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Adventure Travel Destinations January 8, 2018 By Fiona The weather is frequently a topic of conversation because of how often it can change. The weather phenomena on this list, however, are rare, breath-taking and something you’ll really want to talk about if you get the chance to witness them. Find out which adventure travel destinations you need […]

January 20, 2016 What could be more mind-refreshing than a spiritual journey to the world’s happiest country? No, I am not talking about taking yoga lessons or going to the church for a prayer, but about finding the place of pure happiness. How is that possible? Travelling could be your remedy when you are unsatisfied […]

February 1, 2018 Great adventure travel news this week, which marks a historic occasion with Chile creating 10 million acres of national parks in the form of five new national parks coupled with the expansion of three others. A conservation victory, this is also said to be a record breaking land transfer from a private entity to a government.  […]

August 17, 2015 Photo credit: Ricardo Bravo Aleksander Doba, 67-year-old kayaker, was entitled to the 2015 People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year Award for kayaking across the Atlantic for 7,716 miles following the longest route which crosses the Atlantic. He received more than 521,000 votes from the readers of the National Geographic magazine. Aleksander Doba is […]

January 7, 2016 There’s nothing weirder than walking around a location that looks strangely familiar as the backdrop from a famous movie. Spotting where Hollywood stars stood or where certain scenes were filmed is a a fun activity – and not just for movie-buffs. Some people love certain movies or series so much that they […]

April 28, 2016 Recently, travel enthusiasts are bothered with the question of how to use Google Destinations as it is the new revolutionary tool of Google which is dedicated to travelers solely. There is no single month that Google leaves us without a new technological development. The new tool of Google, Destinations has revolutionary features […]

November 20, 2015 There’s something incredibly romantic about hot air balloon flights. The thought of silently floating through the sky in a huge basket, with simply the sound of the gas burner filling the giant, colourful balloon above, as you are steered over a majestic location has a certain tranquility to it. While hot air […]

August 4, 2015 In recent airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, lead by Saudi Arabia and its allies, another of the nation’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites have been damaged. The old town of Yemen’s capital Sana’a has suffered severe destruction during the bombing. Three houses have been completely destroyed and since the ancient buildings […]

February 16, 2016 Before the fasting period of Lent (that leads up to the Christian celebration of Easter), many Christian countries and cultures find a way to celebrate Carnival. The Carnival period is usually in February and March – sometimes starting as early as January 6 – when there are special parties and parades, but usually there […]

August 24, 2015 Another important remnant of antique culture has been destroyed by ISIS. The group has allegedly detonated a huge amount of explosives in the Temple of Baalshamin in Syria’s ancient oasis city of Palmyra, which lead to the destruction of the temple’s inner area and the collapse of the outer columns. The country’s […]

December 16, 2015 South India, especially Tamil Nadu and the Chennai region, was hit by record-breaking monsoon rains this November and December. More than 400 people died, and almost two million were forced to leave their homes as a result of the South India flood disaster. Even a week after the raining stopped some areas […]

August 17, 2015 Picture: Roman Harak The Chernobyl Disaster has changed the development of our civilization and the way we see nuclear energy forever. Still today, almost 30 years later, there is an exclusion zone of 30 km radius around the power plant in Central Ukraine, that can’t be inhabited for several thousands of years. […]

November 18, 2015 When it comes to skiing in Europe, it might not be the first country to come to mind (who can compete with France and Switzerland, right?) but Poland should not be underestimated for the ski resorts it contributes to the European winter experience. Most skiing in Poland is centered in the south, […]

August 27, 2015 Photo by: Maarten Takens For most of us who live in moderate climates, the moment it dips below zero degrees Celsius we tend to label the weather as “Siberian”. However, when your average winter in Siberia can drop down to temperatures of -40 to 50°C, that’s the equivalent of comparing a Canadian winter with […]