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data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="greece (Credit: Credit: Laurel Robbins)" alt="greece (Credit: Credit: Laurel Robbins)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Meteora, Greece, is a place of solitude (Credit: Laurel Robbins)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5qm.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Meteora, Greece, is a place of solitude (Credit: Laurel Robbins)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5qm.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-1"> <p><strong>- 50 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because in Meteora, Greece, the drastic measures monks took to seek solitude made me realise the power in seeking quiet in our hectic world. </p> <p><em>– Laurel Robbins, BBC Travel Localite, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/Laurel_Robbins">@Laurel_Robbins</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> 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sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-2"></h2> <p><strong>- 49 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because in one amazing moment at Machu Picchu, I was reminded not only how spectacularly beautiful the world is, but how fun and spontaneous it can be as well.</p> <p><em>– Matthew Long, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/landlopers">@landlopers</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-3"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5q7.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-3"> <p><strong>- 48 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because sleeping high in the Himalayas, peering at Mount Everest the day before the catastrophic earthquake, reminded me that nothing is permanent and that nature deserves our highest respect.<em> </em></p> <p><em>– Melissa Arnot, mountaineer, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/melissaarnot">@MelissaArnot</a></em></p> </blockquote> 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/paris/paris.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/paris/paris.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/paris/paris.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-4"></h2> <p><strong>- 47 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because you can make a sentimental journey to a place that changed your life 40 years ago in the hope of finding some trace of your younger self, and then discover that this younger you has been living in Paris all these years, just as Paris has been living all these years in you.</p> <p><em>– Don George, BBC Travel contributing editor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/don_george">@don_george</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-5"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="polar bears (Credit: Credit: Dave and Deb Corbeil)" alt="polar bears (Credit: Credit: Dave and Deb Corbeil)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Dave and Deb Corbeil)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5pv.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Dave and Deb Corbeil)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5pv.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-5"> <p><strong>- 46 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because we walked with giants and realised how vulnerable and precious all life is on Earth. The polar bear stands as a symbol of strength in a fragile environment. </p> <p><em>– Dave and Deb Corbeil, BBC Travel contributors, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/theplanetd">@theplanetd</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-6"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Colombia, Sierra Nevada Mountains (Credit: Credit: Daniel Noll)" alt="Colombia, Sierra Nevada Mountains (Credit: Credit: Daniel Noll)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="A trek through the jungles of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada Mountains (Credit: Daniel Noll)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnzb.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">A trek through the jungles of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada Mountains (Credit: Daniel Noll)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnzb.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-6"></h2> <p><strong>- 45 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I trekked with an indigenous guide through the jungles of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Lost City and found that we and nature are all connected.</p> <p><em>– Audrey Scott, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/umarket">@umarket</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-7"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="madagascar (Credit: Credit: Diane Selkirk)" alt="madagascar (Credit: Credit: Diane Selkirk)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Diane Selkirk)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5ml.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Diane Selkirk)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5ml.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-7"> <p><strong>- 44 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because watching Madagascar’s sailing dhows head out on the day’s first whispers of wind, while their crews laughed and cheered, reminded me that joy is best found in the simplest moments.</p> <p><em>– Diane Selkirk, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/dselkirk" target="_blank">@dselkirk</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="text-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-8"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="turkey (Credit: Credit: Kelly Phillips Badal)" alt="turkey (Credit: Credit: Kelly Phillips Badal)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Kelly Phillips Badal)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5md.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Kelly Phillips Badal)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5md.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-8"></h2> <p><strong>- 43 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because after ignoring advice that winter in Cappadocia, Turkey, wasn't the best time to visit, the clouds parted, and my husband and I quickly hiked up above the city for this magical, white-capped, so-worth-it view.</p> <p><em>– Kelly Phillips Badal, BBC Travel contributor, t: </em><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/kellybadal?lang=en">@kellybadal</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-9"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="italy (Credit: Credit: Lola Akinmade Åkerström)" alt="italy (Credit: Credit: Lola Akinmade Åkerström)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Lola Akinmade Åkerström)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5ln.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Lola Akinmade Åkerström)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5ln.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-9"> <p><strong>- 42 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because paying homage to thousands of wheels of traditional Parmigiano-Reggiano makes you fully appreciate the delicious impact of Italian food across the world. </p> <p><em>– Lola Akinmade Åkerström, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/lolaakinmade">@LolaAkinmade</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-10"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="new zealand (Credit: Credit: Naomi Arnold)" alt="new zealand (Credit: Credit: Naomi Arnold)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Naomi Arnold)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5k4.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Naomi Arnold)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5k4.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-10"></h2> <p><strong>- 41 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I’d never cared much for botany until a walk to the summit of Mt Arthur in Nelson, New Zealand, when an older man stopped to explain the peculiarities of every tiny plant dotting the meadows around us – like this whipcord hebe – giving me a sense of the enormous variety of life flourishing in some of the harshest environments. </p> <p><em>– Naomi Arnold, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/naomiarnold">@NaomiArnold</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-11"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-left sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Ireland, iron suspension bridge (Credit: Credit: Allison Busacca)" alt="Ireland, iron suspension bridge (Credit: Credit: Allison Busacca)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Ireland's oldest iron suspension bridge (Credit: Allison Busacca)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnyd.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Ireland's oldest iron suspension bridge (Credit: Allison Busacca)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnyd.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-11"></h2> <p><strong>- 40 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because despite landing in Ireland with little to no plan, I stumbled upon the country’s oldest iron suspension bridge, built around 1810, during an impromptu visit to Birr Castle.<em> </em></p> <p><em>– Allison Busacca, former BBC Travel editor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/acbusacca">@acbusacca</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-bottom-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-12"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-bottom-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="burning man (Credit: Credit: Brad Cohen)" alt="burning man (Credit: Credit: Brad Cohen)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Brad Cohen)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5jt.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Brad Cohen)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5jt.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-12"> <p><strong>- 39 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I went to Burning Man and realised magic is, in fact, very real. </p> <p><em>– Brad Cohen, BBC Travel </em></p> <p><em>Thirsty Explorer, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/BradCCohen">@BradCCohen</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-13"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Adam Rodriguez, USO Tour with friends (Credit: Credit: Adam Rodriguez)" alt="Adam Rodriguez, USO Tour with friends (Credit: Credit: Adam Rodriguez)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Adam Rodriguez on USO Tour with some friends (Credit: Adam Rodriguez)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnyz.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Adam Rodriguez on USO Tour with some friends (Credit: Adam Rodriguez)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnyz.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-13"></h2> <p><strong>- 38 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I'm lucky enough to participate in a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://www.uso.org/entertainment">USO Tour</a> with some friends.</p> <p><em>– Adam Rodriguez, actor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/_Adam_Rodriguez">@_Adam_Rodriguez</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="text-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-14"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="arctic ocean (Credit: Credit: Andy Isaacson)" alt="arctic ocean (Credit: Credit: Andy Isaacson)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Andy Isaacson)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5jg.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Andy Isaacson)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5jg.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-14"></h2> <p><strong>- 37 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because one frigid morning at the 83rd parallel, I stood atop the frozen Arctic Ocean and watched in awe as the sun reappeared above the horizon, casting aside the cloak of polar night.</p> <p><em>– Andy Isaacson, BBC Travel contributor, </em><em>t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/andyisaacson">@AndyIsaacson</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-15"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Bindi Irwin " alt="Bindi Irwin " class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Bindi Irwin Instagram (Bindi Irwin)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f8/p04kf85w.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Bindi Irwin Instagram (Bindi Irwin)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f8/p04kf85w.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-15"></h2> <p><strong>- 36 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because following in my dad's footsteps, continuing his crocodile research and studying the world's largest reptiles [allows me to] protect them for generations to come. To see, experience and touch these modern-day dinosaurs ultimately touches you. </p> <p><em>– Bindi Irwin, actress and conservationist, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/BindiIrwin">@BindiIrwin</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-16"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="tokyo (Credit: Credit: Celia Knox)" alt="tokyo (Credit: Credit: Celia Knox)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Celia Knox)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5hl.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Celia Knox)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5hl.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-16"> <p><strong>- 35 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because it's always possible to find beauty in the most unexpected of places, like this <em>sakura</em>-filled canal in the middle of a quiet, residential Tokyo neighbourhood. </p> <p><em>– Celia Knox, BBC Travel Localite, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/celiaintokyo">@celiaintokyo</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-17"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Sti Fadma, Marrakesh (Credit: Credit: Jean-Philippe Blondet)" alt="Sti Fadma, Marrakesh (Credit: Credit: Jean-Philippe Blondet)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Jean-Philippe Blondet in Sti Fadma, in the region of Marrakesh (Credit: Jean-Philippe Blondet)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f8/p04kf8t6.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Jean-Philippe Blondet in Sti Fadma, in the region of Marrakesh (Credit: Jean-Philippe Blondet)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f8/p04kf8t6.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-17"></h2> <p><strong>- 34 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I visited Sti Fadma, in the region of Marrakesh, and met incredible women who use traditional methods to produce argan oil. It reminded me how food is not only about the taste, but also about the memory you get from a genuine encounter. </p> <p><em>– Jean-Philippe Blondet, chef <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/thedorchester">@thedorchester</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-18"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Banff1920x1080 " alt="Banff1920x1080 " class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/8c/p04k8cyc.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/8c/p04k8cyc.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/banff/placeholder.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/banff/banff.m4v" type="video/m4v"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/banff/banff.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/banff/banff.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/banff/banff.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-18"> <p><strong>- 33 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because in Canada’s Banff National Park, every drop I drink comes from glaciers found here.</p> <p><em>– Carol Patterson, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/reinventure">@Reinventure</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-19"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Jerusalem (Credit: Credit: Ann Babe)" alt="Jerusalem (Credit: Credit: Ann Babe)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Ann Babe)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/8j/p04k8jdw.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Ann Babe)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/8j/p04k8jdw.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-19"></h2> <p><strong>- 32 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because while spending my birthday in Jerusalem with a small friend at what might be the world’s grandest dome, I learned that feeling insignificant is important, too.</p> <p><em>– Ann Babe, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/ann_e_babe">@ann_e_babe</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-20"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-left sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Jonathan Scott, Oktoberfest, Munich (Credit: Credit: Jonathan Scott)" alt="Jonathan Scott, Oktoberfest, Munich (Credit: Credit: Jonathan Scott)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Jonathan Scott at Oktoberfest in Munich (Credit: Jonathan Scott)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f8/p04kf82t.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Jonathan Scott at Oktoberfest in Munich (Credit: Jonathan Scott)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f8/p04kf82t.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-20"></h2> <p><strong>- 31 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I went to Oktoberfest in Munich for the fourth time and it reminded me why I love my friends and I love my beer!</p> <p><em>– Jonathan Scott, TV host, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/MrSilverScott">@MrSilverScott</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-21"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Drew Scott, camp fire (Credit: Credit: Drew Scott)" alt="Drew Scott, camp fire (Credit: Credit: Drew Scott)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Drew Scott at camp fire (Credit: Drew Scott)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f8/p04kf8d3.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Drew Scott at camp fire (Credit: Drew Scott)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f8/p04kf8d3.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-21"></h2> <p><strong>- 30 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because this picture reminds me that wherever you are, it's the people you spend time with that turn any spectacular view into cherished moments. Here we are enjoying the fresh air, music, mountains, roasted marshmallows and each other.</p> <p><em>– Drew Scott, TV host, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/MrDrewScott">@MrDrewScott</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-bottom-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-22"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-bottom-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="mongolia (Credit: Credit: Stephen Fabes)" alt="mongolia (Credit: Credit: Stephen Fabes)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Stephen Fabes)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5cj.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Stephen Fabes)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5cj.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-22"> <p><strong>- 29 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I awoke to the sun rising over my campsite on the frozen surface of Lake Khovsgol in northern Mongolia to the creaks, pops and snaps of the ice: the most memorable alarm clock of my life. </p> <p><em>– Stephen Fabes, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/cyclingthe6">@cyclingthe6</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-23"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Sweden, fika, coffee and tea (Credit: Credit: Anne Banas)" alt="Sweden, fika, coffee and tea (Credit: Credit: Anne Banas)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="In Sweden, people break daily for coffee and tea (Credit: Anne Banas)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4j/g1/p04jg1p0.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">In Sweden, people break daily for coffee and tea (Credit: Anne Banas)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4j/g1/p04jg1p0.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-23"> <p><strong>- 28 –</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because in Sweden, there’s always a time for <em>fika</em>, a special break in the day devoted to connecting with friends, sipping hot drinks and eating sweets (like this sugar-crusted kanelbulle, or cinnamon bun).</p> <p><em>– Anne Banas, BBC Travel editor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/annebanas">@annebanas</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-24"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Ade Adepitan, Victoria Falls (Credit: Credit: Ade Adepitan)" alt="Ade Adepitan, Victoria Falls (Credit: Credit: Ade Adepitan)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Ade Adepitan is awestruck at Victoria Falls (Credit: Ade Adepitan)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnyn.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Ade Adepitan is awestruck at Victoria Falls (Credit: Ade Adepitan)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnyn.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-24"></h2> <p><strong>- 27 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I got to see Victoria Falls, I experienced the sheer beauty of our amazing planet and was totally awestruck!</p> <p><em>– Ade Adepitan, BBC Travel Show presenter, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/AdeAdepitan">@adeadepitan</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-25"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="cuba (Credit: Credit: Lia Barrett)" alt="cuba (Credit: Credit: Lia Barrett)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Lia Barrett)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5b6.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Lia Barrett)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy5b6.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-25"> <p><strong>- 26 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because facing my fear of crocodiles in Cuba ignited a newfound respect and love for these ancient creatures.</p> <p><em>– Lia Barrett, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/liabarrett" target="_blank">@liabarrett</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-26"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-left sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Jericho, woman, couscous co-operative (Credit: Credit: Andrew Zimmern)" alt="Jericho, woman, couscous co-operative (Credit: Credit: Andrew Zimmern)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="This woman in Jericho works every day for almost no money in a couscous co-operative (Credit: Andrew Zimmern)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f7/p04kf7zg.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">This woman in Jericho works every day for almost no money in a couscous co-operative (Credit: Andrew Zimmern)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f7/p04kf7zg.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-26"></h2> <p><strong>- 25 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because in one of the world’s most notorious and hopeless places, there are people who won’t give up or give in. [This woman in Jericho] works every day for almost no money in a couscous co-operative run by women, for women. Without her job, she told me, she wouldn’t have been able to feed her three kids and put them through school.</p> <p><em>– Andrew Zimmern, TV host and chef, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/andrewzimmern">@AndrewZimmern</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-27"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="new york (Credit: Credit: Simon Griffee)" alt="new york (Credit: Credit: Simon Griffee)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Simon Griffee)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy59t.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Simon Griffee)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy59t.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-27"> <p><strong>- 24 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I fulfilled my dream of photographing in the streets of New York City, the great outdoor theatre where humans live with all life's difficulties and moments of love. </p> <p><em>– <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://simongriffee.com/">Simon Griffee</a>, photographer, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/simongriffee">@simongriffee</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-28"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Andy Grammer (Credit: Credit: Andy Grammer)" alt="Andy Grammer (Credit: Credit: Andy Grammer)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Because sometimes you just need nature to remind you how small you are (Credit: Andy Grammer)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnxd.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Because sometimes you just need nature to remind you how small you are (Credit: Andy Grammer)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnxd.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-28"></h2> <p><strong>- 23 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because sometimes you just need nature to remind you how small you are.</p> <p><em>– Andy Grammer, singer-songwriter, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/andygrammer">@andygrammer</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-29"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Rwanda (Credit: Credit: Anisha Shah)" alt="Rwanda (Credit: Credit: Anisha Shah)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Anisha Shah)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy59h.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Anisha Shah)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy59h.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-29"> <p><strong>- 22 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because in that instant, as the silverback mountain gorilla gazed directly at me with her piercing eyes, staring straight into my soul, I understood the majesty and supremacy of nature and wildlife. </p> <p><em>– Anisha Shah, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/anishahbbc">@anishahbbc</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-30"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Vietnam, food (Credit: Credit: Jess Lee)" alt="Vietnam, food (Credit: Credit: Jess Lee)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="In Vietnam, there's always a reason to leave the diet until tomorrow (Credit: Jess Lee)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f7/p04kf7wf.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">In Vietnam, there's always a reason to leave the diet until tomorrow (Credit: Jess Lee)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f7/p04kf7wf.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-30"></h2> <p><strong>- 21 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because in Vietnam, there's always a reason to leave the diet until tomorrow. </p> <p><em>– Jess Lee, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/jessofarabia">@jessofarabia</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-31"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Kazakhstan (Credit: Credit: Benjamin Zand)" alt="Kazakhstan (Credit: Credit: Benjamin Zand)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Benjamin Zand)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy57x.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Benjamin Zand)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy57x.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-31"> <p><strong>- 20 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I rode through the mountains of Kazakhstan on horseback! It made me realise that even the least understood places are beautiful and have amazing stories. </p> <p><em>– Benjamin Zand, BBC Travel Show presenter, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/BenjaminZand">@BenjaminZandBBC</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-32"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Jacques Torres, cacao beans, in Peru (Credit: Credit: Jacques Torres)" alt="Jacques Torres, cacao beans, in Peru (Credit: Credit: Jacques Torres)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Jacques Torres with cacao beans in Peru (Credit: Jacques Torres)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fp/p04kfpgr.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Jacques Torres with cacao beans in Peru (Credit: Jacques Torres)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fp/p04kfpgr.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-32"></h2> <p><strong>- 19 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because [in Peru], they grow some of the best cacao beans. I can't wait to receive these gorgeous beans back in my factory and have you taste the chocolate.</p> <p><em>– Jacques Torres, pastry chef, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/jacquestorres">@jacquestorres</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-33"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Dhaka1920x1080 " alt="Dhaka1920x1080 " class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/8d/p04k8d56.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/8d/p04k8d56.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/dhaka/placeholder.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/dhaka/dhaka.m4v" type="video/m4v"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/dhaka/dhaka.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/dhaka/dhaka.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/dhaka/dhaka.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-33"> <p><strong>- 18 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because as I rode in a rickshaw in Dhaka watching millions of people go about their business in what seems like an impossible day-to-day situation, I discovered there was a rhythm to the streets and beauty in chaos.</p> <p><em>– Tanveer Badal, photographer, i: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://www.instagram.com/tanveerbadal/?hl=en">@tanveerbadal</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-34"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="mexico (Credit: Credit: Sarah Feldberg)" alt="mexico (Credit: Credit: Sarah Feldberg)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Sarah Feldberg)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy56k.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Sarah Feldberg)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy56k.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-34"> <p><strong>- 17 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because in Guadalajara, Mexico, I learned that even the most wretched hangover is no match for a tongue-searing, fiercely delicious <em>torta ahogada</em>.</p> <p><em>– Sarah Feldberg, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/sarahfeldberg">@sarahfeldberg</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-35"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Maui, red-sand beaches (Credit: Credit: Tawny Clark)" alt="Maui, red-sand beaches (Credit: Credit: Tawny Clark)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Maui's red-sand beaches and blue waters (Credit: Tawny Clark)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fp/p04kfp00.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Maui's red-sand beaches and blue waters (Credit: Tawny Clark)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fp/p04kfp00.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-35"></h2> <p><strong>- 16 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because after battling the perils of carsickness on Maui's winding Road to Hana, we were warmly greeted with red-sand beaches and blue waters.</p> <p><em>– Tawny Clark, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/captainandclark">@CaptainandClark</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-36"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="girl, Tsaatan tribe, northern Mongolia (Credit: Credit: Jarryd Salem)" alt="girl, Tsaatan tribe, northern Mongolia (Credit: Credit: Jarryd Salem)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="A girl from the Tsaatan tribe in northern Mongolia (Credit: Jarryd Salem)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/9b/p04k9bdm.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">A girl from the Tsaatan tribe in northern Mongolia (Credit: Jarryd Salem)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/9b/p04k9bdm.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-36"> <p><strong>- 15 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because when a three-year-old girl from the Tsaatan tribe in northern Mongolia taught me how to ride a reindeer, I realised that I still have a lot to learn. </p> <p><em>– Jarryd Salem, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/nomadasaurus">@NOMADasaurus</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-37"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Phil Rosenthal, Tokyo (Credit: Credit: Phil Rosenthal)" alt="Phil Rosenthal, Tokyo (Credit: Credit: Phil Rosenthal)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Phil Rosenthal in Tokyo (Credit: Phil Rosenthal)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fr/p04kfr8b.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Phil Rosenthal in Tokyo (Credit: Phil Rosenthal)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fr/p04kfr8b.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-37"></h2> <p><strong>- 14 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because after a meal of eels in this family’s Tokyo restaurant, I made them chocolate egg creams. It felt like I was a part of a great cultural exchange. </p> <p><em>– Phil Rosenthal, TV writer and producer, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/philrosenthal">@philrosenthal</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="text-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-38"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="unst, Scotland (Credit: Credit: Ben Lerwill)" alt="unst, Scotland (Credit: Credit: Ben Lerwill)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Ben Lerwill)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy569.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Ben Lerwill)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy569.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-38"></h2> <p><strong>- 13 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because four days among puffins, seals and otters on the remote Scottish island of Unst reminded me that soul-lifting wildlife experiences don't automatically mean big crowds. Sitting utterly alone for hours watching the bird colonies? Unforgettable. </p> <p><em>– Ben Lerwill, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/benlerwill">@benlerwill</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-39"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-left sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="neighbourhood, London (Credit: Credit: Julie Falconer)" alt="neighbourhood, London (Credit: Credit: Julie Falconer)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="A beautiful neighbourhood in London (Credit: Julie Falconer)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fp/p04kfpdc.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">A beautiful neighbourhood in London (Credit: Julie Falconer)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fp/p04kfpdc.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-39"></h2> <p><strong>- 12 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because I travelled all over the world and came home to realise that my own neighbourhood in London is one of the most beautiful places I've seen.</p> <p><em>– Julie Falconer, BBC Travel Localite, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/aladyinlondon">@aladyinlondon</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-40"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="mainland Norway, Arctic archipelago, Svalbard (Credit: Credit: Daniel Hug)" alt="mainland Norway, Arctic archipelago, Svalbard (Credit: Credit: Daniel Hug)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Sailing from mainland Norway to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard (Credit: Daniel Hug)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/9b/p04k9bkh.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Sailing from mainland Norway to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard (Credit: Daniel Hug)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/9b/p04k9bkh.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-40"> <p><strong>- 11 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because while sailing with a crew of five from mainland Norway to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, I learned that friendships were crucial to surviving the 3,400-nautical-mile journey.</p> <p><em>– Terry Ward, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/TerryWardWriter">@TerryWardWriter</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-41"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="hill town, Calcata, Italy (Credit: Credit: David Farley)" alt="hill town, Calcata, Italy (Credit: Credit: David Farley)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="The bewitching hill town of Calcata (Credit: David Farley)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f6/p04kf6yx.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">The bewitching hill town of Calcata (Credit: David Farley)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/f6/p04kf6yx.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-41"></h2> <p><strong>- 10 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because you can turn a corner in the Italian countryside and suddenly a bewitching hill town like Calcata halts you in your tracks. </p> <p><em>– David Farley, BBC Travel Eatimology columnist, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/davidfarley">@davidfarley</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-42"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="nepal (Credit: Credit: Ben McNamara)" alt="nepal (Credit: Credit: Ben McNamara)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Ben McNamara)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy52q.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Ben McNamara)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy52q.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-42"> <p><strong>- 9 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because in Nepal, I used the magic of photography to make a new friend. </p> <p><em>– Ian Neubauer, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/ian_neubauer">@ian_neubauer</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-43"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-left sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="indian ocean (Credit: Credit: Aline Escalon)" alt="indian ocean (Credit: Credit: Aline Escalon)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="(Credit: Aline Escalon)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy53c.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">(Credit: Aline Escalon)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy53c.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-43"></h2> <p><strong>- 8 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because, even after seven months of sailing in the Indian Ocean, I can enjoy freediving back home at Reunion Island, where I can feel the calm of the water, the precious air in my lungs and the hug of the ocean. </p> <p><em>– Aline Escalon, BBC Travel contributor, f: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://www.facebook.com/AlineEscalonStudio/">AlineEscalonStudio</a><br/></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-44"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="Volunteering, refugees, Berlin, Eid festivities (Credit: Credit: Candice Walsh)" alt="Volunteering, refugees, Berlin, Eid festivities (Credit: Credit: Candice Walsh)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Volunteering with refugees in Berlin during Eid festivities (Credit: Candice Walsh)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnwr.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Volunteering with refugees in Berlin during Eid festivities (Credit: Candice Walsh)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fn/p04kfnwr.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-44"></h2> <p><strong>- 7 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because while volunteering with refugees in Berlin during Eid festivities, I learned that even in times of crisis people can find joy through song and dance.</p> <p><em>– Candice Walsh, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/candicewalsh">@candicewalsh</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-left" data-sg-slide-has-ambient-video aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-45"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-left sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Great Ocean Roadscreenshot " alt="Great Ocean Roadscreenshot " class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/8d/p04k8ddj.png" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4k/8d/p04k8ddj.png" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> <video class="sg-ambient-video hidden" data-ambient-video loop mute preload="none" poster="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/great-ocean-road/placeholder.jpg"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/great-ocean-road/great-ocean-road.m4v" type="video/m4v"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/great-ocean-road/great-ocean-road.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/great-ocean-road/great-ocean-road.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452im_/http://d5j6ar5kx5dg7.cloudfront.net/travel/bespoke/ambient-videos/great-ocean-road/great-ocean-road.ogv" type="video/ogg"> </video> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-45"> <p><strong>- 6 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because as I drove along Australia’s magnificent Great Ocean Road, I felt as though I was on the very edge of the Earth.</p> <p><em>– Ellie Cobb, BBC Travel contributing editor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/elliecobb1">@elliecobb1</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-46"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="island, Madeira (Credit: Credit: Jodi Ettenberg)" alt="island, Madeira (Credit: Credit: Jodi Ettenberg)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Creative pursuits on the island of Madeira (Credit: Jodi Ettenberg)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fp/p04kfp31.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Creative pursuits on the island of Madeira (Credit: Jodi Ettenberg)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-portrait " data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fp/p04kfp31.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-portrait></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-46"></h2> <p><strong>- 5 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because even within the aggregate natural beauty of an island like Madeira, there is always room for creative pursuit. This door in Funchal captures my feelings about the island: all colour and artistic wonder, swirling beauty against a backdrop of solid rock.</p> <p><em>– Jodi Ettenberg, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/legalnomads">@legalnomads</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="text-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-47"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="California, Mount Whitney (Credit: Credit: Sarah Shearman)" alt="California, Mount Whitney (Credit: Credit: Sarah Shearman)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Mount Whitney, in California's Alabama Hills, is a famous film set (Credit: Sarah Shearman)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy50k.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Mount Whitney, in California's Alabama Hills, is a famous film set (Credit: Sarah Shearman)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y5/p04gy50k.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap"> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap-inner" data-sg-full-height> <div class="sg-slide-content sg-slide-sidebar-content" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-sidebar-inner"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining sg-slide-sidebar-inner-lining"> <h2 class="sg-slide-sidebar-title" id="slide-label-47"></h2> <p><strong>- 4 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because visiting Mount Whitney, in California's Alabama Hills, I was able to play around in one of nature's most famous film sets, without another person – or cowboy – in sight. </p> <p><em>– Sarah Shearman, BBC Travel contributor, t: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://twitter.com/shearmans">@Shearmans</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-top-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-48"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-top-right sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Antarctica (Credit: Credit: Eric Guth)" alt="Antarctica (Credit: Credit: Eric Guth)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Antarctica has humpback whales and krill (Credit: Eric Guth)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y4/p04gy4xr.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-landscape/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Antarctica has humpback whales and krill (Credit: Eric Guth)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-background sg-slide-background-landscape" data-sg-full-height> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452oe_/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/130_73/images/live/p0/4g/y4/p04gy4xr.jpg" class="sg-slide-background-image" data-fixed-width-format="" data-lazy-load="true" data-background data-landscape></div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-content-wrap sg-slide-overlay-content-wrap" data-sg-slide-text> <div class="sg-slide-content clearfix" data-sg-slide-contents> <div class="sg-slide-inner sg-slide-overlay-content"> <div class="sg-slide-inner-lining"> <div class="sg-slide-overlay-content-holder" id="slide-label-48"> <p><strong>- 3 -</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Because when I'm in Antarctica, looking down the throat of a feeding humpback whale and watching thousands of krill swim for their lives, I'm reminded that to achieve my goals, every little bit counts. </p> <p><em>– Eric Guth, BBC Travel contributor, i: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/https://www.instagram.com/eric_guth/">@eric_guth</a></em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="black" data-sg-slide-type="text-right" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-49"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-text-right sg-slide-black" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image sg-slide-inline-image--portrait " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--portrait-wide "> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="240" height="300" title="rainbow (Credit: Credit: Dave Seminara)" alt="rainbow (Credit: Credit: Dave Seminara)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="Dave Seminara spots a rainbow (Credit: Dave Seminara)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170730052452/http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/240_300/images/live/p0/4k/fp/p04kfph8.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-portrait/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption-wrapper"> <div class="caption-lining"> <p class="caption-text caption-body">Dave Seminara spots a rainbow (Credit: Dave Seminara)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slide-background-wrapper"> <div 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</div> </div> </div> <div class="sg-slides-item" data-sg-slide data-sg-content-slide data-sg-slide-text-color="white" data-sg-slide-type="overlay-bottom-left" aria-labelledby="slide-info slide-label-50"> <div class="sg-slide sg-slide-overlay-bottom-left sg-slide-white" data-sg-full-height data-sg-info-content> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image " data-sg="inline-image"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-wrapper"> <div class="sg-slide-inline-image-responsive-box responsive-box responsive-box--landscape"> <div class="responsive-box__content"> <img data-fixed-width-format="" width="130" height="73" title="Namibian desert (Credit: Credit: Vivien Cumming)" alt="Namibian desert (Credit: Credit: Vivien Cumming)" class="responsive-box__content__inner" data-caption="The milky way seen from the Namibian desert (Credit: Vivien Cumming)" data-caption-title="" data-lazy-load="true" 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