Kilimanjaro: Hahn & Team Finish Safari and Begin Trip Home
Wonderful night at Kikoti Camp.
Where Cold Winds Blow: Bill Webb’s 33 Years in the Arctic
The Arctic remains one of the last great frontiers, covering areas in Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and the United States, as well as Sweden and Finland.
10 Amazing Places to Hike before you Die
For all the hiking lovers out there, here's a list of some of the most amazing and beautiful places in the world to hike. If you are not a hiker, maybe now is a good time to get your butt off the couch and start exploring this amazing world … pull on your hiking boots and start by putting
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25{e62fe27e611e79a80e374f410b96c37eb63def36e12410d3d723079d8bf10ab1} off Kathmandu Valley Guidebook! September 15th marks the offical start to peak season in Nepal While some hoteliers will make you believe “September”, as in September 1st, is the start to the peak season in Nepal, it’s really September 15th. The reason for this is simple – sometimes the monsoon season hangs on a few weeks. This year the monsoon season has ended early. So the rains have eased…
Traveling with Baby — Tips for Baby’s First Flight
This is a part of my “traveling with baby” series to share our experience with you. We hope to encourage you to show your baby the world too. We’ve just returned from Baby Kaleya’s first first international trip, and I’m proud to report that Kaleya was a great flyer. Save for one scream fest on our flight back from the Maldives, she slept through most of the flights and charmed everyone with her smile and cuteness. In fact, she flew so well that we’re tempted to go on a …
The Best Way to See Maui – From the Sky Video
It’s that time again. A time to dream of where to next. A dream destination for many is Hawaii, and Maui is a favourite of many people who frequent the Hawaiian Islands. Taking a Maui helicopter tour made us realize why this place is so special. Adding a side trip to view the waterfalls of Molokai was even better! So much of …
A guide to outdoor adventures in and around Devon
When you think of great spots for adventure travel in the United Kingdom, the pretty Devon county may not make the top of your list straight away. However this part of England is actually home to lots of great places to be active. From surfing and kayaking, to bike rides, hikes and more, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the great outdoors in and around Devon. Read on for some fun…
Can a Canoe be a Work of Art? Why Not?
Photograph Courtesy Abitibi Centuries of frontiersman got by just fine with nothing more decorative than birch, but this is a different age, where the fashion is as fun as the function is important, and a collaboration between a couple Canadian brands is injecting life into a traditionally staid product category. Natasha Wittke has been hand painting canoe paddles under the Norquay …
Why do I write? What does it boil down to?
We were now breaking the treeline and heading into the high alpines. Up until this point the hike composed mostly of switchbacks through a thick evergreen forest. Now the trees became scarce and the terrain much more mountain like. An enormous rock wall rose 2000ft towards a clear blue sky, standing guard over the glacial carved bowl of the “amphitheatre”, crowned by the looming summit which seemed eons away…
Tawang The Hidden Paradise Excursion
Thunderbowexpeditions Offering a Trekking Trip in the Tawang Valley which is a Part of India and Tibet. Its a unique Trip because No one has reached there for Trekking its first time when Kim Hartlin Explored this place You can find there Buddhist Culture or Tibetan culture. Lots of Beautiful Gompa Temples are there. There is Place where 6th Dalai Lamba was born. So its very religious Place you…
San Alfonso del Mar: The world’s largest swimming pool
If you had asked me to guess where the world’s largest swimming pool could be found I would have guessed Las Vegas, Dubai or China. So I was shocked to discover that it’s at San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo, a Chilean resort town about 60 miles West of the capital Santiago. The …
The Saxon Hotel, Johannesburg, Mandela’s former home.
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Video: The ????O Way with The North Face
Yesterday, The North Face relaunched its iconic line of Summit Series gear. In doing so, they streamlined the number of products, and refocused their purpose to be the best mountaineering apparel available today. But before they could start delivering the new Summit Series to customers they first had to test it in the Himalaya.
How to Live Out of a Backpack: Mentality
This is a series of posts about ‘how to live out of a backpack’ as a vagabond, minimalist, nomad, expat, traveler or for everyday life as a lifestyle.» BADASS BACKPACKS // GRCK » TACTICAL iPHONE CASE // HTCS » NOMAD MOBILE GEAR // HLNMD One does not need a home full of things to live. Just like ancient times, all we need is what we can carry on our backs. JOHN V CAIN Founder of VINJABONDMENTALITY // That saying “…
Women’s World Cup 2015 Final in Vancouver
Last year I bought several tickets to the Women’s World Cup including the final match in Vancouver without knowing who was going to make to play and who was going to make it to the end. I took a chance that the USA would make it to the final and have any of their matches in Vancouver. Our tickets before the final unfortunately did not include any USA matches but it did include…
15 Common Travel Scams (And How To Avoid Them)
Common Travel Scams You Can Avoid Travel Tips Shady people love to take advantage of tourists, and if you’re not careful, it’s easy to become a victim. Here are some of the most common travel scams around the world. As travelers, it is easy to think that we are smart enough to avoid getting ripped off. But, the truth is, it happens to the best of us. Including me! From getting ridiculously overcharged on cab rides to unknowingly…
How To Turn Any Airport Into A Gym So You Can Stay In Shape (Without Looking Like A Weirdo)
Staying in shape is hard enough when you’re not traveling all over the world but there are a lot of covert exercises you can do in an airport that are challenging enough to be worthwhile. Get Your Tracking Software Ready Before getting started you want to make sure you’re able to keep track of the mini-workout ahead of you. Walking is an important exercise anywhere and most airports are large enough for a good 5 kilometer warm up. iOS users, here’s how you can enable the Health app…
8 Getaways from Melbourne
I loved our time visiting Melbourne. It’s probably my favourite city in Australia, certainly the most liveable and if you spend a decent amount of time there you’ll soon see why it consistently ranks as the most liveable city in the world. Of course there’s the one obvious turn-off, you know, the crappy climate where it’s common to live through four …
VIDEO: Eating Pierogi in Warsaw
If you have trouble viewing this video click here: https://youtu.be/EvTurvghe-k Have you ever had the experience where you’ve tried something back home that you really like but then you go abroad – to the country where it originated from – and discover it is like 10/100 times better? Well, this pretty much perfectly sums up our experience being in Warsaw, Poland having authentic Polish Perogies (Pierogi) for the first time. So far we’ve sampled the meat and cheese ones with plans to try the dessert…
Photo Inside Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh
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Surfers in the Mist, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia
Surfers in the Mist, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia
Bear Attack in the Rockies
Bear attacks are frightening and unexpected. This author shares her bear encounter with the hiking community. by Anne O’Regan | 2015-10-14As thru-hikers and backpackers, we think about bears. At one time or another we study them, or at least learn their habits. Years ago when I lived in Yosemite, I got an up-front…
Eating my way through Chiavenna’s Bresaola Festival
Ask me to name the first Italian meals that come to mind and I’ll list off pizza, pasta, and risotto. Maybe veal parmigiana if you insist I include some meat in there. But bresaola? I had no idea what that was until I arrived in the town of Chiavenna. When I hopped on the train bound for the Italian Alps, all I knew was that there would be a food festival taking place. What kind of food? I wasn’t entirely sure. It wasn’t…
TBT: The French Broad River Trail
Hartwell Carson has a lot of stories. Stories about boats falling off of cars. Stories about standup paddle boarders too hungover to stand on their boards. Stories about farmers pulling guns on the riverbank. Stories about sneaking upriver in the middle of the night to sample bacteria levels. He’s telling me about a guy, a sales rep from Sierra Nevada…