Utah, A paradise for Adventure Travelers!

Alexis — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:22:00 +0100

With its various national parks, ski resorts, lakes and mountains, Utah is a wonderland for adrenaline and adventure travelers.

Utah has five national parks where you can find lots of different acitivites as white water rafting, mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, camping, fishing, skydiving, ballooning, caving, between others.

Moreover, these national parks are located close together, mRead More...

Indoor Skydiving

Alexis — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:14:58 +0100

Indoor skydiving

While is extremely exciting to jump from a plane just using a parachute as means of life saver, there are some people who still love the thrill of flying through the air without the extreme danger.

Indoor skydiving or vertical wind tunneling was invented in Quebec in 1979 and it was mainly used for skydivers training. However, not many people had heard of this type of Read More...

Vietnam Holiday and Travel Guide

Alexis — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:26:32 +0100

Vietnam is one of South East Asia’s most beautiful countries. It offers its visitors are wide variety in regard of landscape, culture and food. The southern part of Vietnam offers travellers untouched beaches, as the tourism industry of the country is relatively new. Central Vietnam is the home of the famous and remote Mekong Delta. The landscape of the northern part of the country, with its borders to the Chinese provinces Yunnan and Guangxi, is ruled by the Cordillera mountains. The two bigRead More...

Jalcomulco Green Reserve

Travel Adviser — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:34:16 +0100

Espacio destinado a reserva comunitaria sustentable

El sitio se encuentra a 45 min. de Xalapa, la capital del estado de Veracruz en México. Cuenta con 1 río de categoría 5 navegable todo el año y 2 riachuelos pequeños donde se pueden encontrar langostinos.

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Lovely trip to South East Asia

Travel Adventures — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:10:55 +0100

Anna and Sam travel South East Asia

Our travels around Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Kuluar Lumpur, Singapore and Dubai

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Too bad: Mayan calendar predictions revised, 2012 becomes 2220

Travel Adventures — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:12:02 +0100

This is the translation of an excerpt of a publication in Natuurwetenschap & Techniek (Science & Technology), a Dutch scientific magazine. The excerpt was written by Maarten Keulemans. The publication was made in the 11th edition of 2009.

The movie 2012, which premieres this month, shows the viewer cities and continents being whiped from the face of the earth when the world comes to an end. However, research has just shown that the 'end of time' of the 21st of DRead More...

A virtual tour to 9 Classic Mayan sites

Travel Adventures — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:12:30 +0100

Mayan ruins can be found all over the Yucatán Peninsula. The area stretches over the East of Mexico, Northern Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and the North-West of Honduras.

The map above displays only a few sites. Mayan ruins can be found all over the place in this region, eRead More...

Elephant swimming, great underwater picture

MacTrip — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:57:20 +0100

Have a look at this lovely picture from the National Geographic site. It's actually quite rare to see an elephant swimming ;)

Only a few weeks remain in National Geographic Magazine's International Photo Contest. Here's a standout from this week's batch of entries, taken by Cesare Naldi.

Or is it?

Definitely not, the Mayan Indian elder insists. "I came back from England last year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff."

It can only get worse for him. Next month Hollywood's "2012" opens in cinemas, featuring earthquakes, meteor shoRead More...

Amazing Manta Ray movie

Travel Adventures — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:31:01 +0100

Feeding Frenzy: Manta Rays in the Maldives

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Manta Rays and Whale Sharks feeding on the plankton. See more whale shark pictures here.

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Going on a Cruise? Tech tips for keeping in touch with work, family and friends

MacTrip — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:21:28 +0100

Paul Motter is editor of Cruisemates, which has been publishing impartial cruise reviews and news stories for a decade and is the writer of this article.

We checked in with Motter for some tips on how to stay "wired" while at sea.

What's the best way to keep up on your e-mail while on a cruise ship?

Bring your own laptop. Skip the cruise ship Internet cafés, which generally cost 30¢ to 75¢ per minute—not cheap.Read More...

How Traffic Jams Help the Environment

MacTrip — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:02:51 +0100

Efforts to lighten a city's car load can reduce subway ridership; the eco-upside of stalled traffic

By requiring car drivers to pay a fee to drive in a city at peak hours, congestion pricing reduces traffic and raises money that can be used to support public transit—both worthy goals.

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Yet congestion pricing has dubious environmental value. Traffic jams, if they're managed wRead More...

Safe Nuclear Battery will last for over a decade

Travel Adventures — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:27:56 +0100

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves. University of Missouri researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.

“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density,” saidRead More...

Money saving tips for traveling the Caribbean

Travel Adventures — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:16:41 +0100

We've all been cornered. The gauntlet thrown down by America's new economic realities: Change your evil, thriftless ways.

But making do with less doesn't have to mean cutting out a well-deserved tropical holiday. Economizing doesn't require staying at backpacker crash pads and dining on hot dogs. Because an empty hotel roRead More...

Mayan Pyramids - Were they musical instruments?

Travel Adventures — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:55:23 +0100

SIT on the steps of Mexico's El Castillo pyramid in Chichen Itza and you may hear a confusing sound. As other visitors climb the colossal staircase their footsteps begin to sound like raindrops falling into a bucket of water as they near the top. Were the Mayan temple builders trying to communicate with their gods?

The discovery of the raindrop "music" in another pyramid suggests that at least some of Mexico's pyramids were delibeRead More...

Mexico to debut the largest underwater museum in the world

Travel Adventures — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:50:18 +0100

Imagine doing this: Don snorkel gear and swim down to discover mysterious sculptures sunk into the ocean floor. Among colorful tropical fish, gaze at Jason de Caires Taylor's spooky grouping of concrete figures. See a circle of stone children, for instance, hidden beneath the waves.

This dream is about to become a reality. In November, Mexico debuts off the shores of Cancun the first stage of largest underwater museum in the world.

The Subaquatic Sculpture Museum wilRead More...

Go Travel: It Will Make You More Creative

Travel Adventures — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:42:35 +0100

Research at INSEAD has demonstrated that travel abroad can directly relate to improving creativity.

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If you don’t want to watch the whole video, here’s a fast summary of what William Maddux, professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD, has to say:

If you live abroad, you score higher on tests meant to measure creativity and problem solving.
The longer you live abroad, the beRead More...

Cuba Music: a Vibrant Experience

Travel Adventures — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:08:57 +0100

The Sights and Sounds of Cuban People

Cuba Music pulses through Havana streets.. This once beautiful, now crumbling city still has a character that is arresting..... yet somehow ...sad.That such beauty has been so neglected,defies belief. Yet within this neglect..... the city vibrates with the sights and sounds of Cuban music.

Life is lived on the streets, in the bars, and parks and squares planted in lush green tropical growth. The population, a mix of mulatto, and descendants of SpanRead More...

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