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- Zip Lines in South Africa - Zip Line Adventures in Tsitsikamma, Sou…Created: 2009-11-27 @ 18:58:45 EST
Zipping along 10 zip lines in one trip was a wild intro to the world of zip line adventures. But that’s what you get when you take the Zip Line Adventure at Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park i… - Review - Waterproof Camera Cases - DiCAPac Waterproof Camera CaseCreated: 2009-11-27 @ 18:35:54 EST
If you're looking for an inexpensive waterproof camera case to protect your digital camera, we found the DiCAPac Alpha case worked well while snorkeling and river rafting. Read the review… - eBags - Find Luggage, Handbags, Laptop Bags, Backpacks, Travel Acces…Created: 2009-11-24 @ 16:41:58 EST
eBags. You can find all types of luggage, handbags, laptop bags, backpacks, travel accessories and more at Ebags. Look for items with the pink ribbon, because year-round 10 percent of the retail p… - Adventure Travel - Adventure Travel Black Friday and Cyber Monday D…Created: 2009-11-24 @ 15:47:12 EST Updated: 2009-11-24 @ 16:01:32 EST
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 … - Adventure Travel - Coca-Cola?s Expedition 206 is a Year-Long Advent…Created: 2009-11-17 @ 12:22:29 EST Updated: 2009-11-17 @ 23:26:06 EST
Coca-Cola has named a team of three adventurous young adults as “Happiness Ambassadors” to travel around the world to find out what makes people happy. The team, chosen partly by a world-… - Adventure Travel - Adventure Travel Guest Author Richard FriedlandCreated: 2009-11-14 @ 21:29:20 EST
Adventure Travel guest author Richard Friedland has been traveling around the globe for decades. He is an enthusiastic hiker, fisherman, skier, diver and all-around outdoorsman. As a true gadget nu… - Travel Shoulder Bag - Pacsafe Anti-theft Travel Purses and BagsCreated: 2009-11-08 @ 16:25:32 EST
The Pacsafe Metrosafe 200 travel shoulder bag is, quite simply, the best travel purse I've used during my years of exploring the world. The anti-theft features give me a sense of security on busy c… - Fleece jacket - Eddie Bauer First Ascent Point Success Jacket for Me…Created: 2009-11-02 @ 16:35:29 EST
Eddie Bauer's First Ascent line has the versatile, award-wining Point Success jacket, great over a base layer, but can be slid in as a middle layer on cold days. … - Galapagos Islands, Ecuador - galapagos cruises and toursCreated: 2009-10-29 @ 21:25:12 EDT Updated: 2009-10-29 @ 21:36:24 EDT
Visiting the Galapagos Islands, an archipelgo 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 t… - Adventure Travel with Gap Adventures - Find Adventures With Gap Adv…Created: 2009-10-25 @ 20:15:55 EDT Updated: 2009-10-26 @ 18:42:03 EDT
Gap Adventures, which made National Geographic Adventure magazine’s top “Do It All” outfitter list again in the February, 2009, issue, offers a choice of more than 1,200 small group … - pictures - Medieval Castle and Other Sights in Mertola,Portugal…Created: 2009-10-22 @ 10:23:33 EDT
The ancient walled city atop modern-day Mertola, Portugal, encompasses a medieval castle, museums tucked into centuries-old buildings and residents who live in homes liming the cobblestone streets… - Hiking Trails - Free Hiking Trail Tips on TrailLink.comCreated: 2009-10-20 @ 08:01:07 EDT
If you’re looking for hiking tips on where to go, TrailLink has detailed information on more than 30,000 miles of bike trails, walking trails, equestrian trails, and hiking and running trails… - Ramparts atop medieval castle in Mertola, Portugal…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 17:38:34 EDT
- pictures - ruins in medieval castle in Mertola, Portugal…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:41:22 EDT
- pictures- Stone carvings on medieval castle in Mertola, Portugal…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:41:09 EDT
- pictures - Weavers in the old city in Mertola, Portugal…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:40:50 EDT
- pictures - A medieval castle guards the ancient city in Mertola, Por…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:40:01 EDT
- photo - archway in historic Mertola, Portugal …Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:37:57 EDT
- photo - Medieval Mertola Castle in Mertola, Portugal…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:37:17 EDT
- pictures - Ancient mosque turned into a church in Mertola, Spain…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:36:06 EDT
- pictures - local shop in old city in Mertola,Portugal…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:35:22 EDT
- pictures - People still live in the ancient part of Mertola, Portuga…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:34:32 EDT
- pictures - lighthouse in Mertola, PortugalCreated: 2009-10-19 @ 14:33:47 EDT
- pictures - Guadiana river was an ancient trade route through Mertola…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 14:32:41 EDT
- photo - St Damien church at former leper colony on Molokai Hawaii…Created: 2009-10-11 @ 12:31:25 EDT Updated: 2009-10-11 @ 13:23:28 EDT
- Wife Carrying Championships - Wife Carrying Winner Wins Wife's Weigh…Created: 2009-10-07 @ 12:06:59 EDT Updated: 2009-10-07 @ 12:28:26 EDT
Wife Carrying Contests may have started as a joke in Finland, where supposedly a man would court a prospective wife by racing into a village, grabbing her and carrying her off. True or not, today … - Define Heliskiing - What is heli-skiing and heli-snowboardingCreated: 2009-10-06 @ 10:00:52 EDT
What is heli-skiing? Heli-skiing is skiing on remote mountainsides that are reached by a helicopter. Skiers and snowboarders board a helicopter for the ride to this off-piste terrain. It's popular … - Helicopter skiing with Mike Wiegele Helicopter - heli-ski with Mike …Created: 2009-09-20 @ 04:01:09 EDT
When you go heli-skiing with Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing, expect the helicopter to drop you off atop powder runs in alpine bowls, slopes or glades, somewhere in the 1.2 million acres of terrain … - Adventure Travel - Adventure Travel and Walking in Aracena, Andaluci…Created: 2009-09-14 @ 10:01:08 EDT Updated: 2009-09-14 @ 11:12:12 EDT
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, bicyc… - Learning Holiday - Edventures are Fun Learning VacationsCreated: 2009-09-12 @ 13:32:54 EDT
Learning Holiday is a gateway to all sorts of learning and educational vacations and trips. On the Learning Vacations Web site you will links to vacations and trips for adventurous travelers who l… - Red Bull Relay Race - Red Bull Dolomitenmann Relay RaceCreated: 2009-09-09 @ 11:03:54 EDT
Arguably the most extreme relay race in the world - the Red Bull Dolomitenmann teams of four to run and mountain bike up and race down the Dolomite Mountains in Austria’s East Tyrol, soar over… - Wonder Rotunda - A Virtual Educational Theme Park for Kids and Thei…Created: 2009-08-31 @ 21:08:18 EDT Updated: 2009-08-31 @ 21:14:51 EDT
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 h… - Airline Baggage Allowance - Luggage Limits information for checked a…Created: 2009-08-29 @ 13:10:27 EDT Updated: 2009-08-29 @ 13:21:50 EDT
Luggage Limits is a free search tool for flight-specific information about baggage allowances and fees. On this Web site, you simply put in airline, the name of the airport you are leaving from an… - Hiking in the Swiss Alps - Hiking in Switzerland's Jungfrau RegionCreated: 2009-08-25 @ 20:22:33 EDT Updated: 2009-08-25 @ 20:58:09 EDT
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 concentrat… - Adventure Travel - Guest Author Greg WittCreated: 2009-08-24 @ 14:05:53 EDT Updated: 2009-08-24 @ 14:09:09 EDT
As a popular explorer, mountaineer, adventure guide, author, and speaker, guest author Greg Witt is uniquely qualified in the area of Adventure Travel because Greg lives the adventures he writes ab… - Fly Jets - Fly in Jets Over Capetown, South AfricaCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 19:58:52 EDT Updated: 2009-08-18 @ 20:09:41 EDT
If you’ve ever had the urge to touch space, grab a seat on the world's last serviceable English Electric Lightning jet and you’ll fly at almost 1 ½ times the speed of sound. If you d… - Yellowstone National Park Photos - Photos of Yellowstone National P…Created: 2009-08-14 @ 17:10:39 EDT Updated: 2009-08-14 @ 18:17:34 EDT
Yellowstone in the summertime is beautiful, yet rugged and so natural. … - photo - Yellowstone FallsCreated: 2009-08-14 @ 17:08:25 EDT
- photo - Yellowstone pronghorn antelopeCreated: 2009-08-14 @ 16:57:30 EDT
- photo - Yellowstone mud potsCreated: 2009-08-14 @ 16:56:51 EDT
- photo - Yellowstone Lake at Yellowstone National ParkCreated: 2009-08-14 @ 16:55:48 EDT
- photo - Yellowstone Norris Geyser BasinCreated: 2009-08-14 @ 16:55:22 EDT Updated: 2009-08-14 @ 18:32:04 EDT
- photo - Yellowstone geyserCreated: 2009-08-14 @ 16:54:16 EDT
- photo - Yellowstone Canyon and Yellowstone riverCreated: 2009-08-14 @ 16:52:56 EDT Updated: 2009-08-14 @ 17:53:57 EDT
- Yellowstone National Park Photos - Photos of Yellowstone National P…Created: 2009-08-14 @ 16:50:37 EDT
Yellowstone in the summertime is beautiful, yet rugged and so natural. … - photo - bison at Yellowstone National ParkCreated: 2009-08-14 @ 16:49:13 EDT
- Yellowstone National Park Photos - Photos of Yellowstone National P…Created: 2009-08-14 @ 16:49:02 EDT
Yellowstone in the summertime is beautiful, yet rugged and so natural. … - Camelbak Better Bottle - Study Says You?ll Drink More Water with Cam…Created: 2009-08-05 @ 13:37:02 EDT Updated: 2009-08-05 @ 14:49:17 EDT
The Camelbak Better Bottle is BPA-free and has the Camelbak patented Big Bite Valve, When the bite valve is up, you just bite slightly and sip it as if you were drinking from a straw. No need to t… - Kayaking in Michigan - Paddling a Kayak on a Michgan RiverCreated: 2009-07-26 @ 16:19:01 EDT
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. … - Bungy Jumping Definition - Define Bungy JumpingCreated: 2009-07-20 @ 12:01:22 EDT Updated: 2009-07-20 @ 12:26:20 EDT
What is bungy jumping? Bungy jumping, or bungee jumping as it is sometimes spelled, is defined as jumping off a tall structure to which you are connected by a long elastic cord. The cord stretches… - Bog Snorkeling in Wales - Wales Bog Snorkeling Championships and Bi…Created: 2009-07-19 @ 21:36:48 EDT
The annual World Bog Snorkeling Championships in Wales draw more competitors than the bike bog Snorkeling Champions. But, in either of these bog snorkeling contests you must submerge your body into… - Adventure Travel - Sports Enthusiasts Experience the Verizon Luge Ch…Updated: 2009-11-27 @ 19:08:19 EST
Ready to let USA Luge international medalists and coaches show you how to ride a luge downhill? Just plan a winter vacation at a ski resort that hosts one of the annual Verizon Luge Challenges. … - Auction Sites Have Deals and Discounts for Adventure TravelUpdated: 2009-11-27 @ 19:01:33 EST
If your travel dates are flexible, check out these auction sites for deals and discounts on adventure travel (and more sedate) – vacations. … - Finding Extreme Skiing and Snowboarding Inbounds Backcountry Experie…Updated: 2009-11-27 @ 18:49:54 EST
Looking for places where you can find extreme backcountry-style skiing or snowboarding experiences but inbounds at resorts so there's avalanche control and ski patrollers around? Look no farther: H… - Find Wilderness Survival Schools - Outdoor and Wilderness Survival S…Updated: 2009-11-27 @ 18:44:42 EST
Is a Wilderness Survival School course for you? Gadgets, from a GPS to a Spot Satellite Messenger to all-weather clothing can help in some situations. But, what about when you’re so far o… - Find Free Language Lessons - Take Language Lessons FreeUpdated: 2009-11-27 @ 18:42:23 EST
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… - Magellan?s for Travel Supplies, Gear and Clothing - For Travel Gear,…Updated: 2009-11-24 @ 16:23:01 EST
Travel junkies visit Magellan’s often to see what’s new in gear, accessories, clothing and supplies… - Adventure Travel - Gifts for Adventure Travelers Under $75…Updated: 2009-11-23 @ 19:09:31 EST
Are you looking for inexpensive entertaining or useful gifts for an adventuresome traveler? Here's an array of gifts that adventure travelers will want to take along on their next vacation… - Adventure Travel -- Adventure Travel GiftsUpdated: 2009-11-23 @ 18:49:56 EST
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 … - TSA Allows Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Cases and Backpacks - Laptop…Updated: 2009-11-21 @ 14:10:19 EST
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 ToursUpdated: 2009-11-20 @ 19:17:41 EST
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 Carib… - Adventure Travel Company - Top Companies for Adventure Travel…Updated: 2009-11-14 @ 23:19:32 EST
Your choice of an adventure travel company could ensure wonderful vacation-- or a memorable time but not-so-good memories. Here's a selection of reputable companies offering adventure travel trips… - Lonely Planet Travel Books Are Bibles of Travel Tips and AdviceUpdated: 2009-11-13 @ 11:30:03 EST
Lonely Planet travel books include guidebooks for destinations worldwide, language guides, digital guides, audio guides, and travel books filled with advice, photography and personal travel stories… - Adventure Travel - Trip Deals, Discounts and Bargains for Adventure …Updated: 2009-11-08 @ 17:21:53 EST
Here are great sources for trip deals, discounts and bargains for adventure travelers. Of you are looking for last-minute deals, discounts or bargains for your next trip, Adventure Travel has got y… - Big-Name Travel Websites Specialize in Deals and BargainsUpdated: 2009-10-29 @ 10:51:45 EDT
Even the big-name travel sites, as well as ShermansTravel.com and TravelZoo.com are good routes for searching out bargains for adventure travel (and more sedate) – vacations. … - When is Christmas Day This Year - Christmas Is What Day of the Week…Updated: 2009-10-26 @ 19:38:09 EDT
When is Christmas this year? Plan your Christmas and Holiday Week vacations ahead using this 2008 - 2017 guide. … - Tour Operators and Resort Properties Offer Discounted TripsUpdated: 2009-10-26 @ 19:32:30 EDT
Here are some links to tour operators and resorts to find bargains for adventure travel (and more sedate) – vacations. … - Adventure Travel Web Site - ShermansTravel.com Lists Travel BargainsUpdated: 2009-10-26 @ 18:04:12 EDT
Seeking value for your vacation dollars? ShermansTravel.com is a Web site that lists hundreds of travel deals, vacation and cruise packages and airfare bargains. … - Find Adventure Travel Trips on TravelocityUpdated: 2009-10-26 @ 17:54:07 EDT
When you're seeking adventure travel trips at good prices try Travelocity… - Adventure Travel Insurance - Insurance for Adventure Travel Sports …Updated: 2009-10-26 @ 17:26:15 EDT
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… - Want Your Passport Faster? Get It ExpeditedUpdated: 2009-10-26 @ 14:41:35 EDT
Want your passport faster? Here's how to get your passport application expedited, when you need that document so critical to traveling abroad in a hurry? … - Purchase a Travel Package or Plan Your Own Trip?Updated: 2009-10-25 @ 18:53:23 EDT
This piece discussed the differences between purchasing a travel package and planning the adventure travel trip yourself… - The Berlin Wall Trail - Bike During the Berlin Wall AnniversaryUpdated: 2009-10-25 @ 18:50:53 EDT
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 commemoratin… - Adventure Travel Survival and Safety TipsUpdated: 2009-10-25 @ 13:43:19 EDT
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 -- The Global Scavenger Hunt is an Amazing Race Open…Updated: 2009-10-21 @ 11:28:13 EDT
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 Glob… - Must Reads: Essential Articles and Resources about AdventuretravelUpdated: 2009-10-17 @ 21:43:15 EDT
- Photos of Molokai Hawaii -- Molokai Hawaii Pictures …Updated: 2009-10-12 @ 12:44:21 EDT
These images show what awaits adventure travelers on Molokai, Hawaii, where there's lots of terrain for hiking, biking, and swimming in waterfall-fed pools. Take a mule ride or hike down the steep … - Edventures - Educational Vacations and Learning Vacations Are Fun Wa…Updated: 2009-10-10 @ 14:20:07 EDT
Edventures - Educational vacations and learning vacations are wonderful ways to escape. Sipping wine in Tuscany, photographing animals in Africa under the guidance of a professional photographer, o… - Adventure Travel Expos - Find Your Dream Trip at an Adventure Travel…Updated: 2009-10-07 @ 18:58:19 EDT
Find your dream trip of a lifetime at one of the Adventures in Travel Expos in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle or Washington DC… - Pacsafe Anti-theft Purses and Travel Gear - Theft Proof Travel Gear …Updated: 2009-10-07 @ 18:28:45 EDT
If you want to keep anything from your passport and camera to huge backpacks safe, Pacsafe has the anti-theft travel gear for you. … - National Public Lands Day - Help Clean on National Public Lands DayUpdated: 2009-09-16 @ 20:03:50 EDT
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. … - Wonderful Winter FestivalsUpdated: 2009-09-16 @ 13:04:27 EDT
Wrapping a winter vacation around a winter festival gives you the basis for a great trip to resorts or regions that love to party when there's snow on the ground… - Adventure Travel -- Go on a Dog Sled TourUpdated: 2009-09-16 @ 12:50:04 EDT
Snuggle into the sled and let your musher control the 10 dogs leading your sled along a winter trail. Or, you could control the dogs yourself on some dog-sled tours. You can go on a dog sled tour a… - Companies for Family Adventures - Find Company Specializing in Famil…Updated: 2009-09-16 @ 12:29:34 EDT
Looking for a company that offers family adventures you and your kids will love? Here are several companies that offer family adventure travel chock-full of activities just for kids, plus adventure… - Adventure Travel Family Vacations - Family Adventure Travel Trips…Updated: 2009-09-16 @ 12:10:06 EDT
These adventure travel companies offer entertaining family vacations that are so popular these trips are repeated almost yearly. It doesn't matter if you want to take the kids on a family beach vac… - Canadian Mountain Holidays Heliski and HeliHike TripsUpdated: 2009-09-16 @ 12:08:30 EDT
If heli-skiing or heli-hiking are on your adventure-travel radar, check out the variety of trips offered by Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH). In the winter this company offers heli-ski for advanced… - Pacsafe's Theft-Proof Travel CarrySafe 100 Straps Keep Cameras and …Updated: 2009-09-06 @ 16:33:57 EDT
PacSafe's theft-proof travel camera straps keep cameras and binoculars safe from 'slash-and-grab' thieves. The company has a neck strap for cameras and shoulder straps for laptops and other bags. … - Secure PacSafe Travel Purses - PacSafe Travel Purses are SecureUpdated: 2009-09-06 @ 16:32:33 EDT
PacSafe offers secure and light travel purses in several sizes ranging from the smaller citysafe 100 model to the spacious metrosafe 300 shoulder bag. The shoulder straps and purse bottoms are slas… - Travel Gear - pacsafe stashsafe Hip PackUpdated: 2009-09-06 @ 16:31:40 EDT
The anti-theft features on the pacsafe stashsafe 100 makes this hip pack great travel gear. It has wire-reinforced, slash-proof front and bottom panels, lockable zippers and several pockets to kee… - Adventure Travel -- The Gear Junkie's Web siteUpdated: 2009-09-05 @ 11:47:12 EDT
The Gear Junkie thrives on expeditions to rugged locales, joining adventure races and testing equipment for hiking, mountain biking, diving and a range of other sports. His site has dozens of hones… - Burning Man - Burning Man Festival in NevadaUpdated: 2009-09-04 @ 14:23:58 EDT
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. … - 5 Great Day Hikes Near Salt Lake City - Hikes Close to Salt Lake Cit…Updated: 2009-08-25 @ 23:49:43 EDT
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 L… - 5 Best Day Hikes in the Swiss Alps - Day Hiking in Switzerland?s AlpsUpdated: 2009-08-25 @ 21:02:49 EDT
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 speci… - Zipline -- The Zipline at Heavenly Mountain Resort, California, Over…Updated: 2009-08-16 @ 13:15:15 EDT
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 un… - Zip Line Tours in Whistler, British Columbia, CanadaUpdated: 2009-08-16 @ 13:10:41 EDT
Summer or winter, you can take a zipline Tour in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. It's a nice break from skiing at the resort with North America's longest vertical, or after a day of hiking or … - Yellowstone National Park in the Winter- Top Reasons to Visit Yellow…Updated: 2009-08-14 @ 18:06:14 EDT
Visiting Yellowstone in the winter you can snowmobile or cross country ski past steamy clouds drifting from hot springs, watch Old Faithful erupt framed by the setting sun, photograph bison from th…