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That fancy cocktail in your favorite bar is changing everything in the villages of Mexico’s southern state.

Istanbul and Port Said are the only two metropolitan areas in the world that span two continents. This road bridge linking Africa to Asia goes by many names, including the Mubarak Peace Bridge, the Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge and the Al-Salam Peace Bridge. Built with assistance from the Japanese government, it was opened in October 2001. The cable span has a 70-meter (229-foot) clearance over the canal, which means that ships passing through the Suez Canal can have a maximum height of 68 meters (223 feet) above the waterline. The pylons that support this structure were designed to resemble pharaonic obelisks.

In Dhërmi, a Greek-speaking town on the Albanian Riviera with a celebrated beach, the freshly pressed olive oil is legendary; the olives come from groves that stretch up the coastal hills. Honey produced around the nearby Llogara National Park is similarly famous and can be bought directly from roadside vendors.