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In our roundup of travel stories this week: a man recreates his father’s round-the-world bicycle trip, a luxury yacht that turned out to be a mold-covered wreck, plus the ancient Roman city 10 times the size of Disneyland.
Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan monument, was once among the world’s largest structures.
This vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel was born out of religious rivalry, and over the centuries it has survived earthquakes, neglect and civil war.
However, while…