Reasons to Love the World

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• “Noah Strycker is the kind of traveller who likes to meet the locals. But his favourite ‘locals’ are birds, and the people who can help him find them.”

  

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  Are these the ultimate travellers?

  BBC Travel - Dave Seminara

  Noah Strycker is the kind of traveller who likes to meet the locals. But his favourite ‘locals’ are birds, and the people who can help him find them. Noah Strycker is the kind of traveller who likes to meet the locals. But his favourite ‘locals’ are birds, and the people who can help him find …

• “In a world of global tension and conflict, it’s both endearing and unusual that two countries that don’t even share a border have set aside a day solely to appreciate their friendship.”

  

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  Two countries as close as brothers

  BBC Travel - Quinn Hargitai

  When I was growing up, my father used to tell me stories of his travels to Poland. “It was a rite of passage for Hungarian youth,” he said. “Once we got to Poland we would hitchhike around and stay with locals; we’d just need to hold out a small Hungarian flag on the side of the road and we’d be …

• “What the signs lack in punctuation, they make up for by being consistently memorable, thanks to a neat turn of phrase that’s perhaps unexpected from the pens of bureaucrats.”

  

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  Bhutan’s dark sense of humour

  BBC Travel - Chris Dwyer

  What the signs lack in punctuation, they make up for by being consistently memorable, thanks to a neat turn of phrase that’s perhaps unexpected from the pens of bureaucrats. The Land of The Thunder Dragon, as the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan’s full name translates into English, has famously embraced …

• “The Royal Geographic Society’s exhibition Britain from the Air displays aerial photographs of the UK’s extraordinary landscapes. We chose 12 of the most striking and surreal.”

  

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  The extraordinary UK sites you have to see from the air

  BBC Travel - Amanda Ruggeri

  The Royal Geographic Society’s exhibition Britain from the Air displays aerial photographs of the UK’s extraordinary landscapes. We chose 12 of the most striking and surreal. They’ve been nicknamed the Cornish Alps – but from above, these peaks and valleys look more like an alien planet than any …

• “It’s almost an unthinkable practice in our modern era and one that may teach us a lot about generosity: giving to your community until you have little else to give.”

  

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  A surprising way of showing gratitude

  BBC Travel - Cat Perry

  It’s almost an unthinkable practice in our modern era and one that may teach us a lot about generosity: giving to your community until you have little else to give. In remote fishing communities across southeast Alaska live the intensely generous Tlingit (pronounced klink-kit) and Haida tribes, a …

• “Impassioned and perceptive, the king of TV travel doesn’t disappoint in his interview. We talk about Persian chicken, interviewing Obama in Vietnam and the sauces of Oaxaca, Mexico.”

  

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  Bourdain on food, travel and politics

  BBC Travel - Alexander Bisley

  Impassioned and perceptive, the king of TV travel doesn’t disappoint in his interview. We talk about Persian chicken, interviewing Obama in Vietnam and the sauces of Oaxaca, Mexico. More than 15 years in, Anthony Bourdain is still the king of TV travel. His show Parts Unknown – in which food, …