Travel news: Glass bridges, space hotels and beautiful encounters after 23 years
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) - In this week's travel news magazine, we take a look at the centuries-old space hotels in Sicily as the world's longest bridge in New America and Vietnam. .
The connection has been restored
That was when an article published last weekend helped two former refugees find a beloved stranger who paid $ 100 on a plane more than 20 years ago. That's how it happened .
In another story, we helped unravel the mystery of a 60-year-old photograph unveiled at Amsterdam Mall in 2021.
Susan Stevens Johnson, a 71-year-old woman from Alaska's local community, was shocked to see a picture of her lost childhood on the Internet to show her old classmates and neighbors. and friends. abandoned. Watch our video and read the full story here .
Space Hotel. From 1967 to the present
The idea of a space hotel has existed since the beginning of space exploration. In 1967, before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the Hilton hotel chain planned to build a lunar hotel with rooms under the moon.
In 2011, Russia's Orbital Technologies announced plans for a hotel that would float 250 miles (about 400 kilometers) above the Earth's surface. There was no bar or even a shower, but you can wipe with a damp cloth .
California-based Orion Span had hoped to travel to the luxurious Aurora space station in 2018 for 10 million yen, but the company closed earlier.
Now another company in California is trying to find stars. The Orbital Assembly announced new information - design ideas for space hotels, which were first launched in 2019. His future vision is to spin the wheel around the Earth, but will the high cylinders of our planet spin?
moves again
Crossrail, named after Queen Elizabeth II, will open in 2022, partly as Elizabeth Line. It will connect East London and West London as before.
Australian airline Qantas has announced new plans for the world's longest direct flight - 18 hours, and Sydney hopes to launch London by the end of 2025.
New Zealand is open to tourists for the first time in two years, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reduced travel risks to Mexico for Covid -19.
In China, the situation was very different under Zero Cowid policy, but Universal Studios, where Beijing has banned eating in all restaurants, has been closed since the start of the five-day Labor Day holiday .
Italian "Little America"
The Italian city of Sambuca in Sicily became a trend in 2019 when it started selling homes for just $ 1 .
As a result, the new owners will be responsible for reviving the local community by rebuilding the destroyed buildings within three years.
The city is now home to many new North American buyers who have accepted the challenge. That's how they go .
Don't look down
Open to visitors looking for excitement, the Bach Long Bridge offers a glass-lined walkway that hangs 500 feet above the ground.
A new attraction for adventure enthusiasts in Vietnam is the Bach Long Bridge, a glass-paved walkway that hangs between two hills in the province of San La. It is 632 meters (2,073 feet) long and about 152 meters (500 feet) above the ground. It has not yet been confirmed in the Guinness Book of Records, but the owners claim that it is the longest glass bridge in the world.
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