Walking Safari with the Masaai Warriors
The walking safari in Ngorongoro Conservation area is becoming very popular. Normally it is preceded with a short safari in 4 x 4 safari Land Rover or Land Cruiser. Many people when they get to East... read more |
|
How To Find A Proper Fitting Backpack
No matter who you are or what you do, a proper fitting back pack is a must have. There are hundreds of different styles of backpacks today. You can buy a day pack, travel pack or baby backpack. If ... read more |
|
A Few Easy Steps to an Affordable, Hassle-Free RV Trip
Recreation vehicles (RVs) are "hot and getting hotter" in the current travel climate, says Arthur Frommer, one of the world’s leading authorities on travel. "Concerned about the safety of air and crui... read more |
|
New Jersey Camping & You: Perfect Together
I get asked that question just about every single day and I'm pretty tired of it after all these years. So I'm going to answer that question right here for the last time.There are literally hundreds o... read more |
|
Kilimanjaro – Altitude Sickness
Every year a small number of tourists die climbing Kilimanjaro. What action should one take to avoid altitude sickness?To be fit and ready to climb is essential. When climbing take your assent slowl... read more |
|
Lightweight Tents For Lightweight Backpacking
Why use lightweight and ultralight tents? Because a heavy tent is one of the biggest obstacles to lightweight backpacking. You have to cut the weight of the "big three" (shelter, backpack and sleeping... read more |
|
Marina Coatings to Protect from Environmental Spills of Fuel and Oil
Boats in Marinas often leak a little and whatever leaks ends up in the water. When walking on the docks at the Marina you will notice the shiny stuff on the water; this is pollution and should obvious... read more |
|
Tarp Shelters For Ultralight Backpackers
Why use tarp shelters? The biggest reason ultralight backpackers use them is to reduce pack weight. The lightest tent you can find will be close to three pounds. Some of the newest ultralight tarps we... read more |
|
Everything You Will Need To Know Before Hiking
Hiking up a mountain path and taking deep breaths of fresh, clean air beats pumping iron and sweating it out at the gym any day. "Hiking is an excellent form of exercise that can also give you peace o... read more |
|
Camping Checklist To Ensure You Are Camping For Fun!
Nothing can wreck your camping trip faster than being unprepared. Use this camping checklist to ensure you are camping for fun!Camp cooking
Hot dog stick you may not cut any thing down to make them ... read more |
|
Silent Night, Noisy Night
Our new life as fulltimers brought me an unexpected challenge—getting a good night's sleep. Being a very light sleeper, RV life has cost me many restless nights and prompted me to seek out a solution.... read more |
|
Ultralight Sleeping Bags - How Light Are They?
Why ultralight sleeping bags? Because ultralight backpacking is only made possible by cutting the weight of the "big three;" the backpack, shelter and sleeping bag. The days of five-pound summer bags ... read more |
|
Exploring the Wilds of Trinidad
While most visitors to this large Caribbean island associate Port of Spain as the “tourist attraction” with all it’s revelry surrounding Carnival – truly the islands largest party (called limin’ in tr... read more |
|
The Salmon Versus The Jetboat - And The Winner Is
The Labor day weekend has passed, and I was lucky enough to spend one of the days on the Rogue River here in Oregon.Not getting to be a "tourist" in my own backyard very often, we treated ourselves to... read more |
|
7 Need to Know Campsite Cooking Strategies
Are you sick and tired of not knowing what to bring or what to cook when you go camping? Do you either pack the entire kitchen (including the sink) or you bring the absolute minimum and then have to u... read more |
|
Ultralight Backpacks - The Lightest
Why ultralight backpacks? Devotees of ultralight backpacking know you reduce your packweight most by concentrating on the "big three;" backpack, shelter, and sleeping bag. Forget those 6-pound backpac... read more |
|
Why Should You Use Hiking Poles?
Why should you use hiking poles is perhaps the first question that may strike in your mind especially when you are a beginner. To get the right answer for this question you need to consider two things... read more |
|
About Table Mountain Cape Town - Well Known in South Africa and Around the World
Table Mountain sheltered the original Cape explorers in the 16th century, the first European settlers and the many following generations of slaves, immigrants and Capetonians who helped to build and d... read more |
|
Lake Winnipesaukee – The Smile of the Great Spirit
Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest and one of the deepest lakes in New Hampshire. Centered in the popular vacation area known as the Lakes Region it provides 4-season pleasure for millions every year.... read more |
|
Is The Workamper Lifestyle For You?
If you've been dreaming of traveling the highways in your RV, but see the adventure as something far in the future when you retire, then you may want to seriously consider giving the Workamper lifesty... read more |
|
Hiking Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier National Park is the most popular park in the state. It has fantastic areas to explore. The Mountain is a popular challenge for people wishing to scale the peak. The park also has 240 mi... read more |
|
The Kuan Yin Shrine, Bangkok – the Goddess of Mercy on the Chao Phraya
The Kuan Yin Shrine in Bangkok is in an old Chinese building
within a community on the Chao Phraya River where time
seems to have stood still for the last 200 years.The site originally had two shrin... read more |
|
Pigeon Forge Campgrounds
Campgrounds are a perfect Pigeon Forge lodging option for visitors looking to be as close as possible to the great outdoors. Campgrounds in Pigeon Forge are located near the beautiful and majestic Gr... read more |
|
Lake Jipe straddling Tanzania and Kenya
So unknown is this treasure of Lake Jipe not many Tanzanians know of its existence or location. Sandwiched between the Pare mountains and Kilimanjaro this small lake [30 km sq] straddles the border b... read more |
|
The Lumemo Trail - An African Wilderness Experience for the Practiced Hiker
The Udzungwa Mountains National park was created primarily for the protection of flora rather than fauna. The park was registered in 1992 and is the first of its kind in Tanzania. This park is a ser... read more |
|
