‘We went in posing as surfing mates’
IT’S a dangerous and desperate country hostile to the media. So Eric Campbell was forced to go undercover to find out how bad things are getting in Venezuela.
South America
Win the dream for just $29
THIS Australian and Kiwi couple has spent the past 10 years building their idyllic home and business from scratch, and now they’re selling it all in a raffle.
Incredible images of forgotten tribe
DEEP in the Ecuadorean rainforest, this tribe still live like their ancestors did centuries ago — including using blowpipes to capture monkeys for food.
Life in an Ecuadorean jungle
THE HUOARNI tribe in the Ecuadorean jungle hunt monkeys and live off the land.
Rio tourists may pay ‘mugging tax’
THE Brazilian city has come up with a bizarre way of dealing with the huge numbers of tourists who are mugged on the city’s streets.
Australia’s bizarre socialist colony
THEY left to create utopia, a place where no-one drank, no-one cheated and all were equal. It took less than two years to fall apart.
Lawless town where miners work for free
IT’S MORE than five kilometres above sea level. There is no running water, no sewerage, and no laws. And yet people are arriving in droves.
The drug tourists can’t get enough of
THERE’S a strange brew luring travellers deep into the Amazon jungle. And in these far-flung areas, it’s sparking a surprising tourism boom.
Chile’s bizarre Nazi torture chamber
THE former home of a sinister cult, torture chamber and ex-Nazi paedophile is now a bizarre tourist attraction in South America.
‘It’s between absurd and suicidal’
IF THERE ever was a country that epitomises beauty and despair at the same time, this is it. Home to a ruthless man with a $40bn fortune, it has a shocking history.
Mountain of riches eats men alive
DEEP within this mountain lies an unbelievable fortune, and more than eight million people have died trying to get their hands on it.
Naked couple have sex in front of tourists
THE frisky pair were getting X-rated on a beach when a car full of tourists pulled up beside them. But they didn’t let that stop them – even when the camera came out.
What you don’t know about Machu Picchu
IT’S an ancient masterpiece and one of the most popular tourist attractions on Earth, but there’s a lot you don’t know about Machu Picchu.
Best time to book a hike on the Inca Trail
THE Inca trail is one of the most popular bucket-list destinations in the world, but you’ll have to prepare early to get your hands on a limited permit, writes Mercedes Maguire.
Mystery of $3bn sunken treasure solved
IT WAS the most sought-after sunken treasure in the world, eluding governments and treasure hunters alike. Until now.
The holy grail of shipwrecks?
ITS location has been a mystery since it sunk 300 years ago with a billion dollar cargo of emeralds, gold and silver coins. But Colombia says they’ve found it.
Oops! BBC admits faking volcano
WELL this is awkward. The BBC has been forced to admit an incredible video it promoted online was not so much a natural wonder as a studio-made creation.
Inside the world’s scariest hotel
Are you brave enough to stay at the world’s scariest hotel? It may be a dream come true, or your worst nightmare.
Bloodiest $30 billion ever made
HE WAS behind thousands of murders, stopping at nothing to protect his trade. It made him one of the world’s richest men.
Tourists get a pornographic surprise
TRAVELLERS got a Brazilian welcome like never before, when the screens displaying travel information were taken over with a raunchy show they won’t forget quickly.
Death, drugs, despair: Secret life of backpackers
THEY travel over extremely difficult and dangerous paths that are often littered with rotting corpses. These ‘backpackers’ are on a life or death mission.
Inside city of wealth and danger
ZARUMA, Ecuador clings to a mountainside, has produced an unbelievable amount of gold and is a place of riches – and danger.
Why this rich megacity is failing
IT’S a city of more than 11 million people in a wealthy region. But this megacity is facing a huge problem, and time is running out.
The last isolated people on Earth
WEARING just loincloths, one of the last isolated peoples on Earth are making contact with the outside world for the first time but the encounters are far from friendly.
Sexiest show on Earth kicks off
DANCERS on stilts, bare-chested cowboys, Carmelite nuns and plenty of bare flesh have flooded Rio’s streets as Brazil’s Carnival gets underway.
Trouble brewing on famous beaches
A SPATE of criminal activity along these popular beaches has tourists fearing for their safety. Is this country’s national pastime under threat?
Is this the answer to the world’s biggest mystery?
THERE are plenty of theories surrounding the demise of the people of Easter Island but now one researcher has claimed to have finally found the answer.
True extent of Greenpeace damage to ancient site
LAST week Greenpeace was berated for the damage it did to an ancient cultural site, and now new footage has revealed it is more shocking than originally thought.
A secret Machu Picchu to be revealed
IT’S hidden off the tourist path, hard to get to and overlooked by the bigger drawcard names but Peru is about to open up a secret and second Machu Picchu.
Greenpeace ‘damages ancient site’
WHAT were they thinking?! Greenpeace has apologised for a stunt that has allegedly damaged the world-famous marvel and heritage site of the Nazca lines
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