But the experience will be extra heavenly if you travel somewhere very dark, very clear and very remote. And the dry climate means cloudless skies are the norm. Splurge on a stay at Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, which has its own observatory and ten luxurious chalets, each with a terrace, telescope and skylight over the bed.
Or join the Tok Tokkie Trails three-day desert walk, on which nights are spent sleeping on a canvas stretcher under the stars. The reserve is around km from Windhoek. To take a dip with endangered species. Main hub Exmouth is 1,km north of Perth. Snorkel with endangered leatherback and hawksbill turtles in Barbados. Two young girls form huaorani tribe in the amazon rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador Dreamstime. To glimpse a unique culture, but to do it sensitively and responsibly. But for some such groups, tourism is providing a cultural lifeline, and travellers staying at lodges or booking tours owned and run by the tribes themselves are helping to keep endangered traditions alive and protect their much-threatened environment from developers , while also giving visitors an authentic insight into how the peoples have existed for centuries: Few have seen this endangered cat.
There are thought to be just 4, to 6, snow leopards left in the wild. Visit in winter, when the snow brings the cats to lower ground and, with the help of local knowledge, trained trackers and spotting scopes, you might be in luck. Flights connect Delhi to regional hub Leh 1. There are six villages in the park; accommodation is in homestays or camping. To inject some Jules Verne adventure into your bucket list you need to head to Iceland.
Lights reveal a cavern of many colours — bruise purples, sulphur yellows, blood reds. Water drip-drips from above, while breaking into song demonstrates the excellent acoustics. It is wonderful, and very weird. Thrihnukagigur is dormant, last erupting over 4, years ago. Tours run 10 May Oct.
Hike up Mount Etna, to stand on one of the most active volcanos in the world. With an airport now on the island, it is now arguably easier than ever to visit. The South Atlantic speck is a crumple of glorious geomorphology — small, but riven with deep gullies, gulches and volcanic after-effects, and swept with semi-tropical lushness. The waters are brim-full of dolphins; the skies wheel with myriad birds. Make the most of the large congregation of whale sharks by snorkelling alongside these gentle giants from January to March. Explore it all by foot by walking some of the Post Box walks, which vary in difficulty but all offer views of the most scenic and untouched parts of the island.
The Post Box walks vary in difficulty, and even the easier ones can be tricky. Be sure to research which ones are best for you. Tiny Tanera Beag, the second-largest of the odd north-western Summer Isles, has never been inhabited — though you might be joined by a few sheep, occasionally brought here to graze. You can sea kayak from the mainland, over Badentarbet Bay and around larger inhabited Tanera Mor to reach Tanera Beag.
Tanera Mor is 3km offshore; Tanera Beag is just beyond. Antarctica is a land of grand voyages. Powerful, dangerous, but undeniably exciting. The chance to venture where so few others have visited is perhaps the very reason it tops so many wish lists. To visit a place even less well known to travellers, embark on a cruise into the Weddell Sea to the east. The crashing icebergs, vast ice floes and often unpredictable and treacherous conditions will show you what real adventure looks and feels like.
Spot a variety of wildlife including impressive baleen whales just under the surface and colonies of penguins and seals clustered on the thick ice on top. Weddell Sea voyages are limited to just a few a year. If you want to go, you need to be organised and plan well in advance. Head north to the Arctic for a cruise down the little-seen seas of the North-East Passage. Expect walruses and polar bears. No other mountain manages to combine such a wealth of wow-factors to tick all those boxes: Tick, tick, tick, tick.
Kilimanjaro cannot be climbed independently. Choose a longer trip to allow more time for acclimatisation and increase your chances of success. Hop in an iconic vintage motor before they get scrapped. A gentle thaw in relations with their big neighbours to the north means that some travel to the island has become slightly easier for American citizens and some trade restrictions have been lifted.
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Closer encounters with massive mammals. You can see whales in lots of places, but there are few spots where you can actually give one a hug. Despite having been hunted to near extinction, these greys bear no grudge; indeed, they bump into boats and surface within touching distance, inviting pats and strokes. Activity varies by month.
In February you see more breaching adults; calves grow more confident in March-April, approaching boats more frequently. From Jan-April you can swim with humpbacks in the Dominican Republic. To record a spectacular photo of the northern lights that you saw. One way to increase your chances of filling that memory card is to join an aurora photography tour. Your daylight hours will then be spent exploring the wild Arctic terrains that best yield luminous results — Finland, Norway, Sweden or Canada. October-November and February-March are the best times to see the northern lights.
Dark skies yield better displays — avoid full moon. To be in the best place when the world goes weird. Total eclipses — when the moon blocks out the sun, basking the earth in an eerie glow — happen roughly every 18 months. Sometimes being in the path of an eclipse is simple. On 21 August the total eclipse swung right across the middle of the USA, visible in states such as Wyoming, Nebraska and South Carolina; its point of greatest eclipse just north-west of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where totality lasted for over two minutes.
Just remember this is a real service, not a cabaret show. Helicopter over the Na Pali coast in Hawaii. Hawaii's Na Pali Coast has to be seen to be believed.
It's a pretty understated name for miles of sheer volcanic ridges that plunge thousands of feet into the aquamarine waters of the Pacific Ocean, but locals know that the landscape here sells itself. Na Pali can be found on the north-western coast of Kauai, The Garden Island, and is pretty much inaccessible to anyone without a kayak or a helicopter you'll understand why when you see the photos. Fly now, thank us later.
The northern shore of Kauai Island in Hawaii. Heli tours run year round, but are subject to weather conditions. There are a few local operators running tours, and you can easily book online. Oh, and don't forget your camera. We're not sure why: Camping in Bruneau is available pretty much year-round, but you'll get the best stargazing on clear summer nights. Ride horses, swim, fish, ski in winter or rent a sand board from the visitor's centre and try your hand at dune surfing. Enjoy the jaw-dropping views of the Durango and Silverton Railroad. For over years, a little engine that could has been puffing its way through the canyons of Colorado come rain, hail or the invention of electricity.
It's one of America's last remaining steam engines and still runs from Durango to the town of Silverton in the San Juan Mountains, just like it did back in The train runs year-round, usually with one or two departures from Durango each day. Check the website for specific times. There are plenty of carriage classes available, depending on how much you want to spend. The ride takes about three and a half hours each way.
Ribs, turkey, chicken, brisket, burnt ends and pork at Pappy's Smokehouse. Louis, Missouri, is proof that not all barbecue joints are created equal. Owner and competitive barbecuer Skip Steele has mastered a recipe so delicious that they sell nearly 3,kg of ribs every single day. There are two main types of ribs in the US: Pappy's specialises in the former, believing that any barbecue outlet that smothers their ribs in sauce is trying to hide something.
Ribs, he reckons, should be soft and flavoursome, without the need to dress them up. Having tasted Pappy's ribs ourselves, we can't help but concur. Any day is a good day for barbecue. And Pappy's Smokehouse is open on most of them. With your hands — and a whole lot of kitchen roll. Kayak with orcas in Canada's Johnstone Strait. If Willy really did leap to freedom, chances are he would have headed for Johnstone Straight on Vancouver Island, Canada. They even built a Killer Whale research facility out here.
And kayaking really is the best way to explore this wilderness: Peak orca-spotting season is mid-year, when the weather is milder, usually from May to September. Try an organic tipple in Mendocino, San Francisco. Mendocino grows some of the best and greenest wine in the country.
There are plenty of big name wine regions to try in the United States, but for something a little different, head about 90 miles north of San Francisco to the Mendocino region. Sandwiched between Mayacamas Mountains and the Coastal Mountain Range, it grows some of the best and greenest wine in the country. A lot of the vineyards out this way grow all-organic grapes, so you know your drop is as good for the earth as it is for you. Drive north from San Francisco on the Shoreline Highway.
When you reach Van Damme State Park you're nearly there. Autumn is a gorgeous time to visit Mendocino, especially around harvest season in September and October. Try Parducci Wine Cellars if you're looking for a good Chardonnay. They were America's first carbon neutral winery. When it opened in , New River Gorge Bridge was the highest navigable bridge in the world. But time moves on and bridges get higher. It may not be the highest anymore, but it's still a darn impressive sight. New River Gorge is one of the most beautiful spots in the Appalachians.
The bridge takes traffic all day every day, but try and visit around dawn for some great photo opportunities from the nearby cliffs. Once you've driven across, make your way down to the riverbed. You'll get a better sense of scale from beneath the bridge. Mountain bike in Crested Butte, Colorado.
Crested Butte transforms into a mountain biking Mecca in summer. In the winter, Crested Butte is a snow-white powder haven. But in the summertime, when the frost thaws, pink and yellow wildflowers take over the slopes, the skiers leave and the mountains transform into one of America's best mountain biking areas. In fact, Crested Butte claims to have invented the sport. There's a range of trails through the mountains for beginners and experts alike.
You can technically ride year-round, but many of the tracks will be snow covered in winter. Visit in spring and summer for long, warm days and beautiful wildflowers. Don't worry about gear. Crested Butte has enough bike hire stores to keep an army of pedal pushers happy for months. Stand before Turkmenistan's 'Door to Hell'. With a name like that, you know they're not messing about. They decided to set fire to it. After all, how long could it burn?
Well, that was 46 years ago, and the pit shows no signs of slowing down. You can check it out in the middle of Turkmenistan's vast Karakum Desert, which is another spot that doesn't show up on many tourist itineraries. The pit burns all day long that's kind of the point , but it looks best at twilight.
We probably don't need to mention this, but don't peer over the edge. Camp with Nenet reindeer herders in Siberia. Camping with Siberian reindeer herders really is 'once in a lifetime'. Far above the Arctic Circle, on Siberia's windswept Yamal Peninsula, you'll find the Nenet — a nomadic tribe of reindeer herders who've lived here for centuries. Not that it's easy to get to. You've got to take a train, bus and amphibious Trekol just to reach the village of Labrovaya on the tundra. If there's a place with a better claim to 'End of the World', we'd like to see it. The Nenet live a nomadic life near Lake Horomdo, deep in the Siberian wilderness.
There's no high season in Siberia, per se. You travel when it's the least freezing. Labrovaya is run by educator and author Anna Pavlovna Nerkagi, who started the settlement to teach local Nenet children. Sleep with locals in a yurt on the plains of Kyrgyzstan. The yurt is still the king of accommodation in Kyrgyzstan. If you're a semi-nomadic Kyrgyzstan tribesman who still enjoys the odd game of polo using the body of a headless goat , it doesn't make sense to own a campervan.
The yurt is still the king of accommodation out here. It's light, strong, weatherproof and, most importantly, portable. In Mongolia they're known as gers, and they're a common site across central Asia, usually dotting some vast grassy steppe. Many tour companies offer a night's yurt accommodation, but try and snag a spot near the plains above Sun Kul Lake. Time to bust out the atlas. Kyrgyzstan sits between China, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan is pretty seasonal. You want to stick to the warmer months, between May and October. Intrepid Travel runs a bunch of trips through Kyrgyzstan , and they all come with at least a few nights in a yurt.
Venture beneath Istanbul in the Basilica Sistern. Hook into the subterranean drama of the Basilica Cistern. Cistern basically means drain, but Istanbul's Basilica Cistern is to drains what the Sistine Chapel is to roofs. It was commissioned and built by Emperor Justinian in , and it's the largest surviving Byzantine cistern in Istanbul: While the Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar are more obvious attractions in town, neither has the subterranean drama of the Basilica Cistern.
You can find it next to the Topkapi Palace in western shore of the city. Opening hours are 9am to 6pm all year round. Entry costs about TL You can walk through the Cistern on raised wooden platforms, passing between columns and dark pools filled with ghostly carp. Learn to make khinkali dumplings in Georgia. Do Georgian dumplings taste as good as they look? Only one way to find out. Over-tourism in Europe means people are searching for something a little different this year. And they don't come much more different than Georgia. The best way to travel Caucasia? Tuck into khinkali dumplings, make your own vine-wrapped tolma, taste the legendary Georgian vino and pair it with cheese at a local winery.
Trust us — this isn't your typical cooking class. You can't miss foodie hotspots like Tblisi, Yerevan and Sighnaghi. The balmy months of September and October are an ideal time to visit. Taste Georgia run a range of tours in the region. Snack on free pineapple cakes in Tokyo. There are free pineapple cakes to be had in Tokyo. Tucked down a backstreet in Tokyo's trendy Aoyama district is a very strange building. From the outside it looks like a giant game of pickup sticks, or maybe a timber termite mound.
It's actually SunnyHills cake shop — a cult foodie destination that most guidebooks never mention. This place only makes a certain kind of pineapple cake, and they give away free samples to anyone who strolls inside. If you're a fan of cutting edge contemporary architecture or free cake , add it to your Tokyo itinerary. You can't miss it. Just head to Chome—10—20 Minamiaoyama in Aoyama.
SunnyHills is open seven days a week, 11am to 7pm. Just walk inside and sit down. The staff will bring you pineapple cake and tea. If you like the cake, you can buy a few to take home. Challenge yourself with Matt Prior's Adventure Academy. Matt Prior's Adventure Academy will yank you out of your comfort zone. Matt Prior is an adventurer, pilot, photographer and World Record holder.
He's been to over countries on numerous unsupported expeditions and ascended various famous peaks across five continents. He began the Adventure Academy in , in a bid to get regular punters outside of their comfort zone and to help them plan and tackle big expeditions on their own. The idea goes thus: That's half the fun. Somewhere in Indonesia — Prior keeps the exact location under wraps. Courses run for seven days between May and October. Visit the website and book.
Take a morning stroll through Koya San's Okunoin cemetery in Japan. Koya San is home to , ancient tombs. Not a lot of tourists make it to Koya San, a tiny mountain village in the foothills near Osaka, Japan. Probably because it takes about four trains, a cable car and a bus to get there. But one reason people do make the trek is the Okunoin Cemetary: Get up early and walk through to the mausoleum of Kobo-Daishi, where the sun spears through the trees like something out of a Kill Bill movie.
Koya San is a mountain town just southeast of Osaka, Japan. Autumn for amber foliage, spring for the cherry blossoms or winter for snow-covered tombs. The walk to the mausoleum takes about 30 minutes. You can do it in the afternoon, but the angle of the sun is less impressive. Ride camels through Nepal's Nubra Valley. No one has massive expectations when they visit Ladakh, a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas, which probably suits Ladakh just fine.
It makes the Nubra Valley even more impressive when you see it: There are a couple of companies that offer Bactrian camel rides through the valley, leading you past tiny settlements and crystal clear mountain streams.
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In short, you're gonna need a bigger camera. Nubra sits in the high passes of Ladakh, just north of Leh. You probably want to visit Ladakh during the mild summer season, which is June to September. Riding a camel is just like riding a bike — if your bike has eight knees and spits at you. Join the Great Wall Marathon in China. Could you hack a marathon on the Great Wall of China? This is what bucket lists were built for: Beginners can start with a 10km course or there's a half and full marathons if you're a little more hardcore.
This is the only Chinese-supported marathon in the country, and it attracts some top international talent. You have to keep your wits about you though: Might be worth booking a few extra nights in Beijing to recuperate. Reflexology foot massage anyone? The race runs every April, and it usually pays to book in advance.
You can lock in your place privately, or go through a tour group like Travelling Fit. Eat raw fugu in Osaka, Japan. Go fugu hunting in Osaka for a death-defying sushi experience. Fugu is a kind of puffer fish with a lethal dose of tetrodotoxin inside. Not what you'd expect on the menu, but it's become a bit of a cult Osaka delicacy, especially with a certain breed of macho Western traveller. Fugu's flesh is grey and the texture is vaguely chewy, which, combined with the whole possibility of death thing, probably explains its lack of international appeal.
Head straight for Osaka's Shinsekai district. You can eat fugu pretty much year round. Fugu is generally served as sashimi raw or chirinabe a Japanese hot pot. Just make sure they've removed the liver, ovaries and eyes — they're the toxic bits.
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Drive the Karakoram Highway through Pakistan. In the s and '70s, workmen blasted a highway through km of the most rugged and inhospitable terrain on earth: Today, it's one of the world's truly great drives and is regarded as one of the eighth wonders of the world. The Karakoram Highway is basically the asphalt version of a time machine. As you drive along, you're really retracing the movement of Buddhism into China, the worn donkey tracks of ancient caravans and the path of the old Silk Road. Strike north from Islamabad, Pakistan and you'll pick up the highway at Hasan Abdal.
As the highest paved road in the world, The Karakoram Highway is weather dependant. Visit in spring or summer when the weather is milder. The highway is paved, so it's a relatively smooth drive. The route's highlight is the 4,m Khunjerab Pass. Survey the abandoned streets of Japan's Hashima Island. Japan's Hashima Island makes for an eerie day out. In the James Bond movie Skyfall, Hashima Island made an excellent villain's lair, but most people don't know that it's a real place in Nagasaki Bay that you can actually visit. The island was basically the tip of an enormous undersea coal mine, which closed down in Now, nothing remains but the ghostlike apartment buildings and weed-choked pavements.
Spooky, but culturally significant. Nagasaki Bay on the south-west tip of Japan. Tours run most days and cost about 4, Yen. Tourists can't walk through the whole city, but there's a special walkway around the outside of the island. Drive through rainbow danxia in Zhangye, China. Danxia National Geological Park is a pretty spectacular place for a stroll. What is a danxia? Danxia are basically a type of petrographic geomorphology crazy sandstone to you and me arranged into technicolour slopes and rocky plateaus.
As far as phenomenon like erosion and strata go, they're pretty sexy. To see them you'll have to head to China, as a weird quirk in geology means that the vast majority of these land formations are only found there. There are a few spots to choose from, but Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park is probably the most popular.
Early autumn September and October is a great time to travel in China. The weather is relatively warm and rain is rare. A wooden boardwalk runs through the Danxia Park. It's a pretty spectacular place for a stroll. Catch a hip hop gig in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. New Mass Club in Ulaanbaatar dishes up local hip-hop acts. Hip hop in Mongolia? Yep, it's a thing. Tucked among the post-Soviet concrete streets of Ulaanbaatar you'll find a thriving urban subculture, driven by cultural history, political radicalism, and breakbeats.
Artists here usually rap in Khalkha, the traditional Mongol dialect, and use their lyrics as a vehicle for social change or to remember traditional Mongolian folk stories. It's a world away from the streets of New York, but you can't deny that it sounds great. New Mass Club in Ulaanbaatar often features some great live hip-hop performances from local artists like Gennie and Quiza.
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Check club schedules for upcoming performances or if you're on a group tour ask your tour leader about what's good around town. Just enjoy the beat. Cycle around Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan. Taiwan's Sun Moon Lake makes a damn fine cycling spot. Taroko Gorge is probably Taiwan's most famous natural wonder, but coming in a close second is the stunning Sun Moon Lake. The location is epic — nestled high up in Taiwan's central mountain range, and surrounded by jungle-covered slopes.
But the real magic takes place at dawn. The sun turns the waters from blue to gold, and fisherman emerge to cast nets in silhouette. No wonder CNN ranked the cycle track around the lake as one of the best in the world. Sun Moon Lake is bang in the middle of Nantou County. Just follow the highway down from Taroko Gorge. Try September through to November. The nights are balmy and mild, and you get off-peak prices.
There are a bunch of hotels around the lake, mostly in Shueishe Village. You can hire bikes year-round. Sail Burma's Myeik Archipelago. Mergui was literally off-limits to travellers since the late s. Mergui or Myeik as it's also known is the kind of place you dream of finding. Cut off from the outside world, it was literally off-limits to travellers since the late s, it's an idyllic archipelago populated by semi-nomadic, free-diving sea gypsies.
Tourism here is still finding its feet, but there are a couple of companies that run sustainable sailing trips through the islands. You'll need to do a bit of sleuthing for this one. Mergui is off the coast of southern Burma, just south of the town of Myeik. Avoid the wet season, travel in the dry season are equatorial words to live by.
Visit from October to February and you'll be fine. Burma Boating run sailing tours through Mergui. Crew a paraw in the Philippine archipelago. Sail around remote islands on the Philippines Sailing Challenge. If you've been a bit lax with your Filipino boat taxonomy, a paraw is a traditional tri-maran that's been cruising the waters of the Philippines for hundreds of years. And we know where you can race them. Yes, you and your team join a crew of local sailors to race other travellers from island to island.
Sailing skills aren't necessary, just a sense of adventure, and maybe a strong stomach. You can meet locals, pick up some nautical wisdom, complete challenges and relax on some of the best beaches we've ever seen. It's like Castaway, but without the terror and loneliness. Weather's crucial for this one a paraw is not where you want to be when a storm hits , so these trips run in April and November, when the seas are calm.
Large Minority run this epic adventure, and there are still spots open for Grab your super soaker for the Songkran Water Festival. Bring your own water cannon at Songkran festival. Technically this is a celebration of New Year in Thailand. It actually began as a peaceful ceremony, where young Thais seek the blessing of their elders by gently pouring water over their hands. Somewhere along the way someone decided to bring a super soaker, and the rest is history.
Thousands of people take to the streets, and tourists are definitely fair game. Chiang Mai is probably the wildest Songkran Festival in town, but if you're after something a little milder, try Lamphun. Songkran usually runs from April 13— There's no real way of avoiding the chaos if you're out and about on the streets. Best just to grab some water bombs and join in.
Sail the southern beaches of Sri Lanka. Sail Sri Lanka with a little help from G Adventures. Most Sri Lanka tours run a loop of the spice island, usually with an inland jaunt to the misty tea fields of Kandy. But you'll get a different view from the canopy of your own catamaran, clipping through the waves off the coast of Galle and Kudawella. Snorkel the waters near Welipatanvila by day, and then kick back on the beach with a seafood BBQ at sunset. Pray for crab, it's crazy good here.
Sri Lanka's southern coast is dotted with white sand beaches. The best run from Galle to Welipatanvila. Just avoid the monsoon. You'll be fine from February to April, and November to December. Tour operators like G Adventures run regular departures during peak season.
Climb to the Tiger's Nest in Bhutan. Tiger's Nest in Bhutan defies both belief and gravity. Taktshang, or Tiger's Nest, is the most beautiful temple going. It also happens to be found in one of our favourite countries: The white walls of Tiger's Nest were destroyed by fire in and rebuilt at serious expense. Today it's looking more beautiful than ever, and trust us — photos don't do this place justice. Deep in the Paro Valley, west Bhutan. Spring is a beautiful time to visit Bhutan, but if you're looking for solitude, avoid early April.
The Paro Tshechu festival draws big crowds then. The only way to reach Tiger's Nest is to hike.
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There's talk of building a proper highway through the mountains, but the site wouldn't be the same without the pilgrimage. Drive a rickshaw through Cambodia. Take Cambodia by rickshaw with Large Minority. Travelling through Cambodia is already a joy, but racing through it behind the handlebars of your own three-wheeled rickshaw is even better. You and your team start in Siem Reap and work your way through checkpoints on the way to Phonm Penh, dodging potholes and completing challenges along the way.
It's a new form of independent group travel from tour operator Large Minority. The next Cambo Challenge kicks off in October, which happens to be a great time if you want to dodge some crowds. No rickshaw experience necessary — the trip comes with a full driver training day in Siem Reap.
Hang Son Doong is the biggest cave in the world. It's hard to put the sheer size of Hang Son Doong Cave into perspective, but we'll give it a try. It's the biggest cave in the world: The weird thing, though, is that no one knew this until about , when British cavers stumbled on it and had to search their bags for wide-angled camera lenses to fit it all in. Tours of the cave book up well in advance and are date-sensitive.
You'll have to plan it about a year in advance. Not only can you explore this mammoth subterranean structure, but you can camp out in it too. Just ask for a OxalisBYO cave helmet with flashlight on top. Get down and dirty at this Korean mud festival. Every year the sleepy coastal town of Boryeong swells from a population of about , people to several million.
Grey, gloopy, cosmetically useful mud. The mud plains near Daecheon are full of good things like Germanium and Bentonite, and the festival features a variety of mud massages, huge inflatable mud slides, live music, mud wrestling, mud fireworks yes, really and marine style mud combat training. If it's mud-based and madness, it's here. Daecheon swimming beach in Boryeong, South Korea.
It probably goes without saying, but keep the good clothes, watches and glasses at home. Check out the new elevated Skypark in Seoul, South Korea. You might have heard of New York's High Line — a decommissioned rail line-turned park that rides high above the streets below. As of last year, Seoul has its own version — the Seoullo or Skypark. It's about a kilometre in length, home to over 24,00 plants, not to mention cafes, art exhibitions, kids' playgrounds, live music and galleries. You can even stand above giant glass potholes, which give you a great view to the ground, a dizzying 17m below.
Just look for the giant park-covered walkway thing.