by David Hibbins | Feb 21, 2023 | Latest Travel News
It was the feeling of calm prosperity that shocked me. On a return trip to Washington DC, to see how the city has changed since I lived there in the mid-1990s, I had expected some differences but was blown away by the transformation.Twenty-five years ago the US...
by David Hibbins | Feb 21, 2023 | Latest Travel News
We often ‘go Dutch’ in restaurants and split the bill. When faced with a challenge, we look to summon up some ‘Dutch courage’. And if a person bangs on incomprehensibly, we might conclude that he or she is talking ‘double Dutch’.Yet some of us (well, me at least)...
by David Hibbins | Feb 21, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Pose alongside James Bond’s car before cruising the Swiss slopes, head to California to schuss above Lake Tahoe, or grab a bargain at an intermediates’ paradise in France.‘Do you expect me to talk?’ ‘No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die.’If these iconic lines fail to...
by David Hibbins | Feb 21, 2023 | Latest Travel News
An Australian who is living in Norway has gone viral after sharing a video of roughly a dozen babies sleeping outside in their strollers in freezing temperatures. Olly Bowman, 22, from Sydney, has more than 200,000 followers on TikTok, where he documents his life...
by David Hibbins | Feb 21, 2023 | Latest Travel News
A leopard mum wasn’t happy about being trapped up a tree by a lion – so she pooped on it, twice.The leopard, called Spot, had been enjoying an impala kill among the leaves of a boscia tree in Kenya’s Naboisho Conservancy.But it soon attracted the...
by David Hibbins | Feb 21, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Have you ever heard of ‘Gate Lice’ or a ‘Food Interrupter’?Probably not, but you’ve almost certainly shared an aircraft cabin with them at some point.They are two of the many types of annoying plane passenger that travel expert Nicky Kelvin, head of The Points Guy UK,...
