Jan 3rd, 2012 at 9:30AM:
Most Norteamericanos are hard-pressed to locate Ecuador on the map. Those familiar with this South American country the size of Colorado usually associate it with the (admittedly) spectacular Galapagos Islands. Yet Ecuador has so much more offer besides the Galapagos, and 2012 is the year to get your hardcore on. Why? Because the country's adventure travel industry is blowing up--but it's ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Adventure vacation Guide 2012: Ecuador
Jan 3rd, 2012 at 9:30AM:
Most Norteamericanos are hard-pressed to locate Ecuador on the map. Those familiar with this South American country the size of Colorado usually associate it with the (admittedly) spectacular Galapagos Islands. Yet Ecuador has so much more offer besides the Galapagos, and 2012 is the year to get your hardcore on. Why? Because the country's adventure travel industry is blowing up--but it's ...Welcome to Hell's Gate in Rotorua, New Zealand
Dec 28th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
While you probably won't run into Satan, a visit to Hell's Gate in Rotorua, New Zealand, will immerse you in a world of boiling natural ponds, smoking sulfur pits, active volcanoes, and the Inferno, two violently erupting geothermal pools. The area, which was originally called Tikitere, looks so much like a trip to the underworld that when Irish Playwright George Bernard Shaw set his gaze on ...
How to choose a reputable adventure travel company or guide
Aug 5th, 2011 at 1:30PM: "Adventure travel" is a nebulous term these days. But whether your idea of a thrill is a Class-III rapid or climbing Everest, there's one thing that's ubiquitous when choosing an outfitter: safety. There are hundreds of adventure travel companies worldwide; not all are created equal. There are key things you should look for when choosing a company or independent guide, whether you're booking a ...Archaeologists explore "Pompeiis" in Bulgaria and El Salvador
Jul 10th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
Pompeii is an archaeological wonder, an entire Roman town preserved by a volcanic eruption. Now archaeologists are investigating two other "Pompeiis" to learn more about the past.
In El Salvador, a team has discovered a village dating to c. 630 AD that was covered in volcanic ash. Joya de Ceren was sealed up so well that archaeologists have been able to examine corn cobs, the logs used to ...Some German airports shut because of Iceland volcano
May 25th, 2011 at 7:30AM: Ash from the Icelandic volcano Grimsvötn that caused hundreds of flight cancellations in the UK, Denmark, and Norway yesterday has now moved over Germany, shutting down airports in the north of the country.
Hamburg and Bremen airports are closed. Berlin airport will probably close this morning as well. At least 600 flights are expected to be affected.
Poland may also be affected today ...Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii continues to spew lava
Mar 10th, 2011 at 8:30AM:
Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii has been erupting since January of 1983, but a new fissure called Kamoamoa cracked open last weekend and began spewing loads of lava and gas. Lava has been seen shooting up to sixty-five feet in the air ever since. Park Ranger Mardie Lane claims that 2.5 million cubic meters are spewing out of the fissure daily - enough to fill 1000 Olympic swimming pools of the ...
House of Gladiators in Pompeii collapses
Nov 8th, 2010 at 1:30PM:
Italian Archaeologists are enraged at Saturday's collapse of the House of Gladiators in Pompeii. The 40 ft. wide structure had recently undergone reconstruction work on its roof, which might have contributed to its total collapse during heavy rains early on Saturday morning. An even greater culprit may turn out to be the Italian Arts Ministry. The ministry's secretary general, Roberto Cecchi, ...Volcano grounds jets in Indonesia
Nov 6th, 2010 at 4:30PM: Flights between Singapore and several Indonesian cities, including the capital Jakarta, have been grounded due to the latest eruption of Mt. Merapi. The volcano has been erupting for two weeks and has killed more than 130 people and displaced two hundred thousand.
Several airports have closed and while the ash cloud has affected international flights, domestic flights are continuing as normal. ...Greece will compensate tourists in case of national strike
Jun 22nd, 2010 at 10:30AM: As strikes, protests, and other forms of industrial action continue in Greece, tourism officials are scrambling to reassure visitors that the country is open for business. Bookings are down ten percent, and with tourism accounting for twenty percent of the national income, it's the economic equivalent of being kicked while you're down.
So the government has offered to compensate any tourist who ...UK eases airline ash restrictions
May 18th, 2010 at 8:30AM: The United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced it will double the amount of ash deemed safe for flying in order to ease further disruptions to service from Eyjafjallajökull's continuing eruptions.
The move comes after massive pressure from the airlines both during and after last month's airport shutdown.
A CAA press release states, "A new area of operations can now be ...Heathrow, Gatwick, and other airports disrupted
May 17th, 2010 at 8:30AM: A large cloud of ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano is sweeping across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, shutting down airports all across the islands.
Heathrow and Gatwick were closed until 7am local time and have been operating on a limited capacity with numerous delays and cancellations. This morning Gatwick had the strange situation of being able to allow planes ...Ryanair fined for not helping stranded passengers
May 16th, 2010 at 1:00PM: Back during April's travel mess, the European Union warned Ryanair because Ryanair refused to compensate stranded passengers for lodging and food. The EU told them they were legally required to, and the budget carrier backed down.
Here comes the sequel to that story.
Italy has slapped Ryanair with a three million euro ($3.75 million) fine for not providing 178 people at Rome's Ciampino ...Here comes the ash again!
May 16th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Airports in parts of Northern Ireland have shut down due to the latest ash cloud from Iceland's infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano. The main airport affected is Belfast, which will remain closed until at least 1pm local time. Ronaldsway airport on the Isle of Man is also closed.
A large cloud of ash is headed southeast from Iceland and is predicted to affect airports across the UK and the ...The perfect souvenir for volcano stranded passengers - a jar of ash
May 12th, 2010 at 9:00AM: Some people get their friends an "I'm with stupid" t-shirt, others may bring back a horrible sombrero - but if you've been impacted by the European aviation disruption caused by the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano, how about five and a half ounces of pure Icelandic volcanic ash?
Think of this little jar as a reminder of how terrible your trip back home was, or how long you had to sleep ...Vulcanologists worry about second Icelandic volcano
May 11th, 2010 at 10:30AM: Move over Eyjafjallajökull, there's a bigger volcano in Iceland.
While the unpronounceable volcano's reputation has been made as a holiday wrecker, another volcano named Katla may cause even more trouble. Vulcanologists warn that this bigger volcano near Eyjafjallajökull may cause even more trouble. Katla erupts more frequently, about once every fifty years, but hasn't had an eruption ...The Gadling "stranded at the airport" survival guide
May 6th, 2010 at 12:30PM:
What better time to remind you of the possibility of being stranded at the airport, than in the aftermath of the Eyjafjallajoekull ash cloud disruption?
During that dark period of air travel, 7 million people were stranded at airports all around the world. Flights were canceled as far away as New Zealand, and even passengers just two hour flights away from home found themselves taking ...Icelandic volcano disrupts flights again
May 4th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Irish airline operators had a bad case of déjà-vu this morning when a cloud of ash from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull swept over the Emerald Isle and grounded all flights. The Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland were also affected. Flights in the rest of the UK operated normally.
The Irish Aviation Authority canceled all flights in Northern Ireland and the Republic of ...Travel returning to normal as the blame game begins
Apr 22nd, 2010 at 10:30AM: As air travel begins to return to normal, the question of who's going to pay for the expenses incurred by the flight ban is being raised. Airlines say the EU acted too hastily in creating a blanket ban that cost them more than a billion euros.
Flights in most countries have nearly reached their pre-eruption levels, but some airports in Sweden and Norway shut down late yesterday as a northerly ...Most European flights resume
Apr 21st, 2010 at 8:00AM: The skies over Europe are once again filling up with planes, but passengers can still expect headaches.
About 75% of flights are scheduled to run today and all major airports are reported open, but airlines warn there will be significant delays and cancellations as they try to get back into gear and deal with a huge backlog of passengers. Eurocontrol, the agency that controls air traffic in ...Some European flights reopen. . .for the moment
Apr 20th, 2010 at 8:00AM: A limited number of flights took off this morning in Europe after an emergency meeting of EU transport ministers eased the flight ban on those parts of Europe with a lesser amount of ash. Several major airports, such as those in Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt, have seen limited departures. The millions of people waiting for a flight now have some hope of reaching their destination, or at least ...
