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Most of today's tourists stick to  trendy hotels ,  ritzy restaurants  and  absurdly crowded cities . But  travelers ? They're a different story. They know that true highs are hiding in less-trodden and incredibly remote places. This planet boasts stellar natural wonders and travelers want to explore them all. They need some wide-open spaces -- and we've got a bucket list that definitely hits the spot. Hadrian's Wall Country, United Kingdom Back in the second century, the  Roman emperor Hadrian  commissioned a 73-mile wall that  stretches from coast to coast  in what is now northern England. Its path includes a series of ruinous Roman forts and towns.  Námafjall and Hverarondor Hverir, Iceland Hot springs, fumaroles and  boiling mud pots  make this volcanic wasteland both " strange and fantastic ."  The Namib Desert, Namibia Larger-than-life sand dunes are the ultimate thrill in a desert some  43 million y...

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No one has the same story. No book can predict the right age or the exact date, and no "expert" or blogger will ever know better than you, so let's make that perfectly clear. But at some point, someday, moms... we are going to have to leave our children. I just left my 3-year-old for the first time for 10 days, offline, on another continent. It was excruciating, liberating and completely disorienting. I struggled to find the balance in having two arms again, the seemingly endless time to focus on my own needs and desires, my hands searching for things to do despite my brain's insistence that I could finally sit still. Before I left, I got a pedicure (my toes suddenly unfit for public consumption without a child on my hip). The 19-year-old pedicurist asked what I was looking forward to the most. I was, after all, going to Paris and Florence, two of the most iconic cities in the world. I replied that from where I was sitting, a 10-hour flight all to myself was a...

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The following has been said about tourists:  they eat loudly ,  ask dumb questions and  grope endangered sea turtle species  without permission. As a result, some cities yell  one big f*ck you  to tourists, and we can't say we blame them (other places, of course, are  a bit friendlier ). In a recent survey, money-saving site  Coupon Codes Pro  asked thousands of "global travelers" which cities they've found the most -- and least -- welcoming on their travels. The site provided globetrotters with a list of world cities and asked them to pick the "most welcoming" ones, as well as call out any places that had been particularly "unwelcoming" to them in the past (a highly scientific process, no?). Scientific or not, the answers are surprising: Crowded, chaotic New York topped the charts for "welcoming cities." And the "least welcoming" places include... pretty much every city we've ever wanted to visit. Guess we'll ...

Travel versus college: the eternal debate rages on with no clear-cut winner. Faced with rising tuition costs and a less than satisfying job market, many would-be college students are ditching their knapsacks and textbooks for rucksacks and guidebooks. But is putting your future on hold for a year of travel the best idea? Although both sides have their merits, there are simply some things you'll never learn from scribbling notes in a stuffy lecture hall. Struggling to choose between travel and college? Consider these six lessons travel teaches you that college never will: travel-versus-college-eternal-debate.html

Take a Worthy Tour of a Stunning Diyaluma Waterfall Are you eager to discover a wonderful nature creation more than just a pretty  waterfall in Sri Lanka ? Diyaluma Waterfall is one of best picturesque waterfalls that impress travelers with its might, height and its dramatic location. This spectacular waterfall is located in Badulla district, Sri Lanka and it is the third highest waterfall in the island which is 171 meters in height. Due to its impressive height, incredible scenery and awe-inspiring power of water, it has been more popular among worldwide travelers. To discover this amazing destination and take a photo tour of this  Diyaluma Waterfall , you can reach it conveniently along the A4 Koslanda – Wellawaya road and 06 km away from Koslanda. Or, you can reach via Poonagala from Bandarawela town. However, this waterfall is more accessible than other waterfalls that visitors can view directly from the main road even. This beautiful waterfall is nourished by th...

Discovering the Dramatic Smoky Mountain - Pidurutalagala The feeling you get as you reach into  Pidurutalagala mountain summit is that this is the best nature creation in Sri Lanka which allows you to experience the breath-stealing views. The name itself “Pidurutalagala” (meaning is “straw laden rock”) implies how it riches with green nature allure. Pidurutalagala  or Mount Pedro is located 7.5km from Nuwara Eliya  town, which is the highest peak in Sri Lanka. While  Nuwara Eliya  being a mountain valley consists of a plateau,  Pidurutalagala  mountain peak has 2524m height. It is not just a dramatic mountain, it is also a forest reserve of the topmost elevation which riches with bio diversity too. There are many endemic as well as some rare plants, animals, birds and flowers can be found here and some specific plants which are grown in Himalayas of India also can be discovered in this highland. Appearing to be that of gnarled trunks with many ...

Co-author: Tey Bannerman Ready to take a trek off the beaten festival path? From mountain thermal springs to private secluded beaches to 100% sustainable eco-friendly ventures, all of the festivals on our Top 10 Boutique Festivals list have their own unique points of difference, boldly turning away from current trends to forge their own unique paths on the European festival landscape. If you're looking for those unforgettable experiences that you'll tell your grand-kids about then look no further. 10. Edge of the Lake Festival 2014 Switzerland 27th Jun - 29th Jun 2014 Tickets from €35 (3 day festival pass) The 8th edition of Weekend At The Edge Of The Lake Festival takes place in a little summer alpine paradise: the Géronde Lake in Sierre, Switzerland. With over 5,000 festival goers set to be in attendence for three days and three nights of concerts, live sets, DJ sets and visual art performances all taking place at the shore of the little lake. 9. MS Dockville 20...

What's the biggest corporation that calls your state home? A new map created by the telecommunications company Broadview Networks allows us to visualize the largest companies by revenue in every state. Broadview based its map on revenue information from a Hoover's database of company profiles, and used the location of each company's corporate headquarters to determine which businesses "belonged" to which states. "We noticed that many states did not have companies included in the [Fortune 500] list, so we decided to perform our own research to find the largest company by revenue in each state based on the location of the corporate headquarters," wrote Russ Fordyce, a managing director at Broadview,  in a Tuesday blog post  about the map. Many of the results are pretty intuitive. There's Walmart in Arkansas, General Motors in Michigan and Exxon Mobil in Texas. But in some states, especially the smaller ones, you'll notice some surprisin...

Flying  in the 1950s  did have some elements of luxury we don't see anymore, but the in-flight entertainment experience has come a long way over the years. This photo shows  one  of the first in-flight movies. It's technically not  the  first, despite the banner on the aircraft. This sky-high movie experience took place on April 6, 1925, when an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris screened Hollywood's "The Lost World" from a projector for passengers to enjoy. If you're curious, the  first movie shown during a flight  appears to have been "Howdy Chicago" and was shown on an eleven-passenger hydroplane in 1921.

bbc.co.uk/sinhala පසුගිය සෙනසුරාදා මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකයෙකුට අයත් වෙළඳසැලක් ගිනිබත් කිරීමට විරෝධය පළකරමින් ලබන සඳුදා දිනයේ මුස්ලිම් කණ්ඩායම් කිහිපයක් එක්ව හර්තාලයක් සංවිධානය කර ඇති බවට තොරතුරු ලැබීමෙන් පසු අගනුවර ආරක්ෂාව තර කිරීමට පියවර ගත් බව පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ පොලිස් අධිකාරි අජිත් රෝහණ ප්‍රකාශ කරයි. “සඳුදා හර්තාලයක් පවත්වන බවට තොරතුරැ ලැබිලා තියෙනවා, කලබලයක් ඇතිවීම වැලක්වීමට අවශ්‍ය පියවර අපි අරගෙන යනවා. ආරක්ෂාව තර කර තිබෙනවා,” යැයි ඔහු පැවසීය. පොලිස් ප්‍රකාශකවරයා මේ බව පැවසුවේ බෞද්ධ අන්තවාදීන් පාලනය කිරීමට අපොහොසත්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වගකීම පොලීසිය භාරගත යුතු බව සියලු ජනමාධ්‍යය එක්සත්ව කියා සිටීමෙන් අනතුරුවයි. පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක " එක පුද්ගලයෙකුට පමණක් වරද පැටවීම වැරදියි. මීට කරුණු ගණනාවක් බලපාලා තිබෙනවා " අළුත්ගම දී මුස්ලිම් වැසියන්ට එල්ල කෙරුණ ප්‍රහාරයෙන් හතර දෙනකු ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත් වූ අතර තවත් අසූවකට වැඩි පිරිසක් තුවාල ලද අතර විනාශ වූ නිවාස සහ වෙළඳසැල් ගණන සියයකට වැඩිය. පළාතේ නීතිය හා සාමය ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට අපොහොසත් වූ හෙයින් පොලිස්පති එන් කේ ඉල...