Travel

(CNN) — Spot the odd one out in this list of global cities: Hong Kong, Zurich, Singapore and… Ashgabat? The Turkmenistan capital might not spring to mind when listing deep-pocket destinations, but Ashgabat is now the world’s second most expensive city for overseas workers, according to Mercer’s newly released Cost of Living Survey. While it’s
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Eleuthera, Bahamas (CNN) — Friendly and unassuming, the Bahamian island of Eleuthera offers languid, daydreamy, toes-in-the-sand, drink-in-hand getaways. The sinuous island — with a name taken from the Greek word for freedom — is also audaciously good looking. High cliffs braced against the Atlantic line the eastern shore. To the west, clear aqua water laps
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(CNN) — Just weeks after restarting domestic flights, Indonesian carrier Lion Air has canceled them again, citing issues with passengers not following Covid-19 regulations. The Lion Air group, which also includes Batik Air and Wings Air, began slowly reintroducing short-haul flight routes on May 10. But the restored flights did not last long. The company
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(CNN) — In this new normal where everything is a calculation, summer vacation presents a whole host of questions. Is (fill in anything fun) safe? While there are few activities that are risk-free, thinking scenarios through goes a long way toward making summer travel plans that sound reasonably safe — and fun. Here are some
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(CNN) — Preparing to jump out of the second-floor window and into the river below, I felt the acute sense that my anxiety was about to be washed away. It was a balmy July day in perhaps the most quintessential of English locations, a mill house on the River Avon. There was the burble of
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(CNN) — Across Europe, beaches are getting ready for their first socially distanced foreign visitors, hotels are airing out rooms and restaurants are laying alfresco tables. With borders now open, the travel industry is trying to salvage as much of the peak tourist season as possible. Right now, almost everyone’s invited, but despite the alluring
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It’s painstaking work that took entire careers to complete. But now, archeologists — or at least their tools — are taking to the skies. A new remote-sensing technique called lidar, or light detection and ranging, can produce detailed models of any terrain, revealing secrets usually hidden by tree canopy and forest. This laser mapping is
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(CNN) — As concerns over the environmental cost of flying continue to mount, green propulsion systems can offer an ethical alternative. Electric motor technology is due to reach a new milestone Thursday with the first flight planned of the world’s largest all-electric aircraft. The nine-passenger eCaravan plane is the result of a collaboration between engine
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(CNN) — On most days I am loyal to my locally owned coffee shop. I spent years working as a barista myself, pulling shots of espresso and pouring silky steamed milk into ceramic mugs — a wiggle of the wrist to finish it off with a snow-white pattern in caramel-colored foam. My fellow third-wave coffee
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(CNN) — Want to get away from it all? And would you want to go, or go back to, what is arguably the best city in America? Well, visiting San Francisco may not be possible at the moment. But with a few digital and analog resources, a little effort and a handful of that magical
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