History books often refer to the Americas as the New World, in contrast to the Old World, which consists of Africa, Asia and Europe. When people migrated from the Old World…
Brandon Mlilo
Author for Travelstart
5 facts you may not know about the Vatican City, Rome
This tiny city-state is in fact the world’s smallest independent nation and is home to the Pope (also it’s head-of-state) and his closest staff, namely cardinals…
Liliesleaf farm
When it comes to presenting modern history for public consumption, South African museums, or more precisely Johannesburg museums, are experts in this type of discourse.…
Dead Birds of Arkansas New Tourist Attraction?
The tiny little town of Beebe in Arkansas had a pretty turbulent start of the new year. Not only did its inhabitants witness a flock of red winged blackbirds spontaneously…
The world’s shortest and longest commercial flights
Everyone moans about sitting in a plane for hours, cramped in a small seat breathing the same air over and over. This got me thinking, what are the world’s longest…
5 Joburg tours for under £10
Anyone who tells you there’s nothing affordable to do in Joburg clearly isn’t from around here, or they’ve spent the last decade home alone watching series re-runs and…
