Looking for ideas and inspiration for when you're very bored?

Okay, we admit, some are a bit quirky if not downright peculiar but hey each to his own and if you find that these inspire you - well go for it. In fact we'd love to be a fly on the wall and see you try some of them....

All activites undertaken at your own risk!

See how long you can hold your breath

Find a really weird word in a dictionary then use it in conversation

Write to your favourite movie star. See if they write back to you

Peel a banana with your feet

Put the TV on mute and make up dialogue

Watch a DVD in one of the foreign languages it comes in with english subtitles. Learn the words by heart then do the dialogue in front of friends and family. Act bewildered when they look amazed.

Write a letter of complaint to the local paper

List five things that make you happy - then do one of them

Buy the weirdest umbrella you can find

Buy some plaster of paris bandage and put your arm/leg in a plaster cast

Make a wish at your local wishing well

Do your grocery shopping at 2 am an the local 24 hour supermarket.

Toss pancakes

Make a rope swing

Make faces at strangers to make them laugh

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Responsible Travel - Going Green

Litter

Pick up at least one piece of litter every day-especially at national tourist locations which are vulnerable to huge tourist populations.

 

Recommended reading Amazing Adventures

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Travel tips and advice

Staying healthy

Staying healthy can be a major problem with flights, even short hops. I always got sick when I flew. A day or two after landing I'd invariably get a sore throat, a cough, a cold or similar. Turns out there is a lot you can do to keep the germs at bay.

Boost your immune system before you fly with echinacea and vitamin C.

 

Photographer honours list

With thanks to all the amazing photographers who've taken the time to send in their images. To name but a few:

Juan Carlos
Raziq Rauf
Charles Butler
James Maritz
Humphrey Moon
Daisy Owen
Mandy Smith
Caroline Hernderson
Alan Cooke
Susan Strutte
Angela Hutchins
June Wilmot
Lionel Song
Daniela De la Cruz
Muriel Leloir
Tony Rogers