Travel

With the sun blazing and the temperature soaring to 37C, it's time for a refreshing dip in the Pacific. But, this is no ordinary ocean swim.

Len Rutledge

Jordanian beekeeper Yousef Adle Sayah has worked hard to learn enough English to show foreigners around his beehives in the village of Umm Qais, by the Syrian border. But when he gets really worked up, English fails him. "Bees have a world of order.

Many cities and towns string up streams of twinkling lights and a Christmas tree at this time of the year, but some celebrate the occasion better than most.

Four by four! Good!" my teenage driver shouts, laughing, as he floors the truck and cranks the Arabic electronica.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's colourful capital, can often be dismissed as simply a stopover destination when travelling from one corner of the globe to another.

St. Stephen's Green and Charlemont are some the most desirable places to live in Dublin. But after death, the place to be is Glasnevin.

I am gazing at a huge statue of a warrior on a horse in a fountain in the middle of a square. Behind, a street leads to the Stone Bridge, which was built in the 6th century by the Byzantine emperor Justinian.

As a fanatical devotee of Viking river cruising, I was admittedly anxious when I booked passage on the ocean-sailing Viking Star.

From street food and casual dumplings to gourmet, the capital of Taiwan has it all