This video showing you the sounds of adventure from your steps over the splashing of the water of a crystal clear lake, when you jump in after a long hike, to the crackling of fire in the evening at your campsite. We can’t give any guarantee, that you won’t immediately grab tent and sleeping bag and […]
Image credit: blueant808 Has it ever occurred to you that the animal you saw in a zoo can be a hero actually? We are not talking about teenage mutant ninja turtles. Last week a pack of mules and a horse rescued a hiker couple in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. These non-mutant […]
Image credit: Arian Zwegers Satellite images obtained by the United Nations revealed that the remains of an ancient temple in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Syria Palmyra were destroyed by the ISIS militants. The Temple of Bel was the main temple of Palmyra and attracted 150,000 visitors annually before the war. The Temple of Bel […]
It is time to review your bucket list of peaks to climb, since a decade old dispute about the name of North America’s highest mountain will be settled soon by the Obama administration and Mount McKinley will be renamed to Denali. Meaning “high,tall”, this was how 6168 m high Mount McKinley was called by the […]
Image credit: Ivan Lian UK’s smallest town Llanwrtyd Wells hosted one of the weirdest sports competitions in the world for the 30th time on Sunday. Around 130 people jumped in the murky water in order to be the World Bog Snorkelling champion. The rules of the competition are quite strict. The participants have to keep their […]
Travel to Iran could become a little easier in a not too distant future. According to the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, the Middle Eastern country is working on a visa waiver program with 28 countries to which it has sent out visa waiver requests, in order to boost tourism. The ultimate goal […]
Image credit: Clay Gilliland Thailand is planning to reconstruct the rail link with Cambodia in order to provide a better transportation system in the Mekong sub-region. Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng is currently visiting Thailand in order to attend a meeting with Thai and Cambodian governors. The agenda of the meeting is the ways to develop […]
Nature heals, that’s not big news. The key for the cure of many diseases often lies within plants and already early doctors prescribed their patients a dose of nature. But not only the plants itself have great healing qualities. Sometimes it is already enough just to spend some time outside and breathe deeply. Sadly, many people […]
What might be the world’s oldest message in a bottle has been found on the beaches of Amrum Island in Germany, after floating in the North Sea for more than 100 Years. It was found by a German woman on holiday on the island. Dutifully she followed the instructions given on the postcard inside the bottle, […]
Image credit: Jack_IOM A newcomer of the well-known Manx Grand Prix, Dennis Hoffer died as a result of a crash near the 13th milestone yesterday. 42-year-old Dutch motorcycle racer was preparing for his debut in order to race in the newcomer category on a 600cc Honda CBR. Although Hoffer was a newcomer in the Manx GP, […]
In adventure travel news, n innovative new natural desert reserve spanning 10 percent of the total area of Dubai has been launched in the UAE. The Marmoon Desert Reserve Project is set to be the site of several ecotourism projects and conservation efforts contributing to the protection and nurturing of the environment,…
In adventure travel news, n innovative new natural desert reserve spanning 10 percent of the total area of Dubai has been launched in the UAE. The Marmoon Desert Reserve Project is…
