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Annual bloggers cruise features new ship, old host

Annual bloggers cruise features new ship, old host p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px} span.Apple-tab-span {white-space:pre} John Heald, the popular senior cruise director for Carnival Cruise Lines, is doing ...

25 Haunting Shipwrecks Around the World

25 Haunting Shipwrecks Around the World Twisted Sifter is a web site with three simple goals. Provide content that is interesting, funny or creative, use BIG pictures whenever possible and to keep their readers up-to-date with what's popular online. Gadling found this gallery of 25 haunting shipwrecks at ...

Malibu Rum contest launches search for traveling radio correspondent

Malibu Rum contest launches search for traveling radio correspondent Tune in, Radio Maliboom Boom. Malibu, the coconutty rum that's like summer in a bottle, is looking for one outgoing, creative, beach-bum-lifestyle-loving man or woman for their nationwide radio correspondent search. The chosen one will travel across the country ...

How to make travel editors like your blog

How to make travel editors like your blog One of the biggest takeaways from the Gadling NoFF happy hour last week was an idea of how many indie travel blogs there are out on the web at large. It's a great way to get visibility and practice as a travel writer, whether one is just starting to get into the industry ...

Swedish explorer hopes to go Pole2Pole in one year

Swedish explorer hopes to go Pole2Pole in one year Earlier this week, Swedish explorer Johan Ernst Nilson set out on an ambitious, 12-month long journey that will see him travel from the North Pole to the South Pole in a completely carbon neutral manner. The so called Pole2Pole will use skis, dogsleds, sailboats, and a bike ...

British woman sets out to pedal and paddle around the world

British woman sets out to pedal and paddle around the world British adventurer Sarah Outen has set out to circumnavigate the globe under her own power. The 25-year old has dubbed her expedition "London2London via the World," and vows to complete the journey by pedaling and paddling the entire way, which means she'll be either on her ...

Where are all the travel guide apps for Android?

Where are all the travel guide apps for Android? Nearly two years ago, I bought my first smartphone: the T-Mobile Android MyTouch*. I'm only occasionally jealous of my iPhone-carrying friends, as I find few travel guide apps for Android. Even after a move to Istanbul, I still use and rely upon it daily; Android's interface ...

16-year old looks to become youngest to North Pole

16-year old looks to become youngest to North Pole 16-year old Parker Liautaud has set some rather large goals for himself. While many young men and women his age are concerned with getting good grades and who they'll be taking to the dance on Saturday night, Parker is busy planning and training for an expedition to the ...

$30 million ranch for sale near Zion National Park

$30 million ranch for sale near Zion National Park Are you in the market for some real estate with a scenic view? Are you looking for a place that will let you get away from it all? If so, then I've got just the deal for you. The beautiful Trees Ranch, located right next to Zion National Park in Utah is on the market, and ...

Driving from Australia to Norway without stopping for gas

Driving from Australia to Norway without stopping for gas Four Aussie men are preparing to make an epic road trip that will see them drive from their home in Australia all the way to Norway. That, in and of itself, should make for quite an adventure, but they'll also make the journey without stopping at a single gas station along ...

American explorer to cross Africa on foot

American explorer to cross Africa on foot Anthropologist, explorer, and member of the Royal Geographical Society Julian Monroe Fisher is preparing for an epic expedition that will see him cross Africa completely on foot. The journey, which is set to begin this spring, will cover more than 4000 miles, crossing the ...

New website promises travelers much better adventures

New website promises travelers much better adventures A new website calling itself Much Better Adventures launched recently with a unique approach to providing travelers with a new option for finding opportunities to explore adventure destinations across the globe. The site serves as a guide for travelers looking for first hand ...

Video of the Day - Inside North Korea

North Korea is undoubtedly the most difficult country in the world to gain access to, especially if you're a journalist aiming to produce a video about the reclusive nation. For months, the travel bad boys over at VBS.tv corresponded with North Korea's representatives to ...

4 reasons why you need a Travel Expert in your pocket

4 reasons why you need a Travel Expert in your pocket This is the person you want to have on your side when planning travel. Not a Travel Agent, many of them are order takers who fill in the blanks on computer screens. Others try to be everything to everyone and that is just not possible. Your Travel Expert specializes in ...

Tokyo's cat cafes newest trend

Tokyo's cat cafes newest trend Hasta la vista, Hello Kitty. Get lost, LOL cats. Tokyo's hot new phenom are neko cafes ("neko" is Japanese for cat). At first appearance typical, cozy coffee houses, closer examination reveals live cats lounging on the furniture, in baskets, or on laps. Which, I guess, isn't ...

Travelocity video contest awards winners $5,000 voluntourism vacation grants

Travelocity knows you work hard. That's why the online travel company would like to give you a $5,000 grant to go on vacation. Calm down now. You have to work to win your just reward. And by work, I mean you or a team need to submit a winning video. Then you have to ...

Traveling from Africa's lowest to highest point

Traveling from Africa's lowest to highest point Traveling through Africa is always an adventure, but a British man, fresh from a stint in the Peace Corps, has found a way to add even more excitement to a journey through the wildest continent on Earth. Last week, Kyle Henning set out on a journey that he has dubbed as ...

2011 Tour d'Afrique heads toward Sudan

2011 Tour d'Afrique heads toward Sudan The 2011 edition of the Tour d'Afrique got underway last week when more than 40 cyclists from all over the world set out from Cairo, Egypt on a four month long epic ride through Africa. The annual event has become a favorite amongst adventure travelers looking for a unique ...

Find your mileage runs with Mileagebrain

Find your mileage runs with Mileagebrain It's never too soon to start planning out your frequent flyer miles earnings, and there's a new tool out on the interwebs to help you along the way. The concept of mileage running, to refresh you, has to do with earning *just enough* miles to achieve certain levels of ...

Endurance athlete to run across Chile's Atacama Desert

Endurance athlete to run across Chile's Atacama Desert Canadian endurance athlete and adventurer Ray Zahab is in Chile this week where he has just launched an epic long distance run across the Atacama Desert, a place that is renowned as the driest environment on the planet. Zahab is making the attempt as a challenge to his own ...

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