When my husband suggested that a holiday in the Bahamas with our four-year-old daughter, Inez, might be an opportunity to relax, I was sceptical. But the idea of escaping the dreary British weather appealed, so I signed up for a family getaway at the all-inclusive Beaches resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Our trip […]
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8 Things No One Tells You About… The Greek Islands
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‘No such thing’ as man-made islands in South China Sea, says Beijing
There’s “no such thing” as man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, Beijing said on Thursday, adding that all construction work presently underway in the area is for civilian purposes only, including some “necessary defensive facilities.” Beijing has laid claim to nearly all of the resource-rich South China Sea, through which an estimated $ […]
China can now deploy warplanes to disputed artificial South China Sea islands at any time
Thomson Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China appears to have largely completed major construction of military infrastructure on artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea and can now deploy combat planes and other military hardware there at any time, a U.S. think tank said on Monday. The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), part […]
8 Greek Islands You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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China: Even if we’re putting missiles on South China Sea islands, we’re not militarizing them
REUTERS/Jason Lee China is not militarizing the South China Sea, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, although he acknowledged that defense equipment on islands in the disputed waterway had been placed there to maintain “freedom of navigation”. China has drawn international criticism for large-scale building in the South China Sea, although Li told reporters in […]
Buy THESE three islands for LESS than the price of a house in the UK
For many, owning their own home one day is their dream; but with soaring house prices, the reality of this seems like a lifetime away. So the thought of owning your own private island is usually not even on the tables. But now, you could own not one, but three islands for just £142,473. That […]
MAPPED: The Red Sea and Cayman Islands among the BEST spots for scuba diving
Depending on where you are travelling to, scuba diving seems to one of the activities offered to hundreds of tourists. And with an increasing number of websites offering, advice, lessons and selling equipment, it can get a little confusing as to where exactly should plane your underwater trip. Everyone will have a varied criteria as […]
5 Tropical Islands to Visit Before They Become Tourist Traps
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‘The Romanovs will return,’ man who plans to establish Russian Empire on Pacific islands tells RT
Since the former Russian MP, adventurer, and entrepreneur Anton Bakov announced that he was reviving the Russian Empire by buying three remote Micronesian Islands, the world media has given him acres of coverage. But just how serious are Bakov’s intentions? “Our first contacts with the government of Kiribati were a year and a half ago, […]