How To Travel The World On The Cheap (with Graham Hughes) 12 Guy Trips That Will Change Your Life. Digg 1. Paddle the Grand Canyon Tackle 300 miles of some of the most powerful white water on the planet the old-school way, in a wooden boat.Why: Spending 13 to 18 days navigating the Colorado River through the mile-deep canyon, gazing up at 2 1/2 billion years’ worth of the earth’s crust on a nimble dory that launches you off the lips of roiling rapids turns you into a geologist, a waterman, and a more humble human being. 2. Track a Tusker The Chyulu Hills of Kenya—the inspiration for Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa—are where three national parks converge to protect lions, rhinos, elephants, buffalo, and leopards—the big five—and Masai warriors have become its conservationists and guides. Campi ya Kanzi, a Masai-owned lodge here, combines luxury and wilderness. 3. The world’s largest mammal can reach lengths of 100 feet (think three school buses) and weigh in at 200 tons—more than an entire herd of elephants. 4. 5. 6.
You’ll be stripped of your watch and cellphone. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. The 50 Best Travel Websites - News & Advice - Travel. Marina Bay Sands Resort Hotel in Singapore | Pondly. Article by James Pond I am the owner of Pondly.com / art lover / electrical engineer / software developer / MBA in e-business student. I blog for pleasure and love to share my Internet findings. Web site: Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore features a 2,561-room hotel, a 1,300,000-square-foot convention-exhibition centre, a 800,000-square-foot mall, an iconic ArtScience museum, two large theatres, seven “celebrity chef” restaurants, two floating Crystal Pavilions, an ice skating rink, and the world’s largest atrium casino with 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines. Website Do you like this post? Do you want more visual fun? You might also like. Top Ten Places to Live in the World. What does your ideal home look like? — Credit: d gypsy! (via Flickr) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be?
What do you find appealing about that location when compared with all of the other amazing places in this world? Before we get to our list of our picks for the top ten places to live, let’s start by figuring out what makes a location a good choice in the first place. What would your ideal hometown look like? The key is finding the top places for you to live. If you have children, your top places to live might include towns with plenty of safe playgrounds and entertainment. — Credit: Sam Howzit (via Flickr) Here are some of the biggest things you might consider when trying to determine the top places to live.
Weather — Most of us probably have climates that we like better than others. Now let’s get to our original list of the top ten places to live. There are many factors that make the place we live the place we love to call home. Meuse River, The Netherlands. The Ultimate Maldives Gallery [30 pics] Photograph via Beautiful places to visit Just like Bora Bora, the Maldives is another tropical paradise that feels like a fantasy world. Hundreds of lush islands, lined with the whitest sandy beaches, and surrounded by the bluest of water; the Malvides is a slice of heaven. Check out the beautiful photographs below along with information on the world’s lowest country with the ‘lowest high point’ in the world.
Enjoy! Photograph via Wallpaper Web Photograph via Asrema Photograph via Quinn & Co. Photograph via Beautiful Places to Visit - The Maldives, officially Republic of Maldives, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls stretching in a north-south direction. Source: Wikipedia Photograph by Todd Wilson Photograph via Sunlit Maldives Photograph by Centara Hotel Resorts Photograph by Silvery THE MALDIVES Continued Photograph via Go Travel Talk Photograph via Jurko Wallpapers Photograph via Maldives Tourism Update Photograph by Shahee Ilyas Photograph via UNP. 25 Wonderful Places To Visit In Your Lifetime. If you like this story feel free to share... Grand Canyon: One of the beautiful places of the world, Grand Canyon is the steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in Arizona State of United States.
The powerful sources that cause an impact on the Grand Canyon is erosion, first is by water and second is by wind. Nearly 5 million people visit the 1 mile deep Grand Canyon every year. Planning a vacation to the Grand Canyon national park provides a great relief for you and your family. The best time to visit Grand Canyon is during the summer, fall and mild spring, but most locals agree that winter is the great time to visit. Great Barrier Reef: This is the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem. The reef supports 10,000 species which consists of 1500 types of fishes and 200 kinds of birds.
Florida: This state built its entire identity with tourism. The South Island: The South Island of New Zealand is characterized by grand open landscapes. The south island has ten national parks. Cape Town: 10 More Ridiculously Offbeat Destinations | The 9 to 5 Alternative. Published: March 12th, 2010 One year and seven days ago, I wrote a post called “10 Ridiculously Offbeat Destinations.” It was a fun list to put together. Lucky for all you wild and crazy travel junkies (myself included), there are plenty of other wacky, ridiculously offbeat places around the world.
Cheers to this second gathering! Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve: Madagascar Known also as Madagascar’s Stone Forest, the Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve is a wild expanse of limestone cliffs, housing a remote and mostly inhospitable terrain–strange species of lemurs, wild birds, slotted canyons and preserved mangrove forests. The deep and brittle precipices were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990. [photograph from National Geographic's Stephen Alvarez] Mount Huashan Hiking Trail: China The ascent of Mount Huashan in China’s Shaanxi Province can be done in one of two ways–easy…or ridiculously and terrifyingly difficult.
[photograph from Flickr user Verde PR] Six Senses. Get Frequent Flyer Miles | Travel Hacking Cartel. Lowest Flight Prices, Cheapest Airfare, Trip Ideas, Travel Ideas. - Living Bueno - How to Live Anywhere in the World for Free. Skeptical Face Travel for free? This dudes crazy right? Today is part two of what I am calling the "Knowledgeable Nomads" series, in which I will be teaching my readers how they can travel the world while ballooning their savings accounts rather than draining them dry. In the first part of this series I discussed general topics such as how to figure out what you want, devising your own getaway plan, quitting your job, creating a mobile income and taking the leap. All of these topics will be expanded on in upcoming posts, however today I will be covering a more specific topic, instructing my fellow nomadic souls on how they to can travel the world for FREE.
Possibly the most common excuse I hear when urging others to travel and see the world, is the financial barrier that is separating them from partaking in such a journey. How To Live Anywhere in The World For Free By- Rick A. Letter from Franco, my host from my upcoming voyage to Sicily: would you be interested in that? " Franco 1. How to Travel The World For Free (1-2 Years & More)
The best hostels in the world have… – Lonely Planet blog. With the increasing competition between each other, and rise of the flashpackers, hostels have piled on the amenities to attract travellers in recent years. But I want it all. In an ideal world, every hostel would… 1. Be clean…like Madrid’s Cat’s Hostel: 2. Have no more than 4 beds per dorm...like Rio’s Ipanema Wave Hostel: 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. …and, finally, it should charge (at the very most) half the price that a night at a nearby, respectable, budget hotel would cost. All of these hostels (and another 1,500) can be booked through Lonely Planet at Hotels & hostels. A Frugal Twist on Travel: The House Swap. The Pop Culture Travel Guide. Globorati: the latest word in luxury travel.
Luxury News from Luxist - Fine Living, Dining, Apparel, Travel, Estates, Shopping. How Can I Get Paid to Travel - Travel Writing Tips. Travel Writing — By Lost Girls on January 30, 2011 at 2:20 pm Be sure to check out our new Pitching 101 Series, including interviews with: BootsnAll editor, Katie HammelNew York Times’ deputy travel editor, Monica DrakeThe Expeditioner’s founder and editor-in-chief, Matt StabileGalavanting‘s managing editor, Joseph HernandezTravel Belles’ publisher and editor, Margo MillureGo NOMAD‘s general edit Max HartshorneTravel Agent senior editor Joe PikeTravelingMom‘s editor Cindy RichardsRecommend‘s managing editor Paloma Villaverde de Rico Want to get paid to travel?
If you’re interested in sharing your travel experiences, there are several travel websites that accept pitches from freelance writers. Here are a few of them, and what they pay per word or post. If you know of any other great sites for freelancers — that either pay or publish for experience — please let us know in the comments as we’re planning to expand this list! Travel Websites That Pay for Freelance Articles and Posts. Finding happiness in mystical Bhutan. Journalist Lisa Napoli spent six weeks volunteering at a radio station in Bhutan"It just looks like nothing I'd ever seen before," she says, remarking on Bhutan's beautyThe staple of the Bhutanese diet is a red hot chili pepper, making the food very spicyBhutan's only international airport has been called one of the world's scariest to fly into (CNN) -- When you're heading to what's been called one of the happiest places in the world, it's a good idea to pack many pairs of long black socks.
They make excellent gifts for the local men, Lisa Napoli was advised before her journey to Bhutan, while lip gloss and tea are the perfect offerings for women. Not that presents were foremost on Napoli's mind. Gripped by a fierce midlife crisis and questioning everything from her single status to her career choice, she was about to leave her home in Los Angeles to find some perspective in the remote Himalayan kingdom -- a trip that filled her both with excitement and fear. The airport itself is lovely. Travel News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. Ultimate Road Trips.