CNN: Travel
- One pilot brings the world to Iceland
Wednesday - 08/05/2020 - 08:14 AMJon Kjartan Bjornsson has been a helicopter pilot for 35 years taking camera crews, directors and actors to some of the most stunning spots in Iceland.
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Wednesday - 08/05/2020 - 05:48 AMAncient tales of trolls and magic live on in Iceland, an island nation of volcanoes, lava fields, glaciers and ice caves.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Travelers react to UK restriction on travel from Spain
Tuesday - 07/28/2020 - 07:45 AMSome travelers are expressing anger after the UK ordered a 14-day quarantine to people coming from Spain, where there is a recent rise in Covid-19 cases.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Serial runaway bear nicknamed 'Papillon' is on the loose again in Italy
Tuesday - 07/28/2020 - 01:10 PMA brown bear nicknamed "Papillon" after displaying an impressive talent for escaping is being sought by rangers in Italy after fleeing from his electrified pen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The humble Hong Kong snack that's popping up around the world
Thursday - 07/30/2020 - 11:34 PMWhen I decided to write a story about the origins of Hong Kong bubble waffles -- also known as "egg waffles" -- I thought it would be easy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Traveling while Asian during the pandemic
Friday - 07/24/2020 - 08:41 PMThere has been a rise of anti-Asian hate incidents since the start of the pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The world's best vineyard revealed
Tuesday - 07/14/2020 - 12:17 AMThe first-ever World's Best Vineyard Awards has named 2019's leading wine destinations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The world's best places for swimming
Monday - 07/20/2020 - 08:31 AMFrom isolated English beaches to plunge pools in the Costa Rican cloud forest.
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Tuesday - 07/14/2020 - 10:10 AMIf there was any doubt whether travel-starved vacationers would stay in hotels after months of lockdown due to Covid-19, it should be gone now.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disneyland Paris reopens with new Covid-19 measures
Wednesday - 07/15/2020 - 10:50 AMEurope's only Disney theme park has been closed for four months, but it's now cautiously reopening to the public, with new measures to try to keep Covid-19 in check.
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- Watch posing tourist snap toes off 19th-century statue
Tuesday - 08/04/2020 - 04:30 PMSurveillance footage from a museum in Italy shows a tourist sitting on a 200-year old statue and breaking three of its toes off.
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Sunday - 08/02/2020 - 07:31 AMHotel occupancy rates in Paris are down 86% compared to last year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Canada cracks down on those traveling through the country to get to Alaska
Friday - 07/31/2020 - 06:56 AMPeople who choose to travel to Alaska through Canada are facing stricter rules starting Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How Toblerone chocolate became connected with air travel
Wednesday - 07/29/2020 - 10:07 AMToblerone may not be the most famous chocolate brand in the world, but it's arguably the most iconic -- especially when it comes to travel.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here's why it costs $100,000 to paint an airplane
Wednesday - 07/22/2020 - 07:01 AMMost airplanes start out beige or green before they go through a two-week process involving decals, paint and stenciling in dedicated facilities.
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Saturday - 12/31/2016 - 02:30 PMThe Antonov AN-225 is the biggest airplane in the world.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amsterdam's 'prostitute hotel' plan to uproot red light district
Monday - 07/20/2020 - 03:48 AMThe Dutch capital's legal sex industry relies heavily on tourists and their absence during the Covid crisis has had a major impact.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What it's like sailing to the top of the Earth
Thursday - 07/16/2020 - 09:10 AMTravel writer Terry Ward spent four months sailing from mainland Norway to the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Maldives is now open to all global tourists. Here's how they're doing it
Wednesday - 07/15/2020 - 08:45 PMThough border restrictions and quarantine measures are keeping people from visiting many of the world's most popular travel destinations at the moment, one country famed for its natural beauty is now welcoming all guests -- the Maldives.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Can travel incentives lure visitors back?
Thursday - 07/16/2020 - 06:46 AMEver since the world went into lockdown back in March, many of us have been furiously making a mental list of all the places we'll go once we're finally able to travel again.
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- Microsoft Flight Simulator's 2020 reboot may be the safest way to fly this year
Thursday - 08/06/2020 - 08:26 AMAvgeek desktop gamers and wannabe airline captains can finally get the high-altitude fix they've been craving.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - You can now explore a 2,500 year old shipwreck
Monday - 08/03/2020 - 12:38 PMGreece has opened its first underwater museum off the coast of Alonissos.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet Forest, the world's tallest giraffe
Friday - 07/31/2020 - 12:45 PMA male giraffe living in a zoo in Australia has been crowned the tallest of them all, hitting a giddy 5.7 meters (18 feet, 8 inches).
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Epic 14-year road trip stalled in South America
Thursday - 07/30/2020 - 12:09 PMRoad warriors Karen Catchpole and Eric Mohl had rattled in their trusty Silverado for 14 years from the top of the Western Hemisphere in Alaska to the bottom of South America.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Whipped cream, fly and drone sculpture unveiled in London
Thursday - 07/30/2020 - 12:54 PMA giant swirl of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone has become the latest artwork to sit atop Trafalgar Square's sought after Fourth Plinth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'It's the fear factor.' English pub owner installs electric fence to keep customers at a safe distance
Monday - 07/13/2020 - 04:53 PMBusinesses have had to embrace social distancing during the pandemic, and perhaps none more so than an English pub which installed an electric fence to keep thirsty customers at bay.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - One woman, four men and weeks in Norway's Arctic ice
Friday - 07/17/2020 - 11:58 AMThe summer before I turned 40 -- with my fertility ebbing, as everyone with a vested interest in such things felt the need to remind me -- I decided to set sail on the biggest adventure of my life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Australian island once won in a poker game is up for sale
Thursday - 07/16/2020 - 09:31 PMA fully serviced private island in Australia's Southern Great Barrier Reef is now on the market -- just in time for those who want a place to ride out the Covid-19 pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The handful of countries still welcoming US tourists
Tuesday - 07/14/2020 - 10:38 PMMost of the world has been shut off to American tourists as US coronavirus cases continue to spike.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Penguins take a field trip to Chicago's Field Museum
Sunday - 07/12/2020 - 02:59 PMPenguins from the Shedd Aquarium spent the day at the Field Museum checking out their ancestors, like the T.
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