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12 Amazing Crater Lakes

12 Amazing Crater LakesFeb 11th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Environmental Graffiti, the same website that brought us those amazing views from the tops of the Seven Summits last week, returns with even more great images. The subject of their latest story is the 12 Most Incredible Crater Lakes on Earth. These amazing natural wonders are created not from the impact of a meteorite, but instead they are formed when the collapsed cone of a volcano fills up with ...

Catching the travel bug: Attack of the killer mosqitoes

Catching the travel bug: Attack of the killer mosqitoesNov 6th, 2008 at 1:00PM: Welcome to Catching the Travel Bug, Gadling's mini-series on getting sick on the road, prevailing and loving travel throughout. Five of our bloggers will be telling their stories from around the globe for the next five weeks. Submit your best story about catching the travel bug in the comments and we'll publish our favorite few at the end of the series. The swamp here could be the stuff of ...

Dispatch from somewhere in Indonesia: A secret school for orangutans

Dispatch from somewhere in Indonesia: A secret school for orangutansMay 12th, 2008 at 10:00AM: I'm struggling to make friends here. Miriam, a 9-month-old orangutan orphan who's learning how to climb a tree, almost scales past her trainer when I approach. For good measure, she starts to cry. Another orangutan signals displeasure by emulating the sound of a Harley barreling toward me. In fact, the only one who tolerates me is 11-year-old Leuser, and not because the 42 air-rifle pellets lodged ...

Dispatch from Sumatra's nastiest swamp (part 1 of 2)

Dispatch from Sumatra's nastiest swamp (part 1 of 2)Apr 29th, 2008 at 9:00AM: Forget for a moment the dreadful conditions in this miserable Sumatran swamp, which include being eaten by tigers (seven in the surrounding area last year). Just getting here is an ordeal in itself. Start by taking the 1,400-kilometer flight from the capital, Jakarta, to Sumatra's bustling northern port, Medan. Then it's a grueling twelve-hour ride straight across the island's dramatic ...

Happy birthday to the world's oldest orangutan and gorilla

Happy birthday to the world's oldest orangutan and gorillaDec 6th, 2007 at 9:00PM: I'm mainly posting about this because I found the picture to the right pretty funny. The orangutan you see is of Charly, the oldest fertile ape of his species. He's fathered at least 18 little Charlys (Charlies?), and has reached the ripe old age of 50. Interestingly, a neighbor of his at the Frankfurt Zoo in Germany, Matze, also turns 50 today. He's a great ape who has fathered (only) 17 kids, ...

Talking Travel with Javatrekker Dean Cycon

Talking Travel with Javatrekker Dean CyconOct 24th, 2007 at 7:30AM: Dean Cycon is an activist and entrepreneur who has been working with indigenous communities in the coffeelands for over twenty years. His all-organic, all-Fair Trade, all-kosher coffee roaster company, Dean's Beans, follows sustainable business principals and is a recognized industry leader in its' commitment to Fair Trade. According to Cycon, 99 percent of people involved in the coffee economy ...

To Talk Like a Pirate, Go Where the Real Ones Are--Or Not

To Talk Like a Pirate, Go Where the Real Ones Are--Or NotSep 19th, 2007 at 3:00PM: Catherine posted the scoop on International Talk Like a Pirate Day, even translating boardroom talk into pirate lingo--impressive, but for some honest to goodness pirate talk, head to the Straits of Malacca. Pirates still sail the waters here, wrecking havoc by capturing crews, taking over ships, and stealing their goods. The goods might be three million dollars of diesel fuel, for example. Just ...

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