3 . How a guided tour can offer more

Visiting new places, seeing new cultures, meeting new people..., it’s always exciting dreaming of your next travel experience. If you have a list of destinations to visit, start planning your holiday with Travel Department.

They know the best spots and have expert local guides to talk you through every aspect and cultural experience.     1     Here are some top reasons why you should consider a fully guided holiday.

See incredible destinations

    2     They know destinations inside out, so you can be sure to have the best holiday plan possible and see the main highlights wherever you travel. You may want to experience the unseen beauty of a classic destination uncover more unusual places and ancient sites. Wherever you travel, on a fully guided holiday you’ll have everything planned for you.

Enjoy real experiences

Guided tours can also give you a more authentic travel experience. Travel Department have spent years perfecting their plans so you can trust them to put together a highly enjoyable schedule. Their local, expert guides have a huge wealth of local knowledge to give you the best and most authentic inside r information.

    3     knowing that every hotel and restaurant has been inspected. With each trip created carefully around the diverse needs of different travelers, guided tours offer the very best of each destination, ensuring you don’t waste a moment.

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It’s often the people you meet on holiday that are the highlight of the entire trip.     5     If you’re a solo traveler, it’s also a wonderful opportunity to make new friends. The holiday mood is positive and friendly making for a fun, inclusive group where everyone feels welcome.

Sometimes fellow travelers get along so well that they even arrange to meet up after the trip or go on another Travel Department holiday!

6 . When people think about travelling around the world, they would never dream of going on foot. But Alexander Campbell, a 27-year-old man in Sydney, has begun a four-year hike to walk 40,000 kilometres across 30 countries and four continents. The trip will raise funds for the Fred Hollows Foundation(基金会).     1    

Mr. Campbell loves long-distance hiking and started his journey from the Opera House in February and made his way through western Sydney to Penrith and onto the Blue Mountains.

“     2     By the time I am in far north Queensland and the Northern Territory(领土) it will be winter, which is a good season to visit. Once I get to Nepal and India I won’t be able to go through those countries in winter,” he said.

    3     Then he sets up camp. He said the longest he has ever walked in a day was about 74 kilometres. The rough schedule will see him walk for four years. Along the way, he may get injured, suffer from severe weather or get tired of walking. In this case, he’ll simply stop for a while.

    4     Apart from his savings, he also got support from Australian Geographic. As for travels between continents, he said he’d love to go by boat rather than by plane.

He chose the Fred Hollows Foundation because he wanted to raise money for a charity that worked in the countries he was travelling through.     5     There are currently 43 million people in the world living with blindness. Asia, where Mr. Campbell’s journey will cross, has the largest number of people with blindness in the world.

9 . An adventurous Indian Ocean break can easily capture the imaginations of the whole family. Here are the best option, with trips to suit pre-schoolers to teens.

Mauritius   

A ride through the waters of northwest Mauritius in Blue Safari’s 10-seater submarine gives children (aged nine months and up) the rare chance to explore beneath the surface to a depth of 35 meters. Everyone gets a window to the underwater world.

The Maldives   

The Maldives is a good place to inspire young minds to dig deeper into the ocean. At Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru, in the Baa Atoll north of Male, your teens can learn what is happening and why, and also help a scientist to create new reefs; back home, they can watch their reef flourish online.

Kerala     

The rivers of the southern coastal state of Kerala are an ideal introduction to India for young imaginations. Setting sail on a houseboat, kids will find the village life along the waterways fascinating, and they can play a part in it on trips to local markets to pick up souvenirs (guided by houseboat staff).

Réunion   

Covered in green, with plunging waterfalls and black-sand beaches, small Reunion is not a typical Indian Ocean island. Hike up to the Piton de la Fournaise, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, with over 600 miles of trails to occupy excited teenagers, or ‘aqua hike’ the Langevin River, which involves a mix of canyoning and whitewater swimming.

10 . Rumination（深思）is a sleep—blocker because it keeps your mind awakened, especially in bed, when it’s dark and quiet.     1     Your brain’s job is to strengthen information and build new synapses（突触）by digging up moments and memories from your day, even the things that upset you.

The best time to deal with worrying is during the day when you have important things to do and don’t have time to get caught up in mental cycles for hours and hours.     2    

Set aside 15 minutes during the mid—to late—afternoon just for yourself. Once the timer starts, give yourself the freedom to worry about one topic at a time. Think of it as a to—do list that you go through one by one, except what you’re checking off are topics you feel the most anxious about.

If you find yourself worrying during the day, tell yourself: “Look, I just need to put off this to the next emotional worry time.”     3     “I have this scheduled for tomorrow.” Do this two to three times a week until your rumination at night slowly starts to fade.

On a piece of paper, create two columns labeled as “Problem” and “Solution”. Come up with a short list of current problems you’re dealing with. Focus in particular on what you’re likely to ruminate about tonight.

    4     Remember, the goal is to make out a plan for how to get started with actionable steps for tomorrow, or within the next few days. You are not solving it completely.

Then fold the paper up and put it next to your bed. Say to yourself, “I have a plan.”     5     It frees your mind from puzzling over them at night.