Before splurging on expensive kit, however, remember that you can probably rent a lot of stuff from your trekking company. How much kit you buy and what you decide to rent from your trekking company depends on
Budapest’s airport is technically in the city but it’s far from the center, so you’ll need to get a transfer into town. Fortunately, there’s inexpensive public transport toget you to where you want to go. A one-way ticket for bus 100E to the city costs 900 Ft (about US$3) ...
she said. “This is not a small trade. It’s absolutely massive, and they are extremely agile, and they look for lawless countries and very corrupt governments.” Mali, for example, despite not having anything close to a port city and much of the country being positioned in the middle of...
Do you know that by applying online for a new passport or passport extension you will avoid so much pain at the immigration office? For those who live in Jakarta (it doesn’t matter if your National ID/KTP is Jakarta or not) and are thinking of applying or doing the passport extension ...
This kind of ultra-long-haul flight is getting much more common. There are dozens of flights longer than fourteen hours, an amount of time that only a few years ago would have been unthinkable. One of Qantas’ two London flights, with business, premium economy and economy, now includes a...
97.Polar Ice Melt– Monitoring the polar ice melt using satellites like GOCE and GRACE that measures how much mass is on Earth. (GOCE and GRACE Satellites) Aquatics 98.Stream Order– Defining stream size based on a hierarchy of tributaries the Strahler Index (or Horton-Strahler Index) – an...
According to Munene: “Mombasa is caught up in a seesaw mix of being either a cosmopolitan metropolis for everyone in Kenya or a centre of parochial pride for divided ‘coastal’ peoples in need of an ‘outside’ enemy in order to appear united.” With much of Mombasa’s narrative set by...
Much has been written about issues such as technology, privacy rights, sustainability and the green agenda, including in previous issues of The Wealth Report. What is new, and notable, is the growing convergence between them, and the increasing interplay with government agendas. Recognising ...
The area of Kadinlar Pazari in the Fatih district is famed for its Buryan kebab, as well as perde pilavı, both of which are specialities of Siirt, the town on Turkey’s Syrian border where much of the residents here hail from. Preserving tradition The döner is famous worldwide,...
“People are much more aware of infectious diseases now,” she says, adding that, before the pandemic, the number of travelers who booked a pre-trip consultation was pretty low. “Before, they might have gone abroad without consulting anyone. (If the vaccine is mandatory) they’ll have to...