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Forget the short days and cold mornings... a new year offers the chance to plan a whole 12 months' worth of travel and adventure. And we're raring to go. From n…

I sniff the air and nearly gag at the ripe smell of old socks. Slowly the conga line of locals waiting to buy their stinky tofu at Shi Lin, one of Taiwan’s la…

Every summer, Argentines and Brazilians flock to Uruguay’s glitzy resort Punta del Este to hang out. This usually means fiestas by night and catching up on sl…