News of a journey on a glass bridge, a space hotel and a nice reunion after 23 years
(CNN) - In this week's Travel News archive, we take a look at the Centennial Space Hotel, Sicily's new "Little America" and the world's longest bridge in Vietnam.
The connection has been restored
That 's when an article published last weekend helped two former refugees track down a benevolent stranger who paid them $100 on a plane more than 20 years ago. You are here.
In another story from 2021, we help unravel the mystery of a 60-year-old photograph found at a flea market in Amsterdam.
Jennifer Scoopin from Germany, who found the photos, has 7 in our story Suzanne Stevens-Johnson, a 71-year-old Yupik woman, who is part of the local community in Alaska, has since been shocked to see photos of his old-class friends, neighbors and long-lost friends in a village. Watch our dropped video and read the full story here .
Space Hotel: From 1967 to today
The idea of a space hotel has been circulating since the beginning of space exploration. In 1967, before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the Hilton hotel chain was planning a lunar hotel with rooms below the moon's surface .
In 2011, Russian company Orbital Technologies announced plans for a hotel that would float 250 miles (about 400 kilometers) above the ground. There was no grass or even a shower, but you can clean with wet wipes .
California-based company Orion Span hoped to make $10 million this year in 2018 by flying to the luxury Aurora space station , but the company has since ceased operations.
Now another California company is getting closer to the stars. The Orbital Assembly has announced for the first time new information and concepts for the design of space hotels, introduced in 2019. Its next vision is to spin a wheel in Earth orbit - but the top wheel of our planet will turn will she have a day?
move again
Named in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, the junction will open in 2022, partly as the Elizabeth Line. It will link East and West London as before.
Australian airline Quantas has announced new plans for the world's longest nonstop flight for 18-hour flights between Sydney and London, due to start in late 2025.
New Zealand has reopened to tourists for the first time in two years and has reduced travel risks to Mexico for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Covid -19.
In China, the situation was very different under the Zero Covid policy, but Beijing banned dining from all restaurants and closed Universal Studios with the start of the five-day Labor Day celebration .
Italian "Little America"
The Italian town of Sambuka in Sicily led a trend in 2019 when homes started selling for just a dollar .
The key was that the new owners would be responsible for rehabilitating the local community by repairing destroyed buildings within three years.
The city is now expecting a new wave of mostly North American buyers who have risen to the challenge. Here's how they're doing .
Don't look down
The Long Bach Bridge is open to thrill-seeking visitors, offering a glass-bottomed passage suspended approximately 500 meters above the ground.
The latest attraction in Vietnam for adventure seekers is the Bach Long Bridge, a glass underpass suspended between two hills in Son La province. It is 632 meters (2,073 ft) long and about 152 meters (500 ft ) above ground. It has yet to be confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, but the owners claim it is the longest glass-bottomed bridge in the world.
If you miss it
There is a brand new statue of Jesus in Brazil.
And it's about 5 meters taller than Christ the Savior of Rio.
We have seen the most expensive passport in the world.
An amazing source of a classic American burger.
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