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For those of you who love Egyptian history and like me, love learning more about it, here are two suggestions that I've come across recently.

It's not always the case that the documentary channels run fresh new programmes about a subject but the Nat Geo TV channel is currently running a special series on the Secrets of Egypt. The shows are at 9pm (UK) on Tuesday evenings with the first one last night being a spe… Continue

With the build up to the monsoon well under way in India resulting in 40 degree plus temperatures throughout the plains of India, a lot of people tend to dismiss tours to the sub-continent at this time of year due to the temperature and impending rains. Although the build up is pretty tough… Continue

A general strike called by the local Tharu organisation in the Terai, in the South of Nepal, is now over a week old, and vehicular travel is still bloc… Continue

At Uncover the World, we take any complaints that we may get very seriously, and always encourage our travellers to give us feedback after their trips as this helps us to continually improve our itineraries and service. However, sometimes there's nothing we can do, as in some of these lighthearted examples below, taken from the… Continue

The Gibbon Experience is a truly unique eco-sensitive project situated in Northern Laos which gives travellers the chance to get up close and personal to the wonderful black gibbons (Hylobates concolor) located in the area. The project is determined to combat the local idea of slash and… Continue