Lost on the trail? Sat...
Filed under: Biking , Climbing , Hiking , Paddling , Gear , North America , United States , Camping , Cruises , Travel Security Getting lost on the trail , injured during a climb or into some other unplanned situation can make a great day a lousy one really fast. Adventure travel often...
Vagabond Tales: The str...
Filed under: History , Learning , Scuba Diving , Food and Drink , Stories , Asia , Vietnam Apparently, there are no sharks left in Vietnam . This is not a scientific fact. It’s based solely upon the opinion of my dive instructor in Nha Trang, a trendy resort town in southern...Bowermaster’s Adv...
Filed under: Activism , Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Antarctica Deception Island, Antarctica — The black volcanic sand beach carries a heavy history, of an efficient if somewhat desperate past, in evidence from the cemetery where British whalers are buried to the...Bowermaster’s Adv...
Filed under: Activism , Arts and Culture , Learning , Paddling , Asia , Maldives , Ecotourism , Consumer Activism Kunahadhoo Island — On a very hot, very typical, mid-morning in the Maldives I walk the streets of this tiny island just north of the equator. Most of its 800 residents...10 travel resolutions t...
Filed under: Climbing , Arts and Culture , Hiking , Learning , Food and Drink , Hotels and Accommodations , Ecotourism , Budget Travel , Women’s Travel It’s the beginning of a new year and the time when people start thinking of ways to improve themselves in 2012. Instead of...
Antarctic survey finds ...
Filed under: Learning , Antarctica , News The icy cold waters of the Southern Ocean are not a place you would expect to find a variety of aquatic species living and thriving, but that is exactly what a team of scientists discovered recently while conducting an underwater survey of the...
Luxury Vacation Guide 2...
Filed under: South America , Brazil , Hotels and Accommodations , Luxury Travel Long known as the land of tropical beaches, beautiful rainforests, and of course, Carnival, Brazil emerges in 2012 as a luxury destination on the verge of blowing its long under-the-radar cover. Brazil ,...
Adventure Vacation Guid...
Filed under: Climbing , Hiking , Skiing , Oceania , New Zealand Just as I mentioned in the Adventure Vacation Guide to Chamonix, France , what separates an adventure destination from an adventure capital is the ability to get an adrenaline rush for all 365 days of the year. Although...
Budget Vacation Guide 2...
Filed under: Europe , Georgia Why now? Georgia ‘s investments in infrastructure and tourism over the last several years mean that the country is raring to go. Tourist facilities have improved and Tbilisi’s domestic travel agencies are well organized. With a bustling capital...