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Curaçao is more than beautiful beaches. From the colorful waterfront of Willemstad and quiet coastal coves to coral reefs, national parks, scenic drives, local flavors and unforgettable island experiences, this Caribbean destination offers something for every kind of traveler. Curaçao...

Dublin, 1904. Nora Barnacle is a 20-year-old from Galway, working as a maid at Finn’s Hotel. On June 16th, Bloomsday, her life is changed when she meets Dubliner James Joyce - a fateful encounter that turns into a lifelong love. Despite his hesitation to marry, Nora follows Joyce in pursuit of a life beyond Ireland. But as their life unfolds, Nora finds herself in conflict between their intense desire for each other and the constant anxiety of living in poverty throughout Europe.

Embark on a journey like no other. The Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St James, is one of the most famous pilgrimage routes in the world. Leading to the shrine of St James in Spain’s Santiago de Compostela, this historic journey has been undertaken by millions of people from all walks of...

In 1517, the Ottoman Sultan Selim "the Grim" conquered Egypt and brought his empire for the first time in history into direct contact with the trading world of the Indian Ocean. During the decades that followed, the Ottomans became progressively more engaged in the affairs of this vast and previously unfamiliar region, eventually to the point of launching a systematic ideological, military and commercial challenge to the Portuguese Empire, their main rival for control of the lucrative trade routes of maritime Asia.

Provence, 1970 is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic culinary figures James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone Beck, and Judith Jones found themselves together in the South of France. They cooked and ate...

Ian Fleming’s world travels and interests, as well as his journalism and wartime experiences, lent authority to everything he wrote. In 1959, the Sunday Times commissioned Fleming to write a series of dispatches from the world’s most beguiling locales. The result was Thrilling Cities, a masterpiece of well-observed travelogue that stands ably alongside the author’s Bond canon.

Embark on a journey through the vast and uncharted waters of exploration, as suggested by the gripping title. This podcast delves into themes of adventure, discovery, and the profound encounters between cultures during a pivotal era of maritime exploration. With each episode featuring a new complete audiobook, listeners are invited to experience the rich narratives that recount the trials and triumphs of explorers like James Cook, who navigated the Pacific and sought the elusive Northwest Passage. This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations that illuminate the complexities ...

This collection offers two dozen essays and sketches about one of the passions of Salter’s life, travel, a subject beloved by writers across the centuries. Over twenty years of skiing, hiking, climbing from Colorado to Japan to the Tyrol, from Austria and Switzerland to Germany and France, Salter is an engaging companion sharing his great enthusiasm and adventures.

When James Blake discovers his wife murdered in their London home, he is determined to find her killer. As the prime suspect, he flees England and sets out on a journey that takes him to Florence and Venice and into a dark underworld of corruption, a trail that will lead him to the killer - and the shocking truth behind the mystery.

Kayak adventurer Jim Payne can’t stop running away from home. After solo trips on American and English waterways, recounted in One Inch above the Water (2008) and Discovering England (2012), Payne shares four more harrowing and humorous adventures in Worlds to Discover: Facing angry bulls and breached dams on the Connecticut River.

Hello friends, Welcome to our channel! We are James and Yami. This is a brief introduction to our Show/Vlog & Podcast. We have a sincere passion to assist, share, and reach out to existing and new arriving foreigners into the Philippines with expat experiences, blessings, and challenges. We interview existing expat foreigners about their experiences with retirement, pensions, social security, dating, marriage, passports, retirement visa's, house/lot building, private & PhilHealth Insurance, Province v. City relationships/budgets, and more, as a goal to help and bless others. My Filipina wife ...

In Spain Without the Plane much-loved broadcaster Ian James takes you on a wonderful 3000-mile round trip from London to Ibiza by train and boat. It's the ultimate no-fly holiday! Welcome to a journey of discovery. This is more than just a travel book - it's an uplifting and inspiring travel guide with helpful advice and amusing diversions along the way.

Hello and welcome to a light hearted informational show all about Pembrokeshire. We will be travelling around the county by tuk tuk seeking out the top attractions a d reporting back on what we find.

An experienced geologist with years of study in sedimentology, Chris Severson shares his passion for the Delta at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Introduced to the Delta as a young adult, the author ventures into this wild and fascinating region for many, many years. The stories herein tell of adventure, mishaps and perils while giving a view into the beauty of the delta and a geologic picture of the building and destructive forces at work to have created this ever changing, amazing landscape.

The Erica James Travel Show is hosted by travel agent/blogger Erica James. She shares her passion for travel with podcast listeners. This is the best travel podcast for the everyday traveler, the casual traveler and the beginner traveler. Rather than encouraging you to quit your day job and travel full time, the free travel podcast encourages practical travel that makes sense in the real world. From tips about how to pack, reviews of destinations and interviews with experts, Erica James aims to help new travelers as they ease from guided trips and cruises to exploring on their own.

Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a young man from Raiatea, to his homeland, but in fact to attempt the discovery of the Northwest Passage (a proposed route from the Pacific to the Atlantic north of Canada). Cook commanded HMS Resolution and was accompanied by Captain Clerke commanding HMS Discovery. After sailing to the Pacific via Tenerife, Cape Town and New Zealand, Omai was returned to his home, after which Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and then ...

Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a young man from Raiatea, to his homeland, but in fact to attempt the discovery of the Northwest Passage (a proposed route from the Pacific to the Atlantic north of Canada). Cook commanded HMS Resolution and was accompanied by Captain Clerke commanding HMS Discovery. After sailing to the Pacific via Tenerife, Cape Town and New Zealand, Omai was returned to his home, after which Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and then ...

Travel the world with singer, songwriter, and award-winning author Nemo James and his wife, Federika. No checklists, no clichés — just real situations, real people, and the stories you don’t find in guidebooks. Uploaded every Saturday and Tuesday at 6 am GMT.

A podcast about the underground history of London. Hidden places and forgotten stories beneath the City.

Personal Narrative provides fascinating insight into the earliest clashes that were beginning to occur between citizens of the travelers from the east, Native Americans and Mexicans as United States began its great westward expansion. Pattie’s book fully explores the dangers of life as a trapper in the wilderness of the far west, including during one episode after Pattie and a group of French trappers were attacked and only three of them survived.