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![This is the world's best hotel in 2022 according to Tripadvisor](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
This is the world's best hotel in 2022 according to Tripadvisor
Plus, the world's most romantic hotel and best family hotel.
![Wander, woman: Global travel adventures for your next girls' trip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Wander, woman: Global travel adventures for your next girls' trip
To celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, plan your next all-girls getaway.
![Annual index reveals the best places to retire in 2022 revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Annual index reveals the best places to retire in 2022 revealed
A new study reveals the golden spots to spend your golden years.
!['Good to be home': Pete Bethune out of hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Good to be home': Pete Bethune out of hospital
The NZer was left fighting for his life after his encounter with a Fer De Lance snake.
![Snake bite victim Pete Bethune beats the odds to walk out of hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Snake bite victim Pete Bethune beats the odds to walk out of hospital
The Kiwi conservationist is back on his boat after a snake bite almost claimed his life.
![Pete Bethune defies the odds: 'I'm getting out of hospital tomorrow!'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pete Bethune defies the odds: 'I'm getting out of hospital tomorrow!'
The Kiwi environmentalist is marvelling at his survival after a deadly snake bite.
!['It's not good news at all': Snake-bitten Pete Bethune's health deteriorates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'It's not good news at all': Snake-bitten Pete Bethune's health deteriorates
The conservationist's drug dose has been increased as he lies in hospital in Costa Rica.
![Pete Bethune's venomous snake bite: Kiwi's grim new medical scare](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pete Bethune's venomous snake bite: Kiwi's grim new medical scare
He survived a deadly snake bite but there's a new problem facing medicos.
![Pete Bethune on deadly snake bite: 'A humbling experience'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pete Bethune on deadly snake bite: 'A humbling experience'
Conservationist Pete Bethune is slowly improving after being bitten by a snake.
![Field trip horror: NZ students robbed by Costa Rica bandits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Field trip horror: NZ students robbed by Costa Rica bandits
Raiders reportedly wielding guns, knives and machetes slashed tents and robbed students.
![Dental tourism: Is going abroad for a crown worth the risk?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dental tourism: Is going abroad for a crown worth the risk?
Dentistry doesn't always have to cost a fortune.
![Costa Rica: 'Biologically intense'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Costa Rica: 'Biologically intense'
I am surrounded by animals - not tourists, as humans make up for .000001 of all species.
![Costa Rica: The truly wild Osa Peninsula](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Costa Rica: The truly wild Osa Peninsula
The remote outpost of Drake Bay is teeming with life - and not with tourists.
![Unvaccinated French boy reintroduces measles to Costa Rica](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Unvaccinated French boy reintroduces measles to Costa Rica
The country had been free from the disease for five years.
![Costa Rica: If Toucan, you can](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Costa Rica: If Toucan, you can
The colourful toucans of Costa Rica soar and dip and on a wellness break.
![Facing death: 'I said I love you'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Facing death: 'I said I love you'
Jayson and Kirsten never imagined they would find themselves in a living nightmare.
!['Two families lost a child that day'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Two families lost a child that day'
Charlotte Zaremba was killed in her bedroom in the early hours of New Year's Day by a Maryland high school classmate. Her parents tried to save her life.
![Is this man the world's worst tourist?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is this man the world's worst tourist?
A 66-year-old American, David Strecker, became famous for all the wrong reasons. He became notorious as sex tourist 'Cuba Dave'.
![Watch: Surfer survives crocodile attack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watch: Surfer survives crocodile attack
A surfer was in serious but stable condition after being attacked by a large crocodile at a popular tourist beach in Costa Rica.