Feb 18th, 2009 at 8:00AM: CNN.com has an interesting article naming the five places that everyone should see before they are forever altered by climate change, which is already having an indelible effect on our planet. This list was compiled by Bob Henson, the author of The Rough Guide To Climate Change, who wants to give travelers a heads up on the best places to visit in the near future, as they are also the most likely ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Five Places To See Before Climate Change Ruins Them Forever
Feb 18th, 2009 at 8:00AM: CNN.com has an interesting article naming the five places that everyone should see before they are forever altered by climate change, which is already having an indelible effect on our planet. This list was compiled by Bob Henson, the author of The Rough Guide To Climate Change, who wants to give travelers a heads up on the best places to visit in the near future, as they are also the most likely ...Undiscovered New York: Take the 7 train to Latin America
Oct 29th, 2008 at 12:00PM: A traveler could spend years exploring the vast region of the globe known as "Latin America." From the picturesque colonial villages and indigenous cultures of Mexico, to the caipirinhas and Amazon rainforest in Brazil, to gauchos and cosmopolitan Buenos Aires in Argentina, Latin America is a region that defies easy categorization. But what if I told you that with a 30 minute subway ride from ...Daily deal - big headphone clearance at Amazon.com
Oct 18th, 2008 at 11:30AM: Welcome to the Gadling daily deal for Saturday. In this deal, you'll find an assortment of noise isolating and noise canceling headphones in the Amazon headphone clearance sale. There are some real gems to be found, including these JVC noise canceling headphones, on sale for $37.97 (were $99.95). Almost all the headphones have a pretty decent rating of 4 stars. As always with Amazon, orders of ...Daily deal - big MP3 player sale at Amazon.com
Oct 11th, 2008 at 12:00PM: My daily deal for this sunny Saturday, is for a big clearance of MP3 players over at Amazon.com. You won't find any iPods on sale, but there are some other very interesting deals, like 50% off the previous generation Slacker wireless music players. There are also several players under $10, which would make great stocking stuffers, if you are one of those shoppers that likes to stock up on deals ...Airlines Touting Brazil as New Hotspot
Sep 29th, 2008 at 1:30PM: South America's destinations are hard to travel to. For people with samba fever outside of a few major hub cities (like Miami), a trip to Brazil means at least one connecting flight in the US. Anyone who plans to spend time outside of the major cities of Sao Paulo or Rio will have to catch another flight once they arrive in the metropolises. These extra flights can add up. Soon, it will be easier ...Daily deal - up to 50% off outdoor gear at Amazon.com
Jul 30th, 2008 at 11:30AM: My daily deal for today is for a large clearance event at the Amazon.com outdoors store. With summer slowly coming to an end for many of us, Amazon clearly need to make room in their warehouses for Halloween costumes and Christmas toys. Their loss is your gain, because there are some very nice deals to be found. Some of the highlights include this heavy duty flashlight for $5.50, this highly ...Amazon's Kindle: Where are all the guidebooks?
Jun 29th, 2008 at 11:30AM: This weekend, I broke down and bought a Kindle -- Amazon's eBook reader. The benefits are obvious: the ability to store over 200 books in the on-board memory (with an expandable SD slot), E Ink for paper-like, easy-on-the-eyes reading, and instant access to thousands of titles from Amazon.com. While the concept of an eBook reader is not new, the Kindle's brothership with the world's largest book ...University student dies in the Amazon
Apr 30th, 2008 at 11:00AM: 23-year old Madrileño Pablo Barbadillo Maestre went to the Amazon in south eastern Peru to research for his thesis on the ethnoecology of big reptiles. He disappeared a few weeks ago and yesterday his body was found covered with bites from insects and animals. They identified him from the passport they found on him. The cause of his death is still unknown but the guess is that he could have ...Luxury Travel Extends Into the Amazon
Sep 20th, 2007 at 11:00AM: Which of these items doesn't belong in the Amazon rain forest: an anaconda, a piranha, a giant spider... or a masseuse? That was a trick question; they all belong, even the masseuse, since at least a dozen new resorts have sprouted up in the Amazon. Larry Rohter of the New York Times visited several new hotels in the heart of the jungle. One is right on the river, another up in trees, but all are ...Photo of the Day (7/7/07)
Jul 7th, 2007 at 1:59PM: Butterflies are some of nature's most delicate fluttering creatures. So when they are captured with wings fully spread, relaxing on the soft pink petals of a flower and posing for a passing photographer in the Ecuadorian Amazon they must also be granted a moment of fame on Gadling. This POTD was taken by fiznatty and several other beautiful butterflies and creepy crawlers from Ecuador can be ...Surfing the Amazon
Mar 20th, 2007 at 2:22PM: The pororoca is a Brazilian tidal bore boasting waves up to 12 feet high that roll as much as 8 miles up the Amazon River. Originating where the River meets the Atlantic Ocean, the phenomenon occurs in February and March. Though beautiful, the waves are dangerous, as they often carry with them lots of debris, including entire trees.
Not surprisingly, the wave action has become popular with ...
Shamanizing
Jun 15th, 2006 at 9:30AM: Admit it, you've always harbored a secret desire to getaway to the Amazonian rain forest, where you will hack your way into the deep, dark jungle to find a tribe that welcomes you, that offers you a potent drink containing a powerful hallucinogen, and after you try it, the heavens open up and all of life's mysteries reveal themselves to you. Unfortunately, you end up with one heck of a hangover. ...
