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Can’t face another mulled wine? Try these traditional warming beverages from Mexico, Tibet and Turkey.

Hot and spicy

Hot chocolate is a classic, obviously, but only Mexicans drink it thickened with cornflour, and flavored with orange peel, spices and ground nuts. A favorite long ago with Aztecs and Maya, it’s called champurrado.

Hot and greasy

Black tea, salt and yak-milk butter … To the Western palate, Tibetan butter tea tastes like greasy broth, but fans rave about its warming effect and drink up to 40 cups a day.

Root drink

Traditionally, the main ingredient in sahlep, a hot, milky beverage from Turkey, is the ground root of the wild orchid. But because this particular orchid is a protected species today, sugar, cinnamon, coriander, coconut, pistachio and cornflour are used instead.

Every summer, safari fans gather in the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya to see one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles: the mass migration of over a million wildebeests across the Serengeti savannah.

Sebastian Erras travels the world with his eyes on the ground, taking pictures of fanciful mosaic floors and snapping characteristic patterns in Paris, Barcelona and London (photo). The signature detail is the ­German photographer’s stylishly shod feet at the lower edge of every picture.

The Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, India, was built in 1799 for the sole purpose of allowing the ladies of the royal household to watch processions unobserved. Hence the 953 intricately screened windows in its facade.

Summer and water sports are a perfect combination of fun and activity. But why not take it up a notch by building your own surfboard, sailing boat or raft? See you in the water!