The first drops hit my skin with sweet refreshment. Then a deluge rips through the tropical air, sluicing away the sweat and dust of the humid jungle.

I peer up from the ground at a chain of stone circles ascending before me. A top terrace crowns the ‘Lost City’ — or Teyuna, as the locals call it — a sacred site high in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range near Colombia’s Caribbean coast.

Charlotte Von Schedvin was a blonde, blue-eyed young woman who hailed from Swedish nobility.PK Mahanandia was a poor art student from eastern India, seen as an "untouchable" in his country's caste system. Yet their chance meeting in Delhi, late 1975, led to him cycling a mammoth 3,600 km to be with her.

The first thing that hits me when I arrive at London Fields Brewery is that I’m the only woman. The second thing is the large number of beards. I’m here for a master class in home brewing, the ultimate way to upgrade a makeshift hobby into a connoisseur’s craft.

Unlike most teenagers, Ashley Delgado starts her school day by crossing an international border. She gets up at 5am so her mother Dora can drive through Juárez’s dense traffic to...

The most westerly point of Africa is surprisingly undiscovered by English-speaking tourists. And that's a shame, for those tourists are missing out on vibrant and welcoming Senegal, where rich traditions and natural beauty combine to spectacular effect.

In the spring of 1972, three Kyoto dropouts -- a folk singer, a photographer and a poet -- decided to build a space where their creative and political ideas could meet. The US and its allies had been fighting communist Vietnam in a brutal and unpopular war.

With 10 million people flocking each year to its colorful, noisy and bustling cities, India is facing the largest urban migration in history. These Instagrammers reveal a changing India, where old and new are morphing to create an eclectic and fascinating landscape.

Curries simmering in huge vats, each pan the shade of a season. Crepes browning on griddles, flipped and smeared with molten chocolate. Tempting cries at the Jemaa el-Fnaa as spiced chicken is slapped onto searing grill plates. Eating is surely one of the greatest pleasures of travel.

Dakar Lives began as an Instagram feed in 2015 with the aim of "curating the best photos from Senegal". Now, the account has become an avid community sharing vibrant snaps of the West African nation's idyllic beaches, buzzing street scenes and rich cuisine.