November 18, 2009 – 7:24 pm
As of 7PM Ushuaia time, the Kapitan Khlibnikov remains trapped in the ice near Snow Hill – making it 6 days, I believe, of being stuck. In the mean time, I continue to explore Ushuaia. Today and yesterday, I hiked up snowy slopes behind my hotel. The views were fantastic, seeing far [...]
November 15, 2009 – 4:10 pm
Twenty-two hours of flying finally brought me to the city of Buenos Aires. I chose to stop over here for a couple days, just to break up the trip… and enjoy a tango show and some of BA’s fantastic history and architecture. Before the show, I took a tango lesson, and after stepping [...]
November 10, 2009 – 12:38 pm
After ten years of working in the adventure travel industry and bringing thousands of friends, family and clients to the far edges of Latin America – to such sites as Bolivia’s Salt Desert, Huarani tribal territory, Belize’s subterranean caves, and more – the edges of Latin America weren’t so sharp and unknown to me anymore. I decided it was time to journey to the edges of my known world once again, and Antarctica would provide that first edge.
For the past few years, I have heard lots of news about carbon offsets and we have had lots of discussion within the office about carbon offsetting. I’ve skeptical of the usefulness and so we have never offered carbon offsets to our clients. To me, it seemed as if the threats facing the [...]
MSNBC has a great article on Machu Picchu. An excerpt is below. Follow this link for the full story!
Machu Picchu may have been less of a city, than a spiritual destination for the Inca. New research argues the ceremonial path into the city was conceived as a replica of the path followed by [...]
Located in the Yucatan Peninsula, tiny Belize is bordered by Mexico in the north and Guatemala to the west. But don’t let its size fool you. Only 14,270 square miles wide, Belize is home to the largest barrier reef in the Western hemisphere offering some of the best diving and snorkeling in the [...]
Posted in 1, Belize tours, Natural Environment, Snorkeling trips
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Tagged adventure travel, Belize tours, diving, snorkeling, tours, travel, weather, wildlife, World Heritage Site
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April 29, 2009 – 10:45 am
In this tough economy, travelers are looking for the greatest deals on the planet. Adventure Life was honored with Outside Magazine’s Killer Value award in their April 2009 Best Trips issue. Our featured trip was our new Patagonia Wildlife Safari – trekking in the famed Torres del Paine. You can check it out here: http://www.adventure-life.com/chile/chile_tours/tour/PWS5-7.php5. [...]
Trekkers in South America are daring and adventuresome – not to brag or anything. My group planned our hike to the famed Machu Picchu ruins for months. We marveled at the ruins as we massaged our tired legs. Then we flew back the United States without giving mystical Patagonia a second thought. We were right [...]
Posted in Argentina Tours, Inca Trail, Peru Tours, Travel Journal, Trekking
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Tagged chile, cordillera blanca, fitz roy, fitzroy, Inca Trail, peru, peru trek, santa cruz trek, torres del paine, trek, Trekking
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April 20, 2009 – 10:03 am
Metropolitan Touring recently sent us the following update about the volcanic eruption in Galapagos. For more incredible images of the volcanoe, check these links:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4514
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2690
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=14945
Personnel of the Galápagos National Park who over flew the volcano at Fernandina Island, inform that the activity continues, but with less intensity.
They have observed lava flowing from three fissures, which [...]
Posted in Galapagos Cruises, Natural Disasters, Small Ship Cruises
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Tagged Fernandina Island, galapagos, Galapagos Cruises, galapagos tours, Galapagos travel, Galapagos trips, La Cumbre volcano, Metropolitan Touring, volcano
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Today’s post is a fun journal entry by Cierra Rantoul during her small ship cruise on the Rhine River in 2007. Thanks Cierra!
Hi everyone! Me here! Day Three of my Christmas holiday mini-cruise! I have to say that for as small as this boat is – only 130 passengers max – it has to [...]
Posted in Europe Cruises, Small Ship Cruises, Travel Journal
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Tagged adventure cruise, cruise, cruises, expedition cruise, Rhine River, river cruise, small ship cruise, tour, travel, Travel Journal
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