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Asia's Best Beaches - with extra thrills There are loads of lovely places to flop on the sand - but where's the fun in that? Discover our pick of the 22 best South-East Asian beaches that offer a bucket load of adventure including: Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and more... Explore Yosemite We show you how to celebrate this Californian National Park turning 125 in style - using catered camping in the beautiful backcountry Bryson on Britain Read our exclusive extract from Bill Bryson's brand new travel book – The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island - and catch our interview with the man himself Amazon Join us as we head for the biodiversity of Brazil to discover the food, the people and the wildlife that are connected by this great river Iran With travel restrictions easing there's never been a better time to discover travel's hottest new destination PLUS: Booking Air BnB? Read this first; first 24 hours in Sao Paulo; take a short break to the Isle of Skye; Gran Canaria away from the holiday resorts; and much, much more...

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Zagori, Greece • Accessible only via donkey paths for centuries, the lush gorge and stone-built villages of the Zagori region remain a hidden world even today. Jessica Reid reports back from Greece's newest World Heritage site

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What's New • The latest museum (and country) openings, plus flights and UNESCO sites to get you packing…

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) • This holiday is largely celebrated between 31 October and 2 November, and is significant across many Latin American cultures. But to see where it all started, head to Mexico…

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Return to the arena • With the sequel to the hit film Gladiator in cinemas, Tom Hawker looks at the familiar filming locations giving it a nostalgic edge

Read this! • From early-20th-century icons to nomadic tales, the experts at Stanfords pick the latest reads to inspire your adventures

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Breakfast in Shanghai • Michael Zee spent five years in China researching, photographing and filming for his new book, ZaoFan: Breakfast of China. Here, he takes us to Shanghai, the megacity that made its fortune on trade and spent its riches on food, to see how locals there start the day

Privilege and power • Not everyone is fortunate enough to travel freely; for those of us that can, we have the potential to make a positive impact. Karen Edwards delves into the challenges and power of travel

Eyes on the road • Having an eye for adventure is one thing, but you still have to take care of your vision while you travel, writes optometrist Mark Holloway

Amazing voyages • We pick 20 new expedition cruises for the year ahead that put the adventure back into the high seas

Our Habitas Ras Abrouq, Zekreet Peninsula, Qatar • Peel west of the glittering skyline of Doha to discover a resort in a secret corner of Qatar where nature has yet to loosen its grip and the only neighbours are wild oryx

Malta with a dash of history • With its crusader-built citadels, elegant palazzi and historic towns, where you stay in Malta can often add a whole new slant to the island's eventful past

We're not in Kansas anymore • We join a team of storm chasers on a unique tour of the USA's Great Plains to learn...