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The best GoPro action videos of 2016

Adrenaline junkies and nature lovers recorded an array of action-packed footage. Everyone from BMX stars and snowboarders to mountain climbers and surfers used the tiny video cameras. US firm GoPro was founded in 2002 by Nick Woodman and made $3billion (£8billion) in just over 10 years. Pictured: A couple marvelling at a sunrise during a hot air balloon ride (top left), an adventurer uses a rope to cross an ice crevasse (centre), a snowboarder records his trip down the mountain (top right), a kayaker heads over a waterfall (bottom right), and a daredevil in a wing suit flies across a rocky coastline (bottom left).

Honeymoon heaven: Nowhere's more romantic than the wilds of Borneo (just avoid the crocs)

The Daily Mail's Monty Halliday spent his honeymoon exploring Asia's Borneo; staying first at Shangri-La’s Rasa Ria Resort and Spa in the rainforest, left, followed by the Gaya Island Resort in Kota Kinabalu, right, where they found delight in its staggering scenery and rich wildlife. Pictured, inset, a rhinoceros hornbill.

The Inspector called into The Franklin hotel in London's Knightsbridge, designed by Anouska Hempel, and found the decor divine but the Italian food to be disappointing and overpriced.

The Daily Mail's Vincent Graff enjoyed a family escape in Italy's Umbria, in a villa in the hilltop town of San Gemini, and also explored nearby Orvieto's famous wine and underground caves.

The Daily Mail's Camilla Swift stayed at Bermuda's Hamilton Princess hotel to explore the island, which will host the 35th America’s Cup in May - the world's most prestigious sailing trophy.

Britt M's photos reveal abandoned homes in ghost towns above the Arctic Circle

Haunting images of abandoned homes in Nordland and Troms in Norway reveal the stark impact of depopulation in the country’s most remote, northern outposts above the Arctic circle. The breath-taking photographs, these included, were captured by Oslo native Britt M on three trips to Nordland and Troms counties, earlier this year.

SPONSORED. An escape to the historic city of Valletta in Malta will brighten your horizons (and your mood!) with scrumptious local cuisine, year-round sunshine and plenty of culture.

As Great British Railway Journeys returns to BBC Two, host Michael Portillo tells MailOnline Travel about his love of Britain's stations and his enthusiasm for HS2 and the West Highland line.

Video shows novice taking charge of an aircraft mid-flight and landing it

Pilot Nick Cyganski, from Massachusetts, allowed his friend Connor to land his small aircraft with no experience. He had to figure out what the equipment does mid-flight. Pictured clockwise from top left: The yoke used to steer the plane, Nick Cyganski (right) and Connor (left) in the cockpit, Connor steers the plane and the view of the airport from the air as the plane comes in to land.

A shocked passenger has shared footage of the outburst, which happened on board an Aeroflot flight set to take off from Krasnodar International Airport in southwest Russia.

The best airport amenities include therapy pigs and an ice rink

International airports have begun to resemble malls and theme parks. A pet pig in California (top right), a singing robot in Glasgow (bottom right), a rooftop pool in Singapore (main) and a yoga lounge in Frankfurt are all available to amuse passengers nowadays. MailOnline Travel has rounded up some of the best amenities on offer at airports in 2016.

A study revealed that 19 per cent of British kids took at least seven vacations a year and one in 20 found time for more than 10 trips in 2016. New York and Australia top their bucket lists.

The baby hyena and wildebeest are usually mortal enemies in the wild, as hyenas often hunt herds of wildebeest during their migration. But these animals were more interested in friendship.

From Dubai to San Francisco, incredible images show towering cities lost in thick fog

These cities are usually easily distinguishable from their iconic skylines. However, after being shrouded in a thick carpet of fog they are a little more difficult to make out. These unusual images show what happens when freak weather rolls in and swallows skyscrapers whole, leaving the tips meekly poking out from the ocean of mist. Pictured main is a foggy San Francisco, top right is Shanghai and bottom right fog rolling in across lofty Chicago

To celebrate the centenary of the islands coming under US control, the government is giving holidaymakers $300 (£243) to spend on the island next year.

Some 12,353 incidences of sick bugs were reported by British holidaymakers in Egypt over the past five years. Sharm-el-Sheikh was found to be the worst offenders.

The 20 most expensive cities in the world to live in revealed

Forget the flashy reputations of Monaco or Macau, a striking new infographic has revealed the world’s most expensive cities, with a few surprises. Despite the extravagant lifestyles of urbanites in Asia and the Middle East, Bermuda’s capital, Hamilton, is the costliest city on Earth (top left), followed by San Francisco (top middle) and New York (top right). Stylish Geneva (bottom left) came fourth, followed by Hong Kong (bottom centre) and London in sixth place (bottom right).The fascinating infographic has also lifted the lid on what locals spend their money on including rent and restaurants. Plus the staggering difference in the cost of everyday items in these pricey locations is highlighted.

The male driver and 16 passengers suffered injuries including broken bones, cuts and bruises after the coach crashed on the M40 slip road near Milton Common in Oxfordshire at 2.45am.

Beipangjiang Bridge, in south-west China, links two of the country's most remote provinces. It took workers three years to build the enormous structure at a cost of 1.023 billion yuan (£120 million).

When 'paradise' goes to hell: Hawaiian shores full of rotting trash and a waste-swamped

India, Hawaii and Cambodia - all travel destinations which frequently sit at the top of bucket lists. But like most places in the world, they have vast expanses of waste-strewn land seldom witnessed by tourists. Pictured clockwise from top left: the plundered oil fields of Balakhani in Azerbaijan; houses built on stilts over plastic-trashed beaches in Polynesia's Tuvalu; heaps of plastic garbage collected on Hawaii's Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and a Chinese boy leaps across a bank of garbage in Anquan, a village in south China's Hainan province.

Zack Davis suffered a huge bite to his arm while surfing near Avalon Beach State Park on North Hutchinson Island in Florida. He was wearing a new shark-repelling band he had got for Christmas.

Real-life places around the world used as locations for hit movies and TV shows

Montreal, Toronto and North Carolina - they're unsung heroes of the big screen. They are used as locations for hit movies and TV shows - they've appeared in Suits, Brooklyn, Dawson's Creek (bottom right) and The Hunger Games (top left) - but rarely receive any plaudits. And there are more - plazas that appear in Star Wars (top right), deserts that star in Sex and the City (bottom left) and gardens that pop up in Game of Thrones. But audiences are often non the wiser about their identity. Here MailOnline Travel gives the real-life locations in some of your favourite films and shows the recognition they deserve.

American actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani shared several hilarious tweets and shocking snaps of the flier’s legs planted on the wall during the five-and-a-half-hour trip.

Ground that was once solid is crumbling due to climate change, and the impact for buildings across Arctic and Siberian regions will be 'devastating' by 2050, says a new US-Russian report.

Is he taking the piste? No! This daredevil is skiing INSIDE a glacier - and the feat has been captured in nail-biting footage

Chamonix local Sam Favret has released an incredible film of his dizzying exploits as he skis over and inside the breath-taking Mer de Glace glacier in the French Alps. The nail-biting video showcases both the stunning landscape of Vallee Blanche and Mr Favret’s flawless skill on the slopes. He is captured soaring over walls of ice, leaping and spinning backwards before ducking inside dark caves and tunnels.

A New York paparazzo alleges that he has spotted far less VIP guests at Trump's NY hotel, with A-listers now staying at Greenwich Hotel, the Bowery Hotel or the Mercer Hotel.

The International Space Station (ISS) orbits our planet 15.5 times each day. Along its travels, the ISS has captured some stunning images showing Earth's sprawling surface from above.

Copenhagen sees outdoor slope being built on roof of waste energy plant

Slated for 2020, the Amager Resource Centre in Copenhagen will have 1,600ft of ski runs, forest areas, a hiking trail, a cafe, a viewing platform and a 240ft climbing wall on its roof. The new slope has been designed by Danish architects the Bjarke Ingels Group, which submitted the plans as part of a scheme to renew the current waste management building. Its plan is to 'mobilise the architecture and intensify the relationship between the building and the city'. The current building already has a sloping roof but by continuing the gradient all the way to ground level, it would be able to give it a dual purpose.

Ocean water has higher amounts of minerals and an expert from the University of Newcastle discusses the range of benefits it offers that treats skin conditions, relieving stress and more.

The 133 new species were discovered by researchers from the California Academy of Sciences venturing into deserts, to the depths of the oceans, scouring thick rainforests and mountain ranges.

Living in an angler's paradise! Amazing drone images of 13-bedroom Scottish Highland mansion with direct access to Loch Rannoch and its huge fish that's on sale for £1million

The Highland lodge (top left) near Schiehallion, Perthshire, has 750 feet of loch frontage and is situated in 'one of the most gorgeous and unspoiled places in Europe'. It has 13 bedrooms, five reception rooms (one pictured top right) and 6.5 acres of land which runs down to Loch Rannoch (main picture) without any need to even cross a road. The loch is one of the very few places in Scotland where all three varieties of the cold water fish Arctic Char can be caught. Loch Rannoch is famous for its fishing and held the UK record for the largest Ferrox Trout caught until 1993, with weights of more than 20lbs having been recorded.

Major cities have increased security at big events following the Berlin Christmas market massacre last week, which killed 12 people when a lorry ploughed through a crowd of people.

Winter looks set to hit all 48 contiguous states hard this weekend, dragging temperatures below freezing at the start of 2017, after blizzards have dropped two feet of snow on top of New England.

It's champagne (at breakfast) all the way in Munich's Bayerischer Hof hotel

MailOnline Travel's Ted Thornhill checks into Munich's city centre grand dame (inset). A hotel whose previous guests include Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali and the Barcelona football team. Pictured clockwise from top left: The rooftop area with views to the Alps, the huge pool, the two-Michelin-star restaurant, Atelier and one of the many sumptuous bedrooms.

The flight, which left  Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport at 6.20pm Wednesday, turned around just 20 minutes later after the couple disobeyed the crew's orders, Delta said.

UK psychologist Judi James tells MailOnline Travel that it's essential to read body language when travelling solo on planes, trains and buses in a bid to network successfully.

Hilarious images capture weary travellers at the end of their tether

The Christmas period always brings woe to airports around the world. With an influx of passengers and unhelpful bouts of bad weather comes an inevitable increase in delays, long queues, and general dismal happenings. And as these photos reveal, sometimes it really can all get too much - whether that's braying children on leashes, travellers passing out in the most awkward of places, or in one case, a man eating frozen vegetables straight from the pack at 2am.

The third most visited theme park in the world, Disneyland Japan is enjoyably kitsch, found MailOnline's Eleanor Lawrie - but she came away feeling seriously under dressed.

Visibility fell below 300ft in areas of England with temperatures falling below -7C for the second night in a row - and it came after the Met Office issued a cold weather alert for the elderly to stay warm.

Hotel with 74 bedrooms built by Emperor of Austria could be your renovation project

A historic, 74-bedroom hotel built by the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia - Franz Joseph and Empress Sisi - in 1869 has come on the market. The unique property, Hotel Carol, in Herculane, Romania, was a holiday retreat for royalty for years and could be yours for the princely sum of €1.2million (£1million). Its 74 bedrooms are currently in the midst of renovation and any prospective buyer would need to be prepared to complete the work on it before realising their dream. The main image shows the hotel today, with the inset revealing how it looked in its hey day. The images bottom right and top right are of the present-day interior.

Norwegian Air will be launching the new Edinburgh to New York fare £56 ($69) next summer, after acquiring its new fleet of super fuel-efficient Boeing aircraft.

Spanish revellers get messy with flour and eggs as they celebrate town's festival 

This chaotic scene takes the concept of a food fight to a whole new level. Revellers from the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi were caught on camera on Wednesday as they celebrated a quirky 200-year-old festival known as Els Enfarinats. The traditional get-together requires participants to dress in military garb and stage a mock takeover using flour, eggs and firecrackers in lieu of weapons. As expected, things quickly got messy, with attendees wandering the cobbles with their clothing coated in a crust of soggy batter.

Fabian Lentsch, 24, and his friends were filmed as they skied down a near-vertical desert peak in the Qeshm Island desert, a few miles off the southern coast of Iran.

From the Isle of Skye’s epic landscape to a tightrope walker perched above a waterfall in Brazil, a collection of award-winning photographs capture amazing voyages of discovery.

Dave Zdanowicz is an award-winning landscape and portrait photographer from Bradford in Yorkshire, whose images from the local countryside have attracted 100,000 fans across social media.

Wedged in the side of an Alpine mountain like a jagged crystal, the stunning hotel concept design is the brainchild of Dubai-based Andrii Rozhko. It would have a helipad on top.

Journalist Sarah Oliver grappled with Britain's only wild reindeer herd and stars of Game of Thrones in the Scottish Highlands and found she warmed to the 'sociable, calm, brave and intelligent' animals.

The moment two wingsuit flyers soar 13,000ft above the mountains

This is the heart-stopping moment two wingsuit flyers soar more than 13,000 feet above the Dolomite mountains in Italy as they pull off a death-defying stunt. French athletes Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet were helicoptered up to a dizzying height before they held each other's hands and tumbled into the sky. Video footage shows the daredevil duo falling at great speed while they try and navigate the rocky mountain range jutting up before them. They look like dainty butterflies as the powerful winds force them to flit around in all directions.

Ullrich Kastner, the founder of a German software start-up, said he decided to reward his 37 staff (pictured) by letting them take a holiday whenever they want.

The rare moment was witnessed off the Shetland Islands, Scotland, by wildlife photographers Richard Shucksmith and Brydon Thomason.

Heart-warming nostalgic photos reveal how travellers from yesteryear celebrated Christmas

A collection of fascinating vintage pictures reveal that Christmas has long been celebrated in style by travellers; from Father Christmas snapped after a flight in a bi-plane over rural England, delighting children of the 1930s (left) and British troops at Victoria Station celebrating with bubbly in 1929 (right) to railway chefs showing off their Christmas puddings at Euston Station in 1953 (inset).

No matter when you decide to head to Brazil's first capital city, you'll be immersed in beautiful vistas in this buzzing beach destination, writes MailOnline Travel's James Gordon.

As the Christmas getaway continues with millions heading home or on holiday, stricken motorists on the M1 are facing lengthy delays while rail passengers in London have been left stranded.

Try one of these thrilling winter adventures

Consider one of these ten seasonal holidays with a twist, including, clockwise from top left, cruising Sweden's frozen lakes in a 4WD; touring Iceland's illuminated Langjokill glacier tunnel; watching dawn unfold over Sierra Nevada's Veleta mountain; and admiring hundreds of hot air balloons soar over Filzmoos in Austria.

Tucked away in an unsuspecting building off the M25, Heathrow's Animal Health Centre may not look like much on the outside – but inside it is a hive of activity that more closely resembles a zoo.

Conditions are so poor in northern regions such as Switzerland and Austria that many slopes remain closed altogether, while in the French resort of Chamonix, only 25 of its 73 lifts are open today.

The 36-year-old actor was spotted going shirtless while hitting the beach in St. Barths on Tuesday. He was not alone on the trip as he was joined by his long-time friend Greta Caruso.

Global Airport Lounge of the Year Awards 2016 ranks Heathrow's Plaza Premium Lounge No1

Over 60,000 members of a lounge access club have rated the best airport lounges in each global region with the Plaza Premium Lounge at London Heathrow, Terminal 2, crowned the world's best (bottom left). The regional winners were; VIP Lounge, Guadalajara Miguel Hidalgo International (top left and centre) Petra Lounge, Amman Queen Alia International (top right); Asiana Lounge, Seoul Incheon International (bottom right); and The Club, San Jose CA Mineta International.

These Icelandic stallions throw several haymaker punches as they battle it out in a paddock in Germany.

Kim Williamson, 53, claims £15,000 a year in housing benefit on a £1 million Chelsea home as she travels the world doing yoga - and the DWP says it is now looking into her.

The ultimate fairy-tale escapes: How to holiday on the dreamy Pacific islands that

Vibrant turquoise waters, lush forests and endless white beaches - while the locations featured in the latest Disney adventure, Moana (inset), may be fictional they were inspired by the Pacific region's other-worldly beauty. If this thrilling tale of a Polynesian princess' voyage across the ocean has unleashed your wanderlust, MailOnline Travel has just the thing - a selection of holiday destinations in Oceania for you to live out your paradise island fantasies. They include, clockwise from top left: The Brando in Tetiaroa; the Four Seasons Bora Bora; Sunset Paradise in Tahiti; and Fafa Island Resort in Tonga.

A wall of 'steam', hundreds of feet high, rose from Lake Superior Sunday, as waters evaporated in -18 degree air. But that's just the beginning of a cold Christmas, with blizzards coming on Xmas Day.

Marine engineers from Slovenia, who invented the Quadrofoil, say it is unsinkable and highly stable. The first 100 limited-edition boats have now been sold and will be delivered early next year.

From a dusting in the Grand Canyon to a big freeze in Tehran

Earlier this week snow fell in the Sahara desert (top left) for the second time in living memory - with the last occasion being in February 1979. MailOnline Travel has rounded up a selection of other occasions weird weather has struck our planet's toasty destinations over the last few years. Also pictured are big freezes in Hawaii, Cyprus and the Grand Canyon.

Picky eaters beware - we have found some of the most bizarre delicacies from around the world. From duck embryos in Asia to sheep heads in Norway, these meals may just turn your stomach.

The Outer Banks, a 200-mile barrier island chain and major tourist destination on the coast of North Carolina are collapsing. Disappearing beaches are threatening a tourism-based economy.

The traditional Christmas walk slashes family arguments by half, according to new research by the National Trust. The charity has revealed 12 top locations to take a festive stroll.

From the vibrant mountains of Germany to the rugged wilds of Scotland, MailOnline Travel has rounded up the incredible castles where you can live like a king or queen for the day.

The indigenous tribe were spotted in the Amazon jungle by photographer Ricardo Stuckert as he took a helicopter ride over the area and spotted the people peering up through the trees.

The intoxicated man rammed through the terminal door at Kazan International Airport (pictured) and drove around inside, telling a court he did it as he was 'fighting for love'.

Olly Hicks reveals how he survived kayaking expedition from Greenland to Scotland 

'Going to the toilet wasn't easy and I suffered from hallucinations,' pro sea explorer Olly Hicks (pictured far left and bottom right) reveals as he details his latest gruelling adventure, which saw him kayak more than 1,200 miles from Greenland to Scotland. The 34-year-old from Suffolk, who developed a passion for the water from an early age, completed the extreme paddling trip in September with the help of fellow explorer George Bullard (main, pictured right). He admits that the two-month-long expedition was pretty tough, with bathroom breaks and sleeping being a little tricky. 'The kayak was adapted slightly and extended to give us enough room to lay down and it had inflatable buoys (bottom right) to keep things steady while we slept,' Hicks - a good friend of Prince William - explained during a talk at the South Kensington Club in London.

Engineer from Puerto Rico has invented a cardboard resting post that one flier claimed was 'amazing'. Another person who tried it said that it was 'super-easy to carry'.

A fascinating new US-based TED Talk has explained the frustrating logic behind the practice of airlines selling more seats than their capacity - and unsurprisingly it's all about profit.

Japanese tourism video shows travellers how to wipe their bums and using bidets

Tourists in Japan are being educated on how best to wipe their bottoms and use bidets thanks to a new tongue-in-cheek video. The short tutorial shows a man in a suit demonstrating the correct bathroom etiquette, from wiping motions to sitting poses. A narrator informs viewers that there are two type of toilets in Japan, the traditional squatting kind and the western seated style. She then reveals the wiping moves that can be performed on a traditional loo, while the suited man performs corresponding movements. Next the demonstration moves to bidets. 

South African native Mike Horn will cover a total of 24,000 miles on his expedition - which is set to take two years. After setting off from Monaco in May, the adventurer is currently in Antarctica.

A motorized bed broke the Guinness World Record for the World's Fastest Bed, clocking 84mph at the Emirates Motorplex dragstrip in the United Arab Emirates.

What it's REALLY like in Hotel Honegg's 'Stairway to Heaven' infinity pool

MailOnline Travel's Sadie Whitelocks visited the infinity pool at Hotel Villa Honegg in Switzerland, which gained worldwide attention in September after a video of it - entitled the Stairway to Heaven - went viral with millions of views. And after taking a dip in the steaming aquamarine waters, Sadie says it's 'pretty easy to see why it is such a celebrated site'. From top left clockwise to centre: The pool's vista, MailOnline Travel's Sadie Whitelocks, the pool by night, the indoor spa and an exterior of Hotel Honegg.

Research that aimed to find the best value airline route revealed that Glasgow to Belfast is the most expensive at 70p per mile and Manila to Vancouver offers the best value at 8.3p per mile.

Even frequent fliers can struggle with being cramped in a noisy, cold cabin for hours on end. UK-based travel experts have created a handy infographic on how to enjoy long haul journeys.

Should there be any extra cause for concern just because temperatures have dipped below freezing? Here pilots from the US and the UK reveal how they cope with wintry conditions.

Cheetah sextuplets make a public debut at Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem

With bright eyes and wagging tails, a pack of 14-week-old cheetah sextuplets made their public debut at a zoo in the Netherlands today. Staying close to their mother, the six fuzzy-haired cats were filmed as they warily investigated their outdoor pen in Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem. The six cubs, four female and two male, were born on September 14 this year to mother Nadie. The new mother was also born at the zoo in 2010. It is relatively rare for cheetahs to give birth to sextuplets, it only occurs around 5 per cent of the time.

The £4million bridge is designed to blend perfectly into its surroundings in China's Hunan province. The transparent bridge is in the mountains that inspired the Hollywood film Avatar.

A charming collection of 100 ski posters illustrating the halcyon days of European winter holidays in Chamonix, St Moritz, Gstaad and beyond is up for auction at Christie's, in London, this January.

Holidaymakers were left shocked at an airport in Africa, when a passenger showed up in just a pair of swimming trunks. Greig Bannatyne was returning from a charity swim across Lake Malawi.

Love hearts, patterns and Pikachus are being created from foliage in a trend known as 'fallen leaves art' or 'ochiba' in Japan. Stunning creations are appearing everywhere and are shared online.

The Crown in Amersham has a claim to fame - it was the setting for a key scene in Four Weddings And A Funeral. Nice - but this pricey bolthole could, and should, be better, says our hotel inspector.

Finnish Lapland is renowned as a snowbound haven of winter - where you can meet Santa Claus. But it is also a wonderful option for a family skiing trip, says Oliver James.

The female Indiana Jones! Fascinating images capture the adventures of a 1920s traveller

Aloha Wanderwell from Winnipeg, Canada, began touring the world aged 16 after answering an advert for an expedition driver in a French newspaper. She went on to travel 380,000 miles during the 1920s. Pictured clockwise from top left: Aloha with her Ford Model-T, Aloha at the pyramids in Egypt, Aloha's name in lights at a screening on one of her documentaries, Aloha with a snake charmer in India and, inset, Aloha with her husband, Captain Walter Wanderwell.

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