Editor’s Note: Alvaro Galvis is a 26 year old carpenter in the midst of a long-distance bike trip from his hometown of Popayan, in the far south of Colombia, to southern Argentina.
I met Alvaro in a campground in the mountains near El Bolson, Patagonia, and was instantly struck by his aura of calm, even though he is alone, with very little money, 9,000 kilometers from home.
Editor’s Note: Alvaro Galvis is a 26 year old carpenter in the midst of a long-distance bike trip from his hometown of Popayan, in the far south of Colombia, to southern Argentina.
I met Alvaro in a campground in the mountains near El Bolson, Patagonia, and was instantly struck by his aura of calm, even though he is alone, with very little money, 9,000 kilometers from home.
Winter festivals are an effective way of keeping? down on the? socially unacceptable craziness often brought on by cabin fever by replacing it with? socially acceptable craziness, instead.
The natives of? cold? places with long winters tend to pull out all the stops for these rowdy town parties. Most of the events are held outdoors and nearly every form of ice or snow related competition is included. The McCall, Idaho Winter Festival is no exception.
There’s snowshoe golf, snow sculpting, tubing races,? a snowmobile fun run and a closing ceremony with fireworks over the very frozen Payette Lake.
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As the world gets wise to warming and brave new travelers embrace low impact lifestyles, green travel has become one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry.
Despite its rap as a collection of chic spas for wealthy, guilt-addled liberals who shell out $4,000 to commune with gorillas, green travel isn??™t about giving a tour operator a month’s salary for some Disney-like attraction or consumer experience.
Tags: Green, Travel, Destinations, For, 2008Some of the best ski areas I’ve ever been to are those undiscovered, hometown-syyle? gems that your friends have never heard of. They only get a quick mention once a year in the big ski magazines and then fade back into obscurity again.
These are the true snowlover’s mountains. These are the? mountains where more of the snow sliders are local season pass holders than destination vacationers.
These are the mountains where the kids playing hooky on powder days are there with their moms and dads, who are also playing hooky.
These are the mountains that every kid in town knows like the back of their hand and where nearly every adult has worked at one time or another when they needed? the respite of a? season in the snow.
Tags: Idaho-Skiing, BrundageThey didn’t name it it WINTER Park for nothin’! This place is the poster child for winter…and not just any winter, either. We’re talking a classic Colorado Rocky Mountain winter. That’s what you get when you visit Winter Park - at least in the winter. And winter means snow. Lots and lots of snow. So much snow that if you don’t get out there and embrace it,? revel in it, maybe even wallow in it, you could get more than a? little crazy with cabin fever.
There’s the skiing, of course, on Denver’s favorite slopes at the Winter Park Ski Area. Or cross country or snowshoeing or sledding. Ah, did? I hear? sledding? Not that tame pastime you remember, but motor sledding - snowmobiling! Yeeeeehaw!
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It??™s time now to round up our favourite links from around the web.
Are you part of the “Gen Y” generation and feel like giving your opinion on adventure tourism? Check out this survey here.
The year is still young, and a good recap of 2007 isn’t out of style yet. MSN has seen The Strangest Travel Stories of 2007.
Ben Groundwater??™s Why We Travel might be the place to start your New Year??™s resolutions. Also, check out the link to Alain de Botton??™s recent work on The Art of Travel.
Tags: noneMaui is the second largest in the Hawaiian Island chain. The island, known as ???Valley Isle,??? is covered with lush verdant valleys which are full of tropical foliage and colorful flowers. A visitor to Maui will never want for exciting activities from hiking to swimming to basking in the tropical sun. With so much to do, when will you have time to relax?
1. A scenic drive up toHaleakala National Park takes visitors from sea level to the summit of a massive volcano over 10,000 above the ocean. Watch as the ecosystems change at each turn of the road. Hiking trails through the crater valley offer views of rare plant life and the remnants of volcanic activity from nearly 200 years ago.
Tags: Places, Play, MauiI have to admit, I don’t know much about the Northern European sport of Curling - but it’s something that draws and holds my interest whenever the Winter Olympics roll around. What exactly is the object of this game, and why do I get so excited when the slidey-things (I later learned these were called “stones”) bash into each other? I think I’m going to have to plan a little getaway to Norfolk, CT to find out.
Tags: Curling, Anyone, Unique, Connecticut, Bed, and, Breakfast, Getaway
Travel is a drug.
Travel hooks you with a mainline shot of adrenaline on that first mile of highway and takes you on a rollercoaster of mental and spiritual stimulation that reaches everything from dazzling Himalayan highs to Cambodian outhouse lows.
Finally it leaves you standing with luggage at a bus-stop and feeling strange ??“ perhaps inspired, perhaps grateful, perhaps just suffering from a serious jet-lag hangover.
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