This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). I’m kneeling on the tiled floor of my host Annise Lee’s kitchen, sitting next to three of her pink-rubber-gloved Korean girlfriends. Wafts of pungent fish sauce fill the air. It’s a brisk November afternoon in the hills of Coquitlam, Vancouver’s unofficialContinue Reading
Seattle is known for its lush natural landscapes, its coffee and food scene, its grunge music, the Space Needle, and Grey’s Anatomy, but not everyone is aware of its enthusiastic cycling scene. In fact, during the 1890s, Seattle was among the first cities in the United States to construct dedicatedContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). My body is melting into a puddle of gold. In reality, I’m lying on the floor in a timber-clad room suspended over a sparkling Indian Ocean lagoon. Both sound far-fetched, but I’m at a master-led healing retreat in the Maldives, andContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The first time a giant trevally fish hits me on the forehead, I freeze. We’re 39ft below the surface of the ocean at dusk, the inky black water lit only by our torches. Thick with plankton, the beams cut through theContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Finnish people living in Helsinki — a capital set at 60 degrees north, on a peninsula surrounded by Baltic waters — don’t simply brave the elements. Instead, they revel in cold plunges, rejoice in the warmth of cedar-lined saunas and takeContinue Reading
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