Dumb travel and digital detox

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• This traveler explores the world without the internet. Could—or should—you do this, too?

“‘Dumb travel’—or travel without a smartphone—is how travel writer Lisa Abend sees the world. Laura Hall finds out what motivated her to travel this way, what she’s learnt and why she loves traveling this way.”

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• A digital detox while connecting with nature: four weeks unplugged in remote Canada

• The best way to see Switzerland? Jump into a river

• The ancient UNESCO-listed city that’s considered the cradle of Thai culture

• Mountains, beaches, history – why Belgrade to Bar is one of the best train rides in Europe

• Discover the mysteries of Italy’s Park of Monsters, a 16th-century garden filled with strange, colossal stone creatures

• (Please go for a) holiday in Cambodia

• How digital nomads can experience the Nordic winter for free

“Do you want to travel while working remotely? The Arctic Digital Nomads Grant aims to breathe life into remote communities in Iceland, Norway, and the Faroe Islands during the winter season.”

• Hang Son Doong: The world's biggest cave, so 'outrageous in size' it fits 2 jungles and the 'Great Wall of Vietnam'

• The transcendent power of travel

"Travel can inspire awe, a sense of wonder that can shape the teenage brain."

• Bangkok café lets you be a pilot for a day in a Boeing 747

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James Clark.