The path of destruction of Hurricane Irma up Florida’s Gulf Coast and the islands of the Caribbean is expected to disrupt the region’s thriving tourism sectors – just months ahead of the busy winter travel season – when Northern Hemisphere holidaymakers typically seek out the more tropical climates.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were two of the most notorious outlaws of the American Wild West. Most people are familiar with their story due to the 1969 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford in which they flee to Bolivia to escape the law. But what is not covered in the film is the time they spent in Argentina’s Patagonia.
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In the remote South Pacific on Pentecost Island, men of the Sa Tribe build a 98-foot tall tower out of jungle wood, climb to the top, and jump off, tethered by vines tied around their ankles. Welcome to the island that gave birth to the crazy practice which in the West is known as Bungee Jumping!
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Laced amongst the 1.3 billion people of China, 56 ethnic minority groups make their home in various provinces across the country. One of the largest of these minorities, with a population of over 7 million people, is the Miao people located in the mountainous region of South West China.
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Watching a ‘corrida de toros’ (bullfight) is certainly not for the faint hearted, but to experience true Mexican culture you cannot beat the drama and pageantry that occurs both in the ring and amongst the spectators in the crowd.
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