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For a deeper understanding of spirituality in Bali, it helps to go to the source

For a deeper understanding of spirituality in Bali, it helps to go to the source

For a deeper understanding of spirituality in Bali, it helps to go to the source. @AirbnbExperiences host Ngurah is the village priest at Pura Gunung Merta, a hilltop temple overlooking lush rice terraces. He welcomes you inside to show how religious practices shape life on the island—then lets you take part. “In Bali, you cannot tell which one is ritual, which one is real life. It’s just there all together.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow @airbnbexperiences to get the full story.

For a deeper understanding of spirituality in Bali, it helps to go to the source


This Hotel Serves a Cocktail Made with Gold

This Hotel Serves a Cocktail Made with Gold

If you haven't been to Montreal recently, the Golden Square Cocktail at Montreal's new Four Seasons Hotel (VIDEO ABOVE) is just one reason to book a trip or a pre or post cruise stay in the second-largest French-speaking city in the world.Montreal still has its European lifestyle, credentials as the fashion capital of Canada, and a UNESCO City of Design.It's still the birthplace of Cirque du Soleil, and a global city of festivals ranging from the Canadian Grand Prix race...

This Hotel Serves a Cocktail Made with Gold

How This Cruise is Breaking a World Record

How This Cruise is Breaking a World Record

245 days. 6 continents. 51 countries. 111 ports. Imagine spending August 2019 until May 2020 on a cruise circumnavigating the world. This phenomenal cruise sailing around the world, beginning and ending in London, England, is setting a Guinness World Record for 'longest continuous passenger cruise'.Viking Cruise's 'Ultimate World Cruise' takes over 900 guests on a journey of a lifetime, and one that is attempting to set a world record. Already underway, when the Viking Sun makes a triumphant return to London next spring...


3 Hurricane-Free Caribbean Islands

3 Hurricane-Free Caribbean Islands

Recent, extreme hurricanes have devastated favorite Caribbean island communities.For travel, the impact of more extreme hurricanes is double. It can take years for tourism infrastructure in island destinations to rebuild and welcome visitors again, so your favorite destinations and resorts may be unavailable. Plus some travelers avoid Caribbean island vacations (and cruises) during the Atlantic summer and fall hurricane season, especially during the peak two months of risk mid-August until mid-October, for fear of being stranded or worse if a hurricane hits...

3 Hurricane-Free Caribbean Islands

Where's the Best Place to Spend a Day at Sea on the Seabourn Ovation?

Where's the Best Place to Spend a Day at Sea on the Seabourn Ovation?

Everyone who sails on Seabourn finds their favorite niches and idyllic space on board. We compare notes with each other and other guests. For some, it's Seabourn Square, the community 'living room' on board, where morning coffees are crafted by baristas, greetings exchanged between guests, and guests meet with guest services in their open concept lounge. For others, it's one of Seabourn's distinctive restaurants, where fine dining, including a restaurant by America's most decorated Michelin-starred chef Thomas Keller, meets high design. And some...


Flying High to Your Next Cruise with Seabourn Private Air To and From Cruise Ports World-Wide

Flying High to Your Next Cruise with Seabourn Private Air To and From Cruise Ports World-Wide

It's hard to imagine what luxury could possibly improve on a Seabourn cruise, where they've perfected ultra-luxury service that anticipates your needs and surprises you with delights every day… but now the cruise line has discovered something more to offer.Guests can now reserve Seabourn Private Air – a private chartered jet service to transport you to and from ports of embarkation or debarkation, ports of call, and mid-voyage overland optional journeys – for Seabourn cruises all over the world.The service...

Flying High to Your Next Cruise with Seabourn Private Air To and From Cruise Ports World-Wide

You Can Take a Dip at the Edge of the World's Largest Falls

You Can Take a Dip at the Edge of the World's Largest Falls

Daredevils and adventure-seekers can't resist! People really do take a dip in the natural pool at the top of this world-famous, record-breaking waterfalls. It's the largest falls in the world: 1708 meters (5604 feet) across and 108 meters (354 feet) high. If you're up to date on your geography trivia, you'll realize that's not the highest or the widest falls in the world. But that incredible combination of height and width results in a sheet of falling water unmatched in...


These 3 Latin American Cities Turn 500 This Year

These 3 Latin American Cities Turn 500 This Year

In 14 hundred and 92, Columbus sailed the ocean blue (as the rhyme we learned in school goes), and unwittingly unleashed a tsunami of Europeans heading west to explore the Americas.That was half a millennium ago, and now, some of the earliest European settlements in the Caribbean and Latin America are marking 500 years of European settlement.In the years since the 500th anniversary of Columbus' first sailing, the world has gained greater awareness. This new round of anniversaries do more...

These 3 Latin American Cities Turn 500 This Year