Backpacking | Budget Travel | Living Abroad
For many people, 2023 will be the year they embark on a big trip that might have been postponed during the pandemic era. There are many weird and wonderful regions of the world to visit, but there are also plenty to avoid. Below, we’ll take a look at ten of the most dangerous countries to […]
Today, we’re going to investigate which country has the largest rail network in the world. Domestic travel in some nations is almost defined by the railways and there are many countries where travelling by train is the easiest and most convenient way to get around. However there may be a few surprises in the global […]
As the world’s largest country, Russia is full of relatively little known natural wonders that receive few international visitors. The difficulty of reaching them puts some travellers off but if you fancy a real adventure for your next trip, this post on the most beautiful places in Russia may provide a bit of inspiration. 5 […]
In this post, we’re going to look at the highest mountains in the world. The world’s highest peaks all lie in Asia and most people know that Mount Everest is the tallest. However the highest mountains in some of the other continents are actually relatively little known and we’ll first run through the highest mountain […]
In this post, we’re going to look at the largest countries in the world by surface area. You can probably make a pretty educated guess as to which countries will feature but one or two of those in the top ten may come as some surprise. The data comes from Worldometer’s estimates of the land […]
In this post, we’re going to look at the coldest countries in the world. There are various different ways you can measure that and none are perfect. That’s largely because it’s virtually impossible to calculate the average yearly temperature for an entire country. That’s particularly true for some of the world’s coldest nations, some of […]
In this post, we’ll run through the most populated countries in the world. There are now 14 countries with a population of more than 100 million. However China and India still are way clear of the rest with not only over a billion people, but over a billion more residents than the 3rd most populated […]
The north and south poles are the location of our planet’s most bitterly cold climates where life as most of us know it is made all but impossible by the freezing temperatures and icy winds during the winter months. However it’s perhaps surprising just how many people in the world do live in places where […]
Every traveller has their own ideas for bucket list trips of a lifetime consisting of “must see places before I die”. The team at Odyssey Tours and Travels have put together one such list of ten once in a lifetime trips. It features a diverse range of experiences and adventures from taking a cruise to Antarctica […]
