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Travel is essentially about storytelling, about sharing what we discover of our global home.  This blog is about just that — the unusual, the unique, the gems  — from Tombée du Ciel, House Fallen from the Sky, to the ghost trees of India, to the Bolivian cemetery where trains are buried. There are countless stories, large and very small, that we come across as we travel the globe. It would be a shame to pass them by without notice.

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How do you connect a dead priest and a camel?

Date: February 11, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Well, that is a challenge, but here goes… One legend contends that a priest named Valentine, in 3rd century in...

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Yes, be careful with this devil

Date: February 4, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Looking horror-movie fierce, the thorny devil is just one of the amazing inhabitants you’ll find in the Gawler Ranges of South Australia. The only...

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Mobile in Morocco

Date: January 28, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

    Camping has certainly evolved since many of us were kids. But the joy of camping has not lost...

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Pots & Salt Pans

Date: January 21, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

There are few experiences more mesmerizing than lying out in the wilderness under a living planetarium with ever-evolving stars that...

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How far would you go to encounter the force?

Date: January 15, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

The Star Wars movies reached cult status decades ago. So it isn’t surprising that the debut of the newest episode –...

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Where did you go in 2015?

Date: December 10, 2015 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

This is the season for fun and reflection. We know you are likely out shopping, attending holiday parties, and gathering...

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The Kingdom of Kuruba

Date: December 3, 2015 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Once the exclusive hunting reserve of the kings of the Wodeyar Dynasty, the former rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore,...

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Fear is not sustainable and neither is aggression

Date: November 19, 2015 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Rock singer Bono said during a concert in Madrid days after the terror attacks there, “We must remember, to beat the...

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Question: What’s more than 800 feet below ground, 59 feet tall and can hold more than 8,000 people?

Date: November 12, 2015 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Answer: Zipaquirá’s Salt Cathedral, one of the most notable achievements of Colombian architecture. The impressive underground Salt Cathedral was first...

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Tick Tock Tusk

Date: November 5, 2015 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Young Roi was just 10 months old when she arrived at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage. She had...

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