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49. Scuba diving in 50. Greenland, the FOOD

the Maldives Arctic circle

If you are lucky enough to get yourself Distant encounters with wildlife during
to the Maldives, you are very likely to a cruise - polar bears on ice floes with
find yourself in the water amongst all freshly caught prey, a proudly defiant musk
the atolls. Whether it be swimming, ox and even the most elusive narwhal.
snorkelling, or scuba diving. Whilst there Not to mention extensive birdlife and the
is plenty to see at the surface, I was lucky iconic puffin.
enough to scuba dive in the Maldives to
see dozens of reef sharks, nurse sharks,
rays, lobster, turtles, all amongst stunning
coral beds.

Most of us love food,
so travelling enables us
to indulge this passion

without guilt because
calories don’t count on

holidays - right?? Tasting
different flavours and
savouring not just the food

but also the setting brings
a real richness to travel.

Here are our favourite food
experiences.

51. New York flavours 52. Salzburg 54. Penang, 55.

Traditional Jewish favourites from New York (look for traditional Jewish Cafe Winkler - a childhood Malaysia Texas
bakeries) - Babka, bagels & lox, Knish, Black & White cookies, Challah. memory of eating my first Sacher
torte cake at this mountain cafe The Hawker food crawl as you would
Waffles and fried chicken from Sweet Chick, Brooklyn, NYC - there will with sweeping views. in Penang, Malaysia - try expect great
be a wait to get in here, but once you smell the delicious mix of sweet Malaysia's favourite hawker BBQs abound.
meats fried, you will realise it is worth the wait. dishes in the streets of Steaks as 'big

Food tour of Brooklyn - trying all sort of foods from the communities 53. Rome Georgetown, Penang - from as Texas' with
of migrants who settled there, from fresh bread, craft beer, bagels and delicious Assam Laksa, Char flavour and heat
salmon, Italian sweets and more. This city is the global capital of Kway Teow (noodles), Hokkien to boot!
comfort food, with all the pasta, noodles, and sweet Chendol.
A huge serve of nachos presented in a novelty baseball helmet while gelato, and pizza one could desire This is the perfect mix of
watching a game at Citi Field in New York - one portion is enough for (don't skip out on a maritozzi!) Peranakan food - Malay meets
three people! Chinese meets Indian.

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