October 22, 2009 – 2:15 pm
Back by popular demand… I am pleased to announce our new Trip Journal, and Trip Video contest. Submit your best entries for a chance to win a trip for two with Adventure Life! Contest is open to all Adventure Life alumni. I’ll get right to the good stuff … the prizes.
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September 8, 2009 – 2:09 pm
Adventure Life’s first journal contest has come to a close. From the Pacuare Turtle Reserve in Costa Rica, to kayaking in the remote Amazon Basin, the submissions are terrific — competition was tough and selecting our winners was no easy task.
Winner of our Best Journal contest is Wayne Ng for his entry, Epiphanies in Ecuador [...]
By Beth Conway
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Also posted in 1, Adventure Travel Company, Antarctica Cruises, Awards, Small Ship Cruises, Travel Journal
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Tagged adventure, adventure life, adventure travel, contests, expedition cruise, Galapagos Cruises, small ship cruise, travel, travel journals
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Last week came news from the Galapagos National Park that Lonesome George — the last Pinta Island Tortoise in the world — may yet become a father. 5 perfect eggs were found in the nest of one of the two female tortoises that share a corral with ol’ George. It will be another 120-130 [...]
In the June/July 2009 issue, National Geographic Adventure highlights the Galapagos yacht, M/Y Eric, in their “World Class: Lodges + Escapes” feature. What makes the Eric so interesting? Complete with solar panels and wind turbines, the yacht is the first hybrid ship of its kind — but let’s hope it’s not the last. [...]
Happy Mother’s Day! In celebration of the day’s holiday, I thought I’d share one of my favorite mother-daughter trip journals. Adventure Life staff member, Julia Kocubinski, and her mom, Sue, took a trip to Ecuador’s cloudforest, Quito, Banos, and the wildlife rich Galapagos Islands last November.
By Beth Conway
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Also posted in 1, Girl Trips, Travel Journal
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Tagged adventure life, adventure travel, ecuador tour, galapagos, Galapagos multisport, galapagos tours, tours, travel, wildlife
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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 [...]
News from the Galapagos – fire on Isabela Island. The fire was started accidentally by a local farmer, who was burning weeds on his land. The fire quickly spread out of control, and now many farms in the Cerro Verde area have been affected.
February 26, 2009 – 1:10 pm
The following article was written by Galapagos traveler M. Sparga. Thanks for the contribution!
The first time I went to the Galapagos Islands, one of my traveling companions had his cap blow off into the sea while we took a dinghy from our cruise ship to one of the islands. Another tourist joked [...]
By Brian Morgan
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Also posted in Small Ship Cruises
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Tagged best time, climate, cruises, galapagos, Galapagos Cruises, galapagos tours, Galapagos travel, Galapagos trips, small ship, tours, travel, weather, wildlife
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