by David Hibbins | Sep 13, 2023 | Latest Travel News
It certainly wasn’t on the To Do List when I landed in Mauritius… but after a lazy morning baking on the sun lounger at Le Meridien Ile Maurice, there was only one thing for it – a ten-minute burst in the island’s first and only snow room!And the unusual new...
by David Hibbins | Sep 13, 2023 | Latest Travel News
An airline passenger’s attempt to ease her flying anxiety by paying extra for a window seat turned into a mid-air standoff when a fellow traveler abruptly closed the shade, citing concerns over her eyesight during a daytime flight. The nervous flyer claimed...
by David Hibbins | Sep 13, 2023 | Latest Travel News
It’s late, the light is dimming and my destination is a spot that locals claim has one of the best sunsets in the world. Reached down a trail that crosses through huge dunes, it ends at a gaspingly striking beach – waves crash on a ribbon of pristine white sand,...
by David Hibbins | Sep 13, 2023 | Latest Travel News
This is the astonishing moment drug smugglers beach their boat by stunned tourists after a Miami Vice-style sea chase.The men were filmed heading towards the sand at speed and narrowly missing parasols sunseekers had moved away from in a hurry as they rammed it...
by David Hibbins | Sep 12, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Organising travel insurance isn’t the most exciting part of planning a getaway, but it can be the most important.Why? If anything goes wrong – for instance, you need to cancel your trip last minute or require urgent medical attention overseas –...
by David Hibbins | Sep 12, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Sir John Betjeman held the view that there was no church more beautiful. But how many people have heard of, let alone visited, Southwell Minster?‘If you asked people to name British cathedrals, they’d start off with St Paul’s, then add Winchester and Salisbury and...