White Water Rafting, Costa Rica
Potentially the most fun we had while in Costa Rica was spending three days white water rafting with Rios Tropicales.
Costa Rica is one of the best places in the world to ride rapids, offering a variety of rapid ‘classes’ for all skill levels including both beginners and the most experienced rafters. We definitely weren’t experts; in fact, I had no rafting skills at all! Regardless, we had an absolute BLAST riding the river rapids!
read moreThe Chimps of Gombe
A deafening scream silences the cacophony of forest sounds – chirping, buzzing and rustling – we have been listening to for the past twenty minutes. Emmiti, our guide, nods to me, his way of indicating my safari group is about to experience what we have traveled by plane, boat and foot to see: wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream Reserve.
read moreHow to Make Adventure Travel Your Lifestyle
How to Make Adventure Travel Your Lifestyle In October 2013 the Wellfit Institute partnered with Lululemon Athletica and Origin Outside to bring adventure speakers to Naples, Florida. The speakers involved with this continuing series are from many lands and many cultures, however speak one language: adventure! I was invited to give the keynote presentation at the first event, which focused on inspiring others to live a life of adventure travel. I was honored and humbled by the turnout at the event – standing room only! This...
read moreDiscover the Real Gran Canaria: Get Off The Beach!
Discover the Real Gran Canaria: Get Off The Beach! It’s easy to turn a blind eye to what lies beyond the Gran Canaria coast. With golden beaches and azure skies, the sun on your face and breeze in your hair, 2.2 million tourists flock to Spain’s Canary Islands each year for the ultimate sand-in-your-toes experience. But Gran Canaria holidays don’t have to be all about the beach. While tourists are sunbathing, swimming, sailing and snorkelling, the “real” Gran Canaria is just waiting to be discovered. Dubbed a...
read moreExplore Vietnam on Your Next Bicycle Holiday
Vietnam has a passion for cycling. Though it’s a developing country, it is relatively safe and its roads are for the most part in good shape, making it an ideal region to experience by bike.
Suitable for cyclists of all fitness levels, while it may not be in your Vietnam travel guide, experienced peddle heads tend to head for the hills and beautiful landscapes of the northern highlands, and beginners and leisure riders favor the flats of the Mekong Delta in the far south.
read moreOur Everglades Airboat Adventure
An airboat ride through the awe-inspiring Florida Everglades is an adventure you will always remember. Speeding through the “Amazon of North America” is a surreal experience. The Everglades are completely wild and unpopulated. Dominated by grassland and swamp, dotted with tree islands, forests and rivers, the whole area has a very wild beauty about it, and is a perfect example of what “old Florida” used to look like before development began. With earplugs to block out the noise from the airboat, you’re left to appreciate...
read moreWalking With African Wildlife
As the doctor prepared my knees for an injection on a cool spring day in Colorado, he looked at me skeptically when I told him I needed to be able to run from elephants and climb trees to escape charging rhinos.
He was probably thinking he needed to transfer me to a psychiatrist to address my fanciful delusions after he fixed up my knees. But that’s what the application form said when I applied to the Walking With African Wildlife volunteer expedition in South Africa through Earthwatch International. “I need this kind of mobility,” I told him.
Indeed, such skills were needed and utilized by others of my volunteer team, though I was fortunate to evade or stare down elephants, rhinos and others, without resorting to these particular measures. And the moments in which I did so were some of the most thrilling, mind-erasing, exhilarating, adrenaline-soaked moments of my life.
read moreSongkran vs Thingyan: 4 Days of Water Insanity!
By Guest Blogger Meagen Collins The 2013 Burma season has kicked off and is already in full swing! Tourists will be roaming the streets looking to try new undiscovered street food, viewing ancient temples and riding some of the most horrible bus routes ever encountered by man! The days will be hot and sweaty and with frequent blackouts; the heat is something that is difficult to escape unless you plan your Myanmar trip around the one event which is sure to keep you cool on those Hot Burmese days: The Thingyan Festival (April 13th to 16th)....
read more4 Unforgettable Water Adventures in Mexico
A 40 minute ferry ride from Playa Del Carmen will land you on Mexico’s biggest island – Cozumel. This island is one of the world’s premier destinations for scuba diving enthusiasts because of it’s large, brightly colored reefs.
Scuba diving and snorkeling here guarantees you’ll see all kinds of sea life, some of which can be found nowhere else in the world. Not a diver? No problem – you can snorkel, or take a snuba tour! It’s common to spot eels, turtles, nurse sharks, lobsters, crabs, and a huge variety of Caribbean fish.
Read on for more amazing underwater locations in Mexico.
read moreContained from Athens to Hong Kong
Bex Hall recently completed a rather unconventional journey, traveling from Athens to Hong Kong on a container ship. Between being the only female on the ship, completely cut off from the online world and passing through the pirate corridor of the Gulf of Aden, this was a pretty unique journey. I had to interview her to hear more about this incredible travel experience! You recently travelled on a container ship from Athens to Hong Kong. What inspired that idea? It’s not my first time! My dad is an ex-merchant navy man and I grew up with...
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