Each week, powered by Globalista, we’ll bring you a digest of the weekend’s best travel coverage
In The Times Toby Symington goes to Ski guide school in Whistler “You know it isn’t going to be a normal day on the slopes when you’ve got skins strapped to your skis, an avalanche transceiver strapped to your chest, and a 20kg backpack with a sleeping bag and two days’ worth of dried food.” Symington reveals the trials and tribulations of a four-week ski-instructor course with Alltracks Academy in Canada. Ski Guide School in Whistler.
Phuket, Krabi, and Phi Phi “have come to symbolise the ruinous capacities of tourism, with big hotels jostling for space, and refuse, sewage and pollution problems,” reports Gemma Bowes in The Guardian who is Kayaking Thailand’s hidden lagoons. “Yet, particularly if you travel by kayak, it is still possible to find an unspoilt side to Phang Nga…We made stops to examine quivering red anemones, explore Hong island, a glittering ‘diamond cave’ and watch monkeys, before striking out into open water to paddle from island to island…”
In The Independent Paul Gogarty goes to Mnarani beach, Neilson’s first long-haul destination, where he combines watersports with a safari. “Apart from cycling and sailing, we also made several snorkelling trips to coral-fringed lagoons before kitting up for a dive out on the offshore reef. We also tried windsurfing and ‘bayak’ – canoeing to lunch at a boat club upstream and then cycling back to base…” Gogarty adds that, “The coastal playground and beaches may be huge draws, but to visit Kenya and not go on safari would be like going to Rome and skipping the Colosseum.” Boating (and baboon spotting) for beginners in Kenya.
“Raw, stark beauty, I thought – much as I had 22 years ago when walking in this very spot,” writes Amar Grover in The Independent from Nepal. “Then I heard noises I would never have heard back then: a tooting horn and the asthmatic wheeze of an engine. A rickety 4WD sped past, full of passengers eyeing me curiously…” A new road in the Annapurna Conservation Area has sparked concern amongst trekkers – but this road is vital to the economic development of the area. Grover reports on The highway at the top of the world.
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