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  • The Tropical Destination Everyone Is Talking About

    Check out this video destination guide of all the epic places to visit in one of the world's greatest countries to travel to: the Philippines.

  • The Vatican City, Italy

    The most widely spread faith in the world, with over 2 billion adherents, is Christianity, approximately half of which are members of the Catholic Church. With such massive numbers, one seventh of the world’s population, the Catholic Church has been infused with a large amount of power over the years. In the past, the Catholic Church was one of the most powerful entities in Europe, and while the effects of liberalism have lessened its control, it still retains an important place in the global stage.

  • I heard you like dolls. May I present the Island of Dolls!

    Once upon a time… there was a little girl and her doll. The vast system of canals and artificial islands called chinampas in the district of Xochimilco in Mexico is home to one of the creepiest places on Earth. The islands were inhabited by one man alone, a hermit by the name of Julian Santana Barrera. One day, he found a young girl drowned in one of the canals. Soon after, Barrera found her doll washed ashore of one of the islands. In the memory of the girl, he hung the doll by a tree. He believed this pleased her spirit, so he began collecting discarded dolls and hanging them from the trees of what would soon become known as Isla de las Munecas, the Doll Island.

  • Church of bones - Sedlec Ossuary

    One of the most unusual places of worship in the world, the chapel in the city of Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic is decorated with the skeletons of over 70,000 people. It is more than just an ossuary. The bones have been carefully arranged in an artistic fashion, with bone chandeliers and garlands of skulls hanging from the ceilings, making the place seem as if made entirely of bones. When rumor hit that soil from the Holy Land had been sprinkled over the small town of Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic, people from all corners of the world chose Sedlec as their final resting place. Hundreds of years after, the place began to pile up with bodies. Priests soon found a solution; to use the bones to redecorate the chapel.

  • Travel to a sci-fi location! Why not?

    Lake Powell is a manmade reservoir on the Colorado River, and the second largest in the United States behind Lake Mead. The lake’s main body stretches along Glen Canyon, but there are as many as 90 side canyons in the area, as well as geographic points of interest like Rainbow Bridge National Monument and the Cathedral in the Desert. Lake Powell is a popular vacation destination. Nearly two million people visit it every year, but so far, unlike astronaut George Taylor (Charlton Heston) and his crew, nobody has discovered a society in which apes have evolved and assumed the role of the dominant species. Scenes from Gravity and John Carter were also filmed at Lake Powell.

  • Spend a night in the hotel prison - Ottawa Jail Hostel

    The Ottawa Jail house, better known as the Nicholas Street Gaol or Ottawa Jail, comes with a lot of baggage. The top floor that has been lovingly restored was where death row inmates awaited their fate, and daily tours are provided for those looking to ingratiate their curiosity. When the jail closed in 1972, Hostelling international was quick to pick up the property, keeping many of the prison-esque features such as brick walls and mental bunk beds in tact so guests can get a real sense of what it’s like to stay in a prison cell.

  • A bizarre tourist attraction - Cu Chi tunnel, Viet Nam

    The Cu Chi Tunnels are located in the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City. This is a popular tourist attraction, but it’s also one of the most bizarre things you are going to see in Vietnam. This is part of a network of tunnels that once stretched for 120 miles. It is hard to imagine but people lived in this underground world for months at a time. The Cu Chi Tunnels were used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War, and it gave them a huge advantage over the US army. Some of the tunnels are a bit tight, but the tourist ones have been made a bit larger to make them accessible to overweight westerners.

  • Ever try a bamboo train?

    The transportation system in Cambodia is mind-boggling on the best of days, but the bamboo train in Battambang takes things to a whole new level. You basically sit on bamboo slats that move along the track at a cruising-speed of about 15 kilometres per hour (about 9mph). If you have ever wanted to run faster than a train, you’ll have no problem doing this – just hop off, and a light jog should put you ahead of the other passengers. The local people refer to this odd form of transport as a ‘nori’, and it can hold up to eight people. It takes about half-an-hour to go from one end of the track to the other – you probably wouldn’t want to go much further than this on a bamboo train.

  • The holy Harmandir Sahib in India

    Built in the Seventeenth Century, the Harmandir Sahib, known as the Golden Temple, is the center of Sikh faith. The fifth Sikh Guru, the leader of the Sikh faith, built Harmandir Sahib as a place of spirituality for all monotheistic faiths, with a door opened on four different sides as a sign of welcome for anyone. In the Nineteenth Century, the upper section of the Temple was covered in gold giving it an added level of beauty, and bestowing upon it the nickname of the Golden Temple. Those who visit the Golden Temple will find that it houses the Guru Granth Sahib, the holiest text of Sikhism, on display at all times.

  • Enjoy Thailand from the air by paramotoring!

    A paramotor is where you paraglide with large propeller attached to your back. Don’t worry – it’s completely painless. The fact that you have the propeller means you can travel much further, and it is almost like having your own flying car (or maybe a flying motorbike). This can be a relatively sedate way to travel once you get used to the height, and you should have plenty of opportunity to take some photos of the stunning Thai landscape below.

  • Enjoy your meal with Sannakji (live octopus)

    Nakji is an octopus you use to make sannakji. How do you make it? Simple. You cut up the live creature, sprinkle some sesame seeds and sesame oil on it and then serve it to your diners. Doesn’t sound so bad? Well most of the time the tentacles are still squirming around on the plate, after all that’s part of the charm. In some places you actually serve the nakji squid whole and alive without cutting it up first! That just sounds…great.

  • Game Of Thrones Destinations In Northern Ireland

    Game of Thrones Season 5 is a long way off but you can cheer yourself up with a trip to Northern Ireland and the dramatic locations where the series was filmed.

  • Snake Vs. Chameleon: Which Side Are You On?

    Amazing video of a Boomslang Snake fighting a Chameleon in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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