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21 December 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Yes, dear friends, as you will see here, Cuba is an actual country with actual happy people who live their lives (sometimes with difficulty) but othewise cherish and retain their unique history, music and society.
So you think your commute is a nightmare? Try crossing Lagos Nigeria Mega-city Center on a (typically) busy day in Ludo Liu’s harrowing journey. 08 November 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media ‘Do you want to know what it looks like to cross Lagos Nigeria Mega-city Center on a busy day ? “Dive inside…
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Prior to covid, the Heathrow to NYC flights were the most lucrative route on the planet. Photo: British Airways aircraft stand at Terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg 07 November 2021 | Siddharth Vikram Philip and Christopher Jasper | Bloomberg Before Covid-19, there was the $1 billion connection. That’s the revenue that British Airways generated each…
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They glide slowly from one world into another and when they wake up in the morning, they may already be at their destination. 14 June 2021 | Christina Küfner | DW Berlin’s main railway station, Hauptbahnhof, just before 6:30 pm: a long train with midnight-blue carriages stands at Platform 11. Several people roll their suitcases…
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Photo: The MSC Magnifica seen from a canal in Venice in June 2019. Photo: Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images 01 June 2021 | Rebecca Ann Hughes | Apollo Last summer, an Austrian tourist hoping to snap a casual picture with a reclining statue of Napoleon’s younger sister ended up crushing some of her delicate plaster toes…
Disastrous journeys tend to be transformative and more memorable than perfect ones—and actually make us happier. 26 April 2021 | ERIC WEINER | National Geographic (original link) Good trips come and go. Bad trips are forever. There is nothing more forgettable than a journey that goes exactly to plan. That’s why I’ll take a bad…
