Day 3 took us across the spectacular
Corinth Canal, a collaboration between Greece and Austria to connect the Aegean and lonian seas, to Ancient Corinth, founded in 7000 BC.
I took the diesel across a disused railway bridge spanning the
Corinth Canal and the petrol over dusty gravel tracks with slippery surfaces and neither car baulked at the terrain or found any difficulty.
Forget a fortnight in Benidorm, older tourists now are being offered Madagascar, Jerusalem and Japan, the Swedish waterways, the
Corinth Canal, the Namib Desert, the Azores or the wildlife of Africa.
He will travel from the seaport town of Nafpilo through to Tripoli, exploring thousands of plant species around the
Corinth Canal, olive groves of the Mani Peninsula and the mediaeval fortress of Monemvasis There is an additional academic side to the trip as Josh will write a report for The Merlin Trust about what he has learned.
Highlights will include sailing the Great Barrier Reef and New Year's Eve at Sydney Harbour Bridge, island-hopping in Indonesia, squeezing through the
Corinth Canal and excursions to African game parks and Spitsbergen's eerie abandoned mining towns - plus three mystery cruises, where only the Captain knows where the ship is going!
Our small ships provide exclusive access to destinations unavailable to large ships, such as transiting the
Corinth Canal or probing the Amazon.
Then, teams had to choose one member to bungee jump down into the
Corinth Canal before receiving their next clue.
Flt Lt Mike Rankine, from Crosby, reaches the
Corinth Canal, in Greece
AFTERNOON Sailing through the
Corinth Canal in the Aegean Sea, watching foxes navigate the near vertical sides of the ancient waterway.
This tourist, however, enjoyed the sites of Athens, Delphi, the
Corinth Canal, and various islands while sailing on a private boat.
"19 Awesome Things You May Not Have Seen Yet'' includes a tiny tugboat pulling a giant ship through the
Corinth Canal in Greece; a water bridge suspended over a river in Germany; and, the second-hand phone market in China, with huge piles of phones.