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Robin Esrock’s Great Global Bucket List blog contains regular posts, tips and advice about the very best experiences, activities and destinations the world has to offer. Here you will also find inspiration from further afield, commentary, useful tips, interviews, and news from the front lines of life on the Bucket List.
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The World’s Hottest Place Here’s a contentious category, with various contenders vying for the top hot spot. Historically, the victor was El Aziza in Libya, where the ground temperature was recorded in 1922 at a whopping 58°C. Furnace Creek in California’s Death Valley clocked in at an impressive 56°C, but
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All around the world, people will be celebrating (or lamenting) the New Year on December 31st. While music, friends, family and fun seem universal on this night, some countries have unique customs and traditions. SCOTLAND In Scotland, New Years Eve is known as Hogmanay, and there’s a rich heritage
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There’s simply no choice between a mall and a night market. Instead of food courts, you have local cuisine cooked before your eyes. Instead of multinational clothing chains, you have handmade knits and knock-off fakes. Instead of sterile hallways, you have cluttered narrow pathways full of smiles, smells, and
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The Petronas Towers, Malaysia A Symbol of the Future In the 1990’s, Malaysia roared as one for the loudest of the Asian tiger economies. To reflect this, the Petronas Towers were built in downtown Kuala Lumpur – 88-storey twins that towered over the capital’s skyline. Although an economic downturn soon
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The Inca Trail, climaxing with a visit to the mysterious and striking Machu Piccu is a definite highlight on The Great Global Bucket List. Yet, between 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, South America’s best culinary scene, the Amazon jungle and Lake Titicaca, there’s more to add to a Peru Bucket
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Just as surely as humans have always felt an inexplicably strong desire to erect large buildings (all the way back to Babel, baby!), so a second group follow close behind with the desire to climb to the top of them. A third group wants to jump off with bungee ropes
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Several years ago I had the honour of being the Master of Ceremonies at the Explorer’s Club Annual Dinner in New York. The Club, which is over a century old, has counted amongst its members adventurers like Edmund Hillary, Neil Armstrong, Jane Goodall, and Theodore Roosevelt. After hobnobbing with astronauts
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By now, you’ve probably realized that this Bucket List is firmly rooted in reality. We’d all like to fly in a private jet, party with celebrities, jam a power chord with a rock star, meet the President, win the lottery, and visit the International Space Station. Regrettably, all of this
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The World’s Hottest Place Here’s a contentious category, with various contenders vying for the top hot spot. Historically, the victor was El Aziza in Libya, where the ground temperature was recorded in 1922 at a whopping 58°C. Furnace Creek in California’s Death Valley clocked in at an impressive 56°C, but
All around the world, people will be celebrating (or lamenting) the New Year on December 31st. While music, friends, family and fun seem universal on this night, some countries have unique customs and traditions. SCOTLAND In Scotland, New Years Eve is known as Hogmanay, and there’s a rich heritage
There’s simply no choice between a mall and a night market. Instead of food courts, you have local cuisine cooked before your eyes. Instead of multinational clothing chains, you have handmade knits and knock-off fakes. Instead of sterile hallways, you have cluttered narrow pathways full of smiles, smells, and
The Petronas Towers, Malaysia A Symbol of the Future In the 1990’s, Malaysia roared as one for the loudest of the Asian tiger economies. To reflect this, the Petronas Towers were built in downtown Kuala Lumpur – 88-storey twins that towered over the capital’s skyline. Although an economic downturn soon
The Inca Trail, climaxing with a visit to the mysterious and striking Machu Piccu is a definite highlight on The Great Global Bucket List. Yet, between 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, South America’s best culinary scene, the Amazon jungle and Lake Titicaca, there’s more to add to a Peru Bucket
Just as surely as humans have always felt an inexplicably strong desire to erect large buildings (all the way back to Babel, baby!), so a second group follow close behind with the desire to climb to the top of them. A third group wants to jump off with bungee ropes
Several years ago I had the honour of being the Master of Ceremonies at the Explorer’s Club Annual Dinner in New York. The Club, which is over a century old, has counted amongst its members adventurers like Edmund Hillary, Neil Armstrong, Jane Goodall, and Theodore Roosevelt. After hobnobbing with astronauts
By now, you’ve probably realized that this Bucket List is firmly rooted in reality. We’d all like to fly in a private jet, party with celebrities, jam a power chord with a rock star, meet the President, win the lottery, and visit the International Space Station. Regrettably, all of this