Morning Watch Daily

03/07/2020

Kittens Sleep Around 18 Hours Per Day.

03/07/2020

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

02/07/2020

Dog nose prints are as unique as human finger prints and can be used to identify them.

20/06/2020

There are, of course, urban centres oozing culture: you’ve got Portugal’s third largest city and spiritual capital, Braga, and the Unesco-recognised old town of Guimarães, for starters.

If you’re looking for adventure but the Portugal you know is all olive groves, cork trees, windswept beaches and lively cities, it’s time to turn your attention northwards. You don’t need to go far, either: within 100km of Porto, you’re introduced to the highland way of life in a region that...

20/06/2020

There are several ways to access the castle, with the easiest being a 70m-long funicular that leaves from the Old Town not far from the market on Vodnikov trg. There’s also an hourly tourist train that departs from south of the Ljubljana TIC.

Crowning a 375m-high hill east of the Old Town, this castle is an architectural mishmash, with most of it dating from the early 16th century when it was largely rebuilt after a devastating earthquake. It’s free to ramble around the castle grounds, but you’ll have to pay to enter the Watchtower a...

17/06/2020

Canary Islands, Spain
The Canary Islands are perennial hot spots for holiday-makers. The coast are rugged volcanic isles known for their black and white-sand beaches.

17/06/2020

faces of South Africa: Johannesburg and game reserves
From Zulu Camp at Shambala, which offers a great combination of high life and wildlife to the rebirth of Johannesburg to a popular tourist destination.

13/04/2020

New Zealand is a place you visit for its scenery and there’s no better way to gorge on its good looks than by train.

From its beautiful coastline to its spectacular mountains, New Zealand is a place you visit for its scenery – and there’s no better way to gorge on its good looks than by train. Travelling at surface level, you can take in every detail of Aotearoa, stopping off along the way to see more. Here’...

13/04/2020

Hiking is about more than exercise, pleasant scenery or getting from A to B.

Hiking is about more than exercise, pleasant scenery or getting from A to B; putting one foot in front of the other for hours, days or even weeks on end creates a special sense of connection to a place and its landscapes. Taken from Lonely Planet’s book, Epic Hikes of the World, this selection of ...

08/04/2020

The Upgraded Charge 4 Fitness Tracker.

Features like seven-day battery life, activity and sleep tracking, and built-in waterproofing — this new one also comes with things never-before featured in a Charge tracker. That includes tetherless onboard GPS, Spotify control.

08/04/2020

This Béhar-Designed Smart Mirror Makes Full-Body At-Home Exercise Easy.

Using the device’s adjustable cast-aluminum arms, you’ll be guided through exercises by an interactive instructor, allowing you to push, pull, and sweat your way to a better body.

14/03/2020

Equally impressive wonders are the spouting geysers of Yellowstone National Park, shared between the states of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.

Superlative natural wonders appear wherever you turn in the USA’s national parks. Whether you’re working on your bucket list – ‘Climb North America’s highest mountain!’ – or just wanting to hug the world’s largest living tree, you can explore nature’s extreme outer limits at these ...