When the Maldives appears in glossy travel brochures, it’s framed by images of over-water villas, infinity pools and honeymooners sipping cocktails as the sun sets. However, with the Maldives’ Ministry of Tourism reporting well over 2 million tourist arrivals in 2024,...
From forgotten Buddhist temples to bullet-marked colonial forts, discover the best things to do in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. For decades, Jaffna was cut off from the outside world. During Sri Lanka’s protracted civil war, the peninsula was considered a no-go zone, its roads...
From beautiful beaches to sacred Hindu temples perched atop cliffs, discover the best things to do in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka’s up-and-coming port city. Just 20 years ago, Trincomalee was effectively a no-go zone. As the Sri Lankan Civil War raged around this...
Discover the brutal and bloody story of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka’s iconic and top-rated tourist attraction. High above the forests of central Sri Lanka, a great block of volcanic stone rises from the plains, its summit scarred with the remains of ancient walls,...
Discover the King’s Highway, an ancient trade route which could be the world’s oldest continuously used road. Here’s what happened when I road tripped its surviving fragments in modern-day Jordan! The King’s Highway is one of the oldest continuously used roads...
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