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Posted in Places & Travel on Jan 17th, 2010
Anytime I find a good read, it’s a pleasure to sit down for a few minutes and see how other journalists craft adventure travel articles. HighOnAdventure.com publishes roughly a month, only online. If you enjoy armchair reading about adventure travel, peruse some of the tales by a group of experienced travel journalists, whose joyful (and [...]
Posted in Places & Travel on Jan 12th, 2010
Would you like to overnight in an underwater lodge, an ice hotel or a treehouse? How about a yurt, a jail or a cave? About.com’s Guide to Canada Travel, Jane McLean, has put together a carnival blog about Weird and Wacky Accommodations around the world. In her blog, you’ll find a link to my choices [...]
Posted in Places & Travel on Jan 9th, 2010
Snowkiting – when wind power from a kite hooked to a harness lets you ski or snowboard fresh backcountry powder for hours – is a fast growing sport. Picture yourself skimming atop virgin powder snow in an open meadow, on a frozen lake or sliding down a mountainside. When the wind is right, you’ll fly [...]
Posted in Places & Travel on Jan 7th, 2010
It’s summer in Australia and the scuba diving is spectacular on the Great Barrier Reef. On Lady Elliot Island, which is actually part of the reef, divers just walk off the shore and swim between coral canyons. A stingray swam over my head, while I looked into the open mouth of a giant clam. If [...]
Posted in Places & Travel on Jan 4th, 2010
It’s the middle of cold and flu season, so what can you do to make sure you stay healthy during a trip? Here are some suggestions to help ensure you stay healthy throughout your vacation. These are sources where you can find health tips you need to know before leaving on a trip, such as [...]
Posted in Places & Travel on Dec 31st, 2009
The new regulations keep evolving, since an individual on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day set off a device and was subdued by passengers and crew. Here’s a press release from TSA that indicates the pilots on each aircraft do have flexibility in how the new regulations are interpreted. “During flight, passengers may [...]
Posted in Places & Travel on Dec 28th, 2009
“Extreme sports” takes on new meaning when you watch the CBS 60 Minutes segment on “Taking Flight with Birdmen.” These extreme adventurers don “birdmen” suits then jump off some of Norway’s highest cliffs. During the first few seconds of free fall the suits fill with air, then the birdman soars at up to 140 miles [...]
Posted in Places & Travel on Dec 23rd, 2009
If you enjoy hiking, biking, climbing or doing more extreme sports, this interactive emergency identification wristband is for you. If you should ever have an emergency, the first responders can get your medical data fast via your XTREME SPORTS ID. This lightweight, durable wristband has a toll-free number and the medical symbol emergency responders are [...]
Posted in Places & Travel on Dec 20th, 2009
It’s still not too late to buy adventure travel gifts online and have them under the Christmas tree. Some retailers, including Magellan’s and eBags, offer upgraded shipping to ensure the gift arrives by Xmas. Magellan’s offers free overnight shipping upgrades through Wednesday, December 23. eBags offers free second day air upgrade shiping through Monday,December. 21. [...]
Posted in Places & Travel on Dec 15th, 2009
The winter solstice – that instant every year when the sun is farthest away from earth – has always been a “magic” time for mankind. As About.com’s guide to Ireland, Bernd Biege, speculates: “The nights had become noticeably longer for weeks, the days murkier, the sun styling low on the horizon. You can just imagine [...]
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