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When you are used to living and hiking in a humid climate, you may never truly realize how important water can be. You feel yourself sweating and you know at all times just how much water you need to take in, because you can feel it coming out. Then you move to the desert, and boy is that a change of pace. Recently having moved to Nevada, you must learned first hand how important water can be, and how sometimes you just don’t realize how much of it you need until it’s too late.

The problem is that in a desert climate, your sweat is being absorbed off of your body before you even realize that you are sweating. While this does keep you more comfy and less sticky, it can also throw a real wrench into your outdoor plans. There are several ways to handle this problem: time your hikes, carry plenty of water to drink, and wear as much water as possible. Read the rest of this entry »

The Olympic Coast of Washington is the most primitive natural coastline in the 48 contiguous United States. Part of an ecosystem stretching from Oregon to Alaska, with a rainforest that seldom sees temperatures below freezing in the winter or exceeding 80 degrees in the summer.
(By Gregory Rouse)
This trip, being surrounded by a temperate rain forest with the opportunity for views of wildlife, plants/trees, island sea stacks, and the ocean with it’s changing tide pools, provides a unique experience rarely found elsewhere.

Travel is mostly along beaches and rocky shores, except for a few headland trails. The terrain includes sections of sand, cobbles, rocks, logs and forest trails. Navigation is simple, but rising water from the tide can cut you off. Read the rest of this entry »

Traveling is something that not everyone around you gets to experience. Traveling is thoroughly enjoyed by some and is completely despised by others. Either way, travel is essential to the modern way of life. People travel for work, travel for leisure, travel to visit friends and family and travel to get away from them. Travel is essential to today’s society with some of us embracing it and others doing everything they can to avoid it.

Due to today’s current economy there has been an upswing in “stay-cations” as the budgets are getting tighter and pennies are being pinched. However many companies in the travel sector are offering great deals on travel services, for both domestic and international travel. You can find great bargains on airfare, hotels and car rentals. And now that the peak travel season is almost over, there is even more incentive to travel, as the prices will keep dropping for off-season travel. Read the rest of this entry »

When you think about the ocean, what is the first thing that comes to mind? If relaxing on the beach sounds good, but does not completely satisfy your thirst for adventure, a Mauritius vacation may be exactly what you have been looking for! Not only will you enjoy the vast beauty of the ocean, you will have many opportunities to experience its many wonders first-hand. After all, an ocean is not only for swimming and viewing pleasure it is a chance for excitement!

One of the best ways to truly enjoy the ocean is to get into it and look around! When you vacation on Mauritius, you can have this hands-on, up-close experience, and be able to appreciate the ocean’s beauty in a way that can onlly be fully appreciated when you see it with your own eyes. For one example, you could look at any number of colorful books, magazine illustrations, or even photographs, yet not be anywhere near prepared for the breathtaking beauty of the coral reefs you will encounter in the ocean alongside Mauritius island. Even this one factor alone will make your Mauritius vacation the trip of a lifetime! You will see some of the most spectacular coral reefs that exist anywhere in the world.

Your exploration of the ocean will not stop at this, however; there is much, much more! For a luxurious day out on the ocean, you can join one of the cruises or you can rent a boat and venture out on your own. If you love the ocean, there could not possibly be a nicer way to spend an afternoon! Read the rest of this entry »

It’s vacation planning time again, and you know for sure that you want to spend it quite differently than in the past. A different vacation because perhaps, the year so far has been a trying and stressful one with all the talk of job cut backs, economic uncertainty, and now even swine flu. Why not just simply take a hike, a hiking vacation that is, and on the peaceful tropical Caribbean island of Barbados. Get back to nature, interact with friendly folks, refresh yourself with, scenic walks, fresh air, and the soothing sounds of the waves against the fine sandy beach. A Barbados hiking vacation takes you on a journey revealing the uniqueness of Barbados and Barbadians, by way of four scenic, revealing, and positively memorable hikes.

The hikes and their accompanying stories highlight how Barbados came into existence, seemingly out of nothing from 1627, when the British settled and transformed a jungle that others rejected, to the jewel it is today. Even the island’s geological formation is a unique story of something “out of nothing”. Many visitors to the island look forward to meeting local village personalities, and learning about outstanding Barbadians of bygone days. Read the rest of this entry »

Alaska is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska’s 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2007, Alaska remains the least densely populated state. Read the rest of this entry »

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories, or insular areas, in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with about 306 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and third largest by land area and by population. The United States is one of the world’s most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.3 trillion (23% of the world total based on nominal GDP and almost 21% at purchasing power parity). Read the rest of this entry »

A little history Canada’s history is a rich tapestry of cultures. Thousands of years before Europeans landed on Canada’s shores, indigenous groups including the Acadia, Iroquois and Cree, made Canada their home. Inuit aboriginals also spread into Arctic Canada about a thousand years ago. Today, indigenous Indian communities in Canada are widely called the ‘First Nations’. England became aware of Newfoundland in 1497 when an Italian-born navigator John Cabot sailed from Bristol to the coast of North American. Cabot claimed Newfoundland for the English King, Henry VII but it was only in 1583 that it was declared an English colony. In 1534, the French explorer Jacques Cartier claimed the shores of the Gulf of St Lawrence for France. In the 1600′s a fierce rivalry between the French, English and Dutch sprang up around the lucrative fur trade. Their rivalry exploited existing rivalries among the indigenous Indian nations. Read the rest of this entry »