Caribbean Adventures on St. Kitts - Adventure Living
If you are looking for a less traveled Caribbean getaway that comes with good beaches, few crowds, volcanic peaks, lush rainforest and one of the Caribbean's most important historical sites, then visit St. Kitts. It's easy to time travel when you ... [... more]
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Exploring the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge - ...
As we paddle the headwaters of the Suwannee River, we pass thickets of cypress trees that float almost magically on dense beds of peat, called "houses." Walk on them, and the land "quivers," a phenomenon that led the Indians to call [... more]
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Hiking China's Dragon Spine Rice Terraces - Adventure Living
While Beijing mixes modern skyscrapers with ancient icons such as the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, the Chinese countryside in the Longji region delivers natural scenes of legendary beauty as well as a chance to see how traditional people ... [... more]
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Exploring Namibia's Sand Dunes - Adventure Living
It's 5:45 a.m., a little more than 30 minutes before dawn, and the sky over Sossusvlei is silvery blue and shot with stars. We've come to this part of Namibia's Namib-Naukluft Park, one of Africa's largest conservation areas, to experience the ... [... more]
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Explore Riviera Maya's Underground Rivers - Adventure Living
The darkness is pervasive; no pinpoint shafts of light pierce the blackness 61-feet underground in the heart of Río Secreto, an underground river that runs through a cave called a cenote. Our Alltournative guide asked us to turn off the headlamps . [... more]
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Poland's Auschwitz and Birkenau - Adventure Living
Somehow, we always imagined it to be raining at Poland's Auschwitz and Birkenau, the infamous killing complex of W.W. II. But the sun shone when we toured, led by a Butterfield & Robinson hand-picked guide Dorita Nicz, whose two, non-Jewish ... [... more]
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Cruise RCI's Freedom Ships - Adventure Living
Our rock climbing instructor encouraged us, saying "Just reach up. First your right hand and then your left." That's how my husband and I came to be hanging next to each other on a rock wall, our fingers grasping pairs of brightly colored, ... [... more]
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Explore Panama's Rainforest - Adventure Living
Say "Panama" and people think of the canal or the city, not the nation's verdant rainforests. The canal, a 50-mile, man-made waterway linking the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, is an engineering feat. The modern capital blooms with ... [... more]
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Pet Friendly Hotel - Adventure Living
It's true. Checking-in with a dog is even less complicated than registering with children. Unlike a toddler, a well-trained pup will sit and stay when told, and unlike a teenager who wants CDs and expensive souvenirs, your canine companion craves ... [... more]
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Adventure Living Newsletter - Adventure Living
Adventures come in all sizes from big, blow-the-budget, week-long dream trips to a morning hike in a nearby state park. The only requirement is that the outing challenges you to reach beyond your usual routine. Doing so comes with lasting ... [... more]
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Whale Watching Tadoussac and Newfoundland Canada - ...
Watching one of the earth's largest creatures burst from the water in front of you and plunge back into the deep is an experience you will likely remember forever. With more than 30 species of whales living in or traveling through Canadian ... [... more]
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Snorkeling the Turks and Caicos Islands - Adventure Living
We swim right over the flounder, not noticing it until Donnie, our guide, points out the camouflaged critter on the sea floor. The fish's gray and tan skin meshes with the sandy bottom. Only its two eyes, both on the upward facing side of its ... [... more]
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