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Galapagos Islands, Ecuador - Charles Darwin’s Galapagos Islands

Visiting the Galapagos Islands, an archipelago of volcanic peaks off the coast of Ecuador, you'll swim with sea lions, walk among blue-footed boobies and Christmas iguanas, and see sights that are truly can not be seen anywhere else on earth.

Q & A With Author Shelley Seale Whose Volunteer Travel Inspired a Book

Read how one woman's volunteer travel experience, helping at orphanages in India, inspired her to write the moving, non-fiction [i] The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India[/i]. It might inspire you to take a volunteer vacation.

The Sheraton Steamboat Slopeside at Steamboat Ski Resort

The Sheraton Steamboat Resort’s metamorphosis was completed this winter, turning a shabby, ageing hotel with a slopeside location into a trendy lodging choice.

Borrego Ranch Resort & Spa in California is a Camp for Adults

If you’re seeking a camp for adults, where you can stretch your body and your mind, check out Borrego Ranch Resort and Spa. At this luxurious oasis in the middle of the Anza-Borrego Desert, California’s largest state park, you’ll get your fill of adrenalin rushes and pampering.

Info on Air Travel - The TSA 311 Rule for Airplane Carry-on Bags

Here's an update on the rules because the Transportation Security Administration, including the amount and you can carry gels and liquids in your carry-on plane bag. Plus, details on where to get continually updated info.

Adventure Travel -- Adventure Travel Gifts

Here's a selection of adventure travel gifts for your favorite adventuresome traveler. The choices rang from inexpensive items such as pens that write underwater and in extreme cold; to mid-priced gifts including a sports utility wagon to ferry your toddlers while hiking; to once-in-a-lifetime gifts, such as heli-skiing, going to bull-riding school, biking from Paris to London or playing golf in China.

Find Free Language Lessons Before Heading to Remote Areas or Big Cities

Free language lessons are a great route for learning “hello,” “goodbye,” “where’s the bathroom?” or other important phrases, whether you’re visiting towns in countries where locals have never heard English or major cities. Visit Free Language Lessons for a list of companies that offer language lessons for free.

Black Friday -Cyber Monday Big Deals on Adventure Travel Gear, Trips & Clothing

No need to fight the crowds on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, because many online retailers are offering great deals on gifts adventure travelers will love. You can score big discounts and free shipping on many items Turkey Day through Cyber Monday.

TSA Allows Carry-on Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Cases and Backpacks

Tired of pulling your laptop and other electronic gear out of your carry-on bag or backpack? TSA won’t make you take your laptop out of these checkpoint friendly bags and backpacks.

Top Zipline Adventures - Find Canopy and Zip Line Tours

Once, considered an exotic way to view nature from above, now days, you can find a zipline adventure (sometimes called a “canopy tour”) in dozens of places around North America, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Peru, new Zealand and many other countries. Click here to see if there's a zipline or canopy tour where you're taking your next vacation.

Get Adventure Travel Insurance When Regular Travel Insurance Isn't Enough

Do you need adventure travel insurance? The travel insurance you bought for your next vacation might not cover camel riding in India, snowboarding in the Alps or bungee jumping in New Zealand. Here are companies that offer adventure travel insurance for travelers who love sports and adventurous activities.

Purchase a Travel Package or Plan Your Own Trip?

This piece discussed the differences between purchasing a travel package and planning the adventure travel trip yourself.

Bike Along the Berlin Wall Trail During the Berlin Wall Anniversary

Although there’s not much of the Berlin Wall left, biking or hiking on the Berlin Wall Trail is a unique adventure, especially during this year’s 20th anniversary celebration commemorating the day the Berlin Wall was torn down.

Adventure Travel Survival and Safety Tips

Adventurous travelers who like to push the envelope will find these adventure travel survival and safety tips could make the difference if they find themselves in a sticky situation.

Adventure Races -- Race Around the World On a Global Scavenger Hunt

Have you watched the Amazing Race and wondered if -- or were sure you could -- compete? If so, the Great Escape 2009 is looking for globetrotters and adventurous travelers to join its annual Global Scavenger Hunt.

National Public Lands Day : Your Chance to Give Back

During the annual National Public Lands Days thousands of volunteers help clean-up and fix-up America's trails and national forests that have been worn down by hikers, mountain bikers and ATVs.

Adventure Trave, Walking and Biking in Aracena, Andalucia, Spain

Spain’s Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche Nature Reserve, is easy to reach from Seville, and a nature-rich locale where adventurous travelers can explore a rural way of life. Hiking, bicycling or horsebacki riding on paths among chestnut and oak trees that march up hillsides, old drovers trails and on cobbled streets in villages with white-washed homes.

Is Burning Man a Pagan Rite? A Contemporary Woodstock? You Decide

Burning Man. Is it a festival? A Pagan rite? An event? Trying to define the annual Burning Man gathering is like trying to describe what an art festival designed around a bonfire looks like.

Wonder Rotunda - An Educational Theme Park Game

Wonder Rotunda, a virtual educational theme park, is a fun, easy way to explore the world with your kids. And, it’s just as easy for a child ages 7- 12 to explore this make-believe world by him/herself.

5 Great Day Hikes Near Salt Lake City

Greg Witt, author of [b][i]60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City[/b][/i], has hiked well over a thousand miles of Utah trails. Here are his choices for five of the best day hikes close to Salt Lake City, Utah.

The 5 Best Day Hikes in the Swiss Alps

Looking for details on taking great day hike in the Swiss Alps? Greg Witt, author of "Ultimate Adventures: A Rough Guide to Adventure Travel", owns an adventure travel company that specializes in hiking, trekking, and photographic adventures in the Alps. Here are his suggestions.

Hiking in the Swiss Alps - Off the Jungfrau’s Tourist Trail

Guest author and hiking guide Greg Witt believe the Jungfrau region is one of the most beautiful places on earth. It's a glistening mountain landscape and home to the Alps’ highest concentration of glaciers, where you’ll find exquisite hiking trails, dazzling waterfalls, and legendary peaks like the Eiger with its fearsome North Face.

Zipline -- The Zipline at Heavenly in California Overlooks Lake Tahoe

Heavenly Mountain Resort in California claims it has the longest zipline in the United States. During the 80-second ride, you're guaranteed spectacular views of Lake Tahoe and the ski slopes you underneath as you descend.

Kayaking - An Urban-Rural Kayak Adventure in Michigan

Kayaking on Kathe Huron River through countryside nature preserves and then right through the middle of Ann Arbor, Michigan is an adventure in rural-urban kayaking.

Antarctic Cruise - Watch Emperor Penguins during Antarctica Cruise

The movie about penguins, "Happy Feet," danced its way to box-office records. And, did you see the "March of the Penguins" movie that focuses on how Emperor penguins survive in their hostile Antarctica environment? Take a Quark Expeditions' Snow Hill Island Safari and you can watch Emperor penguins care for their fluffy chicks.