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This island is paradise -- but good luck getting there

5 years 3 months ago
The French Polynesia island of Nuku Hiva is an extraordinary part of the world where a traveler can be as far from the crowds as it's possible to be. It offers an intoxicating mix of deserted beaches, spectacular tropical mountains and traditional local culture.

The rapid rise of 'red tourism' in China

5 years 4 months ago
Growing up in Guang'an, Zhang Yiwen always felt a closeness to late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who spent the first 15 years of his life in her home city in the country's western province of Sichuan.

Soviet space shuttle covered in graffiti

5 years 4 months ago
Russia's space agency says it wants to move an abandoned Soviet-era Busan space shuttle to a museum after urban explorers "inflitrate" a storage facility in Kazakhstan and apparently cover it with graffiti.

Flight attendant loses two teeth after altercation with passenger

5 years 4 months ago
Following a series of incidents aboard aircraft, including an assault that left a flight attendant with facial injuries and two missing teeth, the union representing Southwest Airlines' flight attendants is urging the company to take stronger steps to protect its members from an "epidemic of aggression and assault."

How avgeeks have been coping with lockdown

5 years 4 months ago
Their lives revolve around flying, so what happens when a pandemic means they can't fly? Five avgeeks -- aviation fans -- tell CNN about their coping strategies, from flying a simulator to listening to airport noises.

Travel is back -- and so are travel scams

5 years 4 months ago
With more widespread vaccinations and relaxed travel restrictions, many people are making long-awaited vacation plans. But scammers are making plans of their own to separate eager travelers from their money via too-good-to-be-true vacation packages, fake airfare deals and other shady schemes.

Rome debuts hot pizza vending machine

5 years 4 months ago
Raffaele Esposito, the 19th century Neapolitan credited with inventing Italy's most famous type of pizza, may be turning in his grave: Rome has a new vending machine which slides out freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes.

We bought a World War II ship on eBay

5 years 4 months ago
Looking at listings of broken-down boats is something of a ritual for Simon Robins, but his wife Gemma thought he might be taking his passion a little too far when he suggested they purchase a former World War II ship that popped up on eBay.
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