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Every travel bucket list should include those major cities that are sure to blow you away: Paris, Dubai, New York City, Sydney, the list goes on. While traveling to these hotspots is sure to provide a memorable vacation—don’t skip the lesser-known but equally impressive destinations tucked in small towns and metropolitan suburbs all over the world. You can find few crowds besides flocks of flamingos in the Caribbean, hike to an active volcano in Guatemala, and relax in ancient Roman baths in England. Planning a new vacation? Consider these eight off-the-beaten-path destinations.

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Cardiff, Wales

This city-meets-coast town is a quick train ride from London, offering a comparable yet vastly different British experience. In Cardiff , you’ll find lively pubs, Victorian architecture, and excellent dining options all housed within a compact downtown center, plus a charming waterfront district and some of the friendliest people you’ll ever meet.

Gstaad, Switzerland

If you’re planning a Swiss vacation, you have no shortage of options when it comes to picturesque towns, winter sports, and mountain views. While St. Moritz, Zermatt, Lucerne, or the Interlaken region may top the typical lists, make plans to visit the ultra-lux city of Gstaad instead. Stay in a posh five-star property, browse designer shops, and get your winter thrills at the nearby Glacier 3000.

Swap wine country for tea country when you visit Sri Lanka , which houses seven distinct tea districts each producing their own variety. These growing regions are stunning, with many offering lodging options for the most immersive experience. In addition to tea plantations, Sri Lanka is known for its fascinating wildlife, flavorful cuisine, and beautiful beaches.

Part of the “ABC Islands” in the Dutch Caribbean, Bonaire is has made impressive sustainability efforts dating back more than 80 years, plus it has luxury boutique properties and stunning beaches. It’s said just as many flamingos are living there as there are permanent residents (tens of thousands), which are extra pink thanks to the salt flats on the island. Skip the high-traffic Caribbean destinations for this hidden, sustainable gem instead.

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This island swaps cars for horse-drawn carriages, and that’s just scratching the surface of the charm of Mackinac Island . You’ll have to hop aboard a ferry to reach the town, which is best known for its world-famous fudge, quaint downtown district, hiking and biking trails, and spectacular sunsets.

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Travelers beware: it’s a big year for dengue.

Dengue Virus in the U.S.

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It’s already a record-breaking year for dengue infections in Central and South America, with almost 10 million cases diagnosed so far.

Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an increased risk of the mosquito-borne virus in the U.S., as summer weather and vacation travel heat up.

This week, the CDC told health care providers to be on the lookout and to test for cases, especially among people with fevers who have recently returned from places where dengue is surging.

“Currently, there is no evidence of an outbreak in the continental U.S.,” says Gabriela Paz-Bailey , chief of the CDC’s Dengue Branch, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. “But around the world, dengue cases have risen at an alarming rate. Particularly in the summer months, we are expecting people to travel more to areas where dengue is common, and this could lead to more local transmission in the United States.”

The U.S. has seen around 2,200 cases so far this year. And about 1,500 of those cases have been locally acquired, mostly in Puerto Rico, where dengue virus is considered endemic – that is, in constant, continuous circulation.

Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency over dengue in March, after cases rose quickly at an unseasonably early time. Locally acquired cases have also been reported in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Florida this year, Paz-Bailey says.

Dengue Cases Hit Record Levels in North and South America

To be clear, the CDC does not expect to see large outbreaks across the U.S. this summer. Instead, the agency is anticipating more travel-related cases, and small chains of local transmission linked to those cases, says Paz-Bailey. These chains can arise in any state with an established population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes , the species most associated with their transmission in the Americas.

In recent years , local dengue cases have been seen in Arizona, California and Texas. “With increasing temperatures, we need to continue to be prepared and continue to strengthen the surveillance system so that we monitor the occurrence of dengue in new areas,” Paz-Bailey says.

Why is the dengue virus surging now?

A few intersecting threads related to weather, waning immunity and human behavior are contributing to the “explosive outbreak that has evolved in the last year,” says Dr. Albert Ko, a professor of public health at Yale University who has worked with dengue patients in Brazil for 30 years.

First, it’s been a warm, wet year in South America, providing ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes. Populations of the potential dengue carriers are thriving. This year, the mosquitoes brought the disease to parts of southern Brazil and Argentina where it hasn’t historically been found – “a testament to climate change,” which is expanding the insects’ range, Ko says.

Second, dengue outbreaks tend to be cyclical. Big outbreaks happen every few years, and the last one was in 2019 . The cyclical pattern of dengue outbreaks is related to how population-level immunity rises and falls, Ko says.

There are four distinct strains of dengue, and a person who recovers from one type is protected against all of them for a couple of years. But that immunity wanes over time “and you then become susceptible to the other three ,” Ko says. On a population level, immunity is high after a large outbreak and then declines in the years after, setting the scene for a new wave of dengue infections.

And third, the dengue virus is hitching a ride on human travelers, who are going to see family, friends and places they missed out on when travel shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Human mobility, either short or longer distances, plays a significant role in moving the virus around,” says Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec , an environmental scientist and global health researcher at Emory University, “Humans are the vector, the ones that are moving the virus even a longer distance than mosquitoes.” They’re getting bitten by mosquitoes with dengue and bringing it, often inadvertently, to wherever they’re going next.

Some 75% of people who get dengue infections show mild or no symptoms. “So that could translate into someone traveling to an area where there is active dengue transmission, acquiring dengue, returning to their home and then transmitting dengue to a mosquito,” all without knowing they’re carrying the dengue virus, Paz-Bailey says. That mosquito could go on to bite other people, potentially starting a chain of local transmission.

If most people are asymptomatic, how bad can dengue be? 

In a quarter of cases, people infected with dengue feel terrible. “About three to four days after being bit, the virus disseminates in the body, causing systemic illness,” says Ko, who has treated thousands of dengue patients. “Symptoms [include] fever, very severe body aches, joint pains and very, very severe headaches.”

A few patients will develop severe dengue, which can include a condition called capillary leak syndrome . “It makes our blood vessels leaky, and people become dehydrated and go into shock … at which point they need urgent medical care, such as resuscitation with intravenous fluids, in order to save their lives,” says Ko at Yale. People with fevers and headaches from dengue should stick with treating themselves with Tylenol or acetaminophen, he says, and avoid aspirin, because aspirin thins the blood and can exacerbate the disease’s bleeding effects.

Dengue can be severe and fatal whether a person gets it for the first, second, third or fourth time. But there’s a particularly pronounced risk of serious illness the second time around, says Paz-Bailey with CDC. That’s because of a phenomena associated with dengue known as antibody-dependent enhancement , where a first infection with dengue can prime a person’s immune system to help the virus infect cells more easily on a second infection.

Groups most at risk of severe illness include infants, pregnant women and the elderly.

What precautions can people take?

Individuals can protect themselves from mosquito bites by wearing long-sleeved shirts and pants, and using EPA-registered insect repellents , says Paz-Bailey with CDC.

They can also help reduce the buzzing of mosquitoes in and around their homes by “dumping standing water, using window screens and, if possible, using air conditioning, because that helps keep mosquitoes out,” she says.

People with fevers, severe headaches or other symptoms consistent with dengue should seek medical care, and health care providers should be ready to assess their symptoms and travel history and, if warranted, test their blood for it .

Dengue is a nationally notifiable disease – so any cases that are found should be reported to the local health authorities. That will help track where the virus is spreading, and could spur local education and mosquito control efforts, says Ko.

A vaccine against dengue has been discontinued

A dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, is approved for use in the U.S. where the virus is endemic, such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. However, the three-dose vaccine, which requires several blood tests and repeat visits to the doctor’s office, has been hard to administer and slow on the uptake. Sanofi-Pasteur has stopped making the vaccine, citing a lack of demand, and the last remaining doses expire in 2026, Paz-Bailey says.

The hope for the future, says Yale’s Ko, is twofold: better mosquito control measures that decrease dengue transmission and better vaccines that protect the unexposed population.

“The bad part of decreasing transmission is that people become susceptible because they haven’t been infected,” he says, “But if we have both a vaccine and [better] vector-control methods, we mitigate that risk.”

Ko sees progress on both fronts – citing developments with bacteria that can interfere with mosquito breeding, and another dengue vaccine that has been approved in some countries, though not in the U.S.

With better interventions that tackle mosquito-borne illnesses from different angles, Ko says, the country’s response to diseases like dengue could become “substantially effective” and many more people can be saved.

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Dark Matter season 1.

• Dark Matter season 1 made unexpected additions to the original novel, setting the stage for potential new storylines if season 2 happens.
• The show's finale hinted at a continuation with the tease of a second season, despite being marketed as a limited series.
• With no more source material to work from, the success of Dark Matter season 2 will depend on fresh additions while staying true to the established lore.

Dark Matter season 1 ended largely in a way that I expected, but it also made additions to the original novel that I absolutely did not expect. 2016's Dark Matter by Blake Crouch is one of my favorite books of all time . Generally, I don't tend to read a book more than once, but when Apple TV+'s show was about to begin, I decided to revisit the source material. This way, I could monitor any divergences, which is something I find really interesting. The Dark Matter TV show made changes to the book , but the story remained intact.

However, the adaptation added several new storylines and even original characters along the way, all of which sat perfectly alongside the pre-existing lore. What caught me off-guard was that I expected all of these fresh components to wrap up at the same time as those taken from directly from the book. Instead, what happened was the cast of Dark Matter ended season 1 by leaving me staring at the screen, mouth agape.

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Apple tv+ has marketed dark matter as a limited series.

The ending of Dark Matter season 1 focuses largely on the Dessens' plan to escape all the other versions of Jason claiming to be the original. This wasn't anything new to me, as I knew how the book ends as I was watching the live-action version unfold. What had me rubbing my eyes was the closing montage of all the other Dark Matter characters whose stories weren't over.

Apple TV+'s Dark Matter pays far more attention to Ryan Holder than in the book, and Amanda Lucas also has a much more pronounced role. Blair Caplan is a completely original character for the adaptation, and her two variants each have their own mini-arcs. So, the live-action version of Dark Matter is still largely about Jason Dessen, but it also folds in stories that could easily carry on without him there. I loved the fleshed out world of the TV show, but I just didn't realize it was quietly setting itself up for life without its protagonist.

Interestingly, Apple TV+ seems to have been trying to fool everyone, as the tease of a second season during "Entanglement" is an obvious signifier that their eventual plan is to continue the story.

Dark Matter season 2 hasn't been confirmed . In fact, the show has been marketed as a limited series throughout its run. As such, I understandably believed that the adaptation would only be a single season long. Interestingly, Apple TV+ seems to have been trying to fool everyone, as the tease of a second season during "Entanglement" is an obvious signifier that their eventual plan is to continue the story.

Dark Matter Season 2 Makes Me Nervous After Reading The Book

Continuing an adaptation without source material has had mixed results in the past.

With Dark Matter season 1 ending at the same point as in the book, everything from the page has now made the leap to the screen. In other words, there's no more source material to work with. This means that if Dark Matter season 2 does happen, it'll have to add more to the story. Live-action adaptations have taken their stories beyond the source material many times, but I've seen this fail more times than I've seen it succeed.

If Crouch remains at the center of the Dark Matter show, then I'll feel better about it continuing - if not still a little apprehensive.

Original author Blake Crouch was luckily the lead writer and showrunner of Dark Matter season 1 . So, any new ideas would have gone through him. Hopefully, he'll return if Dark Matter season 2 happens. I'm of the opinion that making fresh additions to such a complex fictional universe should be done by involving a very small group of people. If Crouch remains at the center of the Dark Matter show, then I'll feel better about it continuing - if not still a little apprehensive.

What Dark Matter Season 2 Could Be About

Apple tv+ has already teased how the story could continue.

With the source material exhausted, Dark Matter 's future will be in the position of being an original story while having to keep one foot in the lore established in the book. The most obvious direction for Dark Matter season 2 would be to focus on Ryan and Amanda's lives in the futuristic Chicago. The season 1 finale all but confirms by having the two characters meet that this would be the main story, with both Ryan and Amanda now residing in a reality that's not their own. I have to say, for all my apprehension, I'd love to see this.

This Dark Matter Easter Egg Could Mean Another Blake Crouch Adaptation Is Coming

Dark Matter episode 7, "In the Fires of Dead Stars," includes a moment that suggests the show won't be the only adaptation of Blake Crouch's work.

I'd be very surprised if the Dessen family showed up again in Dark Matter season 2. Their story is essentially over, as Charlie opens the door to what's implied to be a glorious new reality for him and his parents to call home. However, I was shocked at the revelation that Jason2 doesn't die in the show as he does in the book , so Joel Edgerton could still return to play the role of the story's now-redeemed villain. Blair Caplan and Leighton Vance would likely feature heavily too, as the finale shows them continuing their travels through Dark Matter 's multiverse.

Dark Matter (2024)

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Based on his novel of the same name, Dark Matter is a sci-fi drama-thriller television series created for Apple TV+ by Blake Crouch. The series follows a physicist who is kidnapped and thrown into an alternate reality where he witnesses one potential path his life could have taken. However, he learns that the lives of his family are in jeopardy by an alternate version of himself.