Travel & Leisure

Travel & Leisure

In Sri Lanka, barriers fall in a land marred by bloodshed

We had just crossed the causeway leading from the Jaffna Peninsula to the Vanni, the northern Sri Lankan mainland, when the colossus came into view: a

Czech: Wonders of a church of bones

A church designed with skeletons? That was my instant reaction, the first time I learned about the Sedlec Ossuary. My eyes were glued to the screen fr

Across Britain, silent relics of the Cold War

Buried beneath the breadth of Britain lies a legacy of the Cold War that was once a closely guarded secret, but is now simply forgotten. Because of it

In Cairo, alone time with the Pharaohs

As I stood alone in the silent, darkened King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza, staring into the sarcophagus that had been hollowed from r

Esie: Nigeria’s first museum, generates N10,000 monthly

Esie Museum, Nigeria’s first, was established in 1945. It is believed to house the largest number of stone figures in sub-Saharan Africa. It is