Welcome to Costa Del… Iceland?
Planning a trip is difficult at the moment, but one of the easier places to travel to (if you’ve been fully vaccinated) is Iceland. Is it on the green list? Yes. Is it the classic summer holiday? Hmm, not so much.
Costa Rica’s amazing volcanoes
Costa Rica has over 200 volcanic formations, but what does all this volcanic activity mean for the country’s biodiversity?
Vietnam’s milky breast fruit
The Vú Sữa fruit is particularly popular in Vietnam and is said to taste like coconut!
Welwitschia mirabilis: The world’s toughest plant
Last year, I decided my bathroom needed brightening up with a plant of some kind. But the windowless, sunlight-abandoned room didn’t really seem like the best place for a living creature (apart from me during my toileting and showering). After a bit of research, I settled on an orchid. Needless to say, my bathroom now features two dead sticks in a pot.
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the northern lights
It’s an amazing sight that many of us have on our bucket lists (alongside such experiences as sky diving with dolphins or something) but what exactly are the northern and southern lights? And do the northern lights constantly tease the southern ones about wearing a coat? Allow me to answer one of those questions.
Samoa: The country that travelled to the future
For centuries, people have written stories about time travel. What if you could skip forward and see what the future’s like? What if you could meet your great-great-great-grandchildren and tell them what an awesome guy their great-great-great-grandfather was? Well what if I told you time travel is real, and that the people of Samoa are the ones who finally managed it?