If you are an island lover, and Venice and the Maldives are not at the top of your travel list, you may want to move them up. Rising sea levels and increasingly severe and frequent storms mean many low-lying islands all over the world are slowly but surely being engulfed by the sea. Ariana Salvo shares six very different island destinations to visit before they disappear beneath the waves.
If you are sitting in your cubicle daydreaming about escaping and traveling the world, then read these 10 reasons why you should put down your briefcase and pick up a backpack.
The Basics Country: Maldives Where is it?: The Maldives are a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, southwest of India. Why do people go here?: P eople come to the Maldives to relax on the beaches and to try some of the best scuba diving in the world. Unfortunately, independent tourism is pretty much [...]