The truly bonkers dish you will fall in love with in Egypt
Koshari makes no sense until you eat it.
Traveller's globetrotting backpacker, Ben Groundwater, finds the good, the bad and the ugly in the world’s best destinations. Ben is a columnist, blogger, feature writer, and host of Traveller's podcast Flight of Fancy, who has visited more than 80 countries during his 12 years in the industry. Ben was named travel writer of the year by the Australian Society of Travel Writers in 2014 and 2015.
Koshari makes no sense until you eat it.
This is how cruising should look. Small ships, low impact, maximum enjoyment.
A scooter is sweet freedom. The chance to choose your own adventure.
The amazing news about travel now, is that it's still very much the same as it ever was. Yes, there are a few more precautions to take and a few more rules to learn, but the bare bones of the experience remain unchanged.
You don't have to spend long in Dubrovnik before you start hearing of an amazing bar in a secret location.
Watch a few Hollywood movies and you would think the bar at your hotel would be the ultimate place to hang out and meet interesting, beautiful people.
Every traveller makes mistakes. And in fact, every traveller makes the same mistakes.
This open-air theatre was built almost 2500 years ago in a city you've probably never heard of.
Corfu is a large island with a huge amount to see and experience.
If you follow any travel influencers on social media – that is, travel specialists with large followings – then you have probably already seen this. It's a huge cube covered entirely in mirrors, an edifice perched in the middle of the desert, an architectural wonder that both draws in and reflects.
Gumbo starts the way any good Creole dish should: with the "holy trinity" of celery, capsicum and onions.
An ATM trying to rip me off? That's a new one.
It's time to branch out and look at destinations in Europe that have just as much to offer as the popular spots, only with a fraction of the crowds, and often at a fraction of the cost.
France's croque monsieur is not just a ham-and-cheese sanger, but a creation that has a claim to being the world's greatest sandwich.
I've always enjoyed experiencing another country for a day or two on a stopover. But the chance to get where you need to be in one flight is going to be very, very tempting.
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