their personality

by David Hibbins | Jul 2, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A psychologist has revealed what ‘rawdogging’ a flight – or traveling without any distractions – says about your personality and why the ‘silent meditation retreat in the sky’ is a space for people to ruminate on their...

Sumptuous ancient treasures, deliciously eccentric hotels and the friendliest of welcomes await in Alexandria

by David Hibbins | Jul 2, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Long before I was born, my father, a callow lad from a modest family, dreamed of the stage. Just 17 when the Second World War broke out, he auditioned for Ralph Reader’s Royal Air Force Gang Show. Weeks later he was in the Middle East ‘entertaining the troops’.When I...

Plane passenger reignites etiquette debate after finding fellow traveler sitting in her assigned window seat

by David Hibbins | Jul 2, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A keen traveler has reignited the debate about airplane etiquette after finding a fellow passenger sitting in her assigned seat.’How do you respond to someone “accidentally” taking your window seat on a plane?’ the woman titled the post,...

I love travelling by train so much that I go by rail on holiday… while my wife flies to the destination

by David Hibbins | Jul 2, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Meet the man who’s such a keen train buff that he’ll even travel by rail while his wife flies to the same destination.Most of us would rather get to our destination alongside our travel companion, but David Crossley, 74, from East Yorkshire is so keen on...

Is YOUR child’s swimwear almost invisible underwater? Ex-swimming champion Rebecca Adlington backs campaign to stop retailers selling trunks and bathing suits that could increase a risk of drowning

by David Hibbins | Jul 2, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Ahead of the summer holidays, ex-Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington OBE is warning parents of the danger their children could be in at the pool – due to the colour of their swimwear.Adlington is backing a campaign launched by On the Beach that is urging...