Tag: Adventure Travel
Tim Cahill on Writing Literate Adventure Stories
by World Hum | 11.10.09 | 10:08 AM ET
"You don't need Superman to do an adventure story"
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Yahoo! BuzzTravel Movie Watch: ‘127 Hours’
by Eva Holland | 11.09.09 | 4:33 PM ET
It looks like “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle may not be headed back to Mumbai right away, after all. Variety is reporting that Boyle’s next project is an adaptation of “127 Hours,” the true story of a mountaineer who was pinned under a boulder in Utah for five days and eventually amputated his own arm to make his escape. The rumor mill has Ryan Gosling playing the lead, but nothing’s been confirmed yet. Stay tuned. (Via Gawker)
Adventures in Travel Photography in the Digital Age*
by Jeff Pflueger | 10.19.09 | 2:10 PM ET
Introducing a new column for travel photographers of all levels
Finally Some Good News on Travel in Mexico
by Peter Ferry | 10.16.09 | 10:21 AM ET
iStockPhoto Drug cartels. Murders. The news is often bad out of Mexico. Peter Ferry journeys beyond the headlines.
Video You Must See: Biking Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’
by Eva Holland | 10.07.09 | 5:06 PM ET
Bolivia’s notorious Death Road from La Paz to Coroico has become popular with mountain bikers and other adventurous travelers since being named “the world’s most dangerous road” by the Inter American Development Bank back in the mid-90s. Here’s a taste.
0:24—First good look at the drop-off
0:54—Sneaking past a truck
1:20—Biking through waterfalls
Video You Must See: Buried in an Avalanche
by Eva Holland | 09.28.09 | 5:09 PM ET
1:05—Skier starts his descent
1:24—Buried in avalanche
5:22—First sounds of rescuers
6:09—Daylight
(Via The Daily Dish. More details at Vimeo.)
Interview With John Rasmus: ‘The New Age of Adventure’
by Jim Benning | 09.16.09 | 10:03 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the National Geographic Adventure editor about a new travel anthology, and about how technology is changing our sense of adventure
Yunnan’s ‘Treats’
by Jeffrey Tayler | 09.03.09 | 10:27 AM ET
In one of Kunming's finest restaurants, Jeffrey Tayler samples the dragonfly larvae, bamboo bugs and grasshoppers
The Bucket and the Cup
by Sophia Dembling | 08.31.09 | 10:37 AM ET
Sophia Dembling knew India would be a land of mysteries. She just didn't find the ones she expected.
Zac Sunderland, 17, Becomes Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo
by Eva Holland | 07.16.09 | 2:40 PM ET
REUTERS/Alberto Lowe The teenager arrived back in Southern California this morning after 13 months at sea, breaking the record held by Australian Jesse Martin, who completed his solo sail around the world at 18.
You can check out Zac’s blog to get more of the back story on the journey, or see photos and a map of his route courtesy of the L.A. Times.
Anyone else thinking, “Gee, what was I doing when I was 17?”
Site to Watch: Atlas Obscura
by Michael Yessis | 07.10.09 | 9:37 AM ET
The site’s not-so-modest goal: To catalog “all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left out of traditional travel guidebooks and are ignored by the average tourist.”
Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras created the site, and they’ll be looking to travelers to help with the cataloging. (Via @jodikantor)
The 39 Greatest Names in Travel and Adventure
by Michael Yessis | 07.08.09 | 10:33 AM ET
Juan Ponce de Leon, from an anonymous 16th Century portrait These men and women changed the world through their travels. Michael Yessis appreciates them for more superficial reasons.
Nahanni, Canada
by World Hum | 06.10.09 | 9:55 AM ET
Travelers walk on a cliff overlooking Ram Plateau in the Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories.
Sideways, Down Under
by Tony Perrottet | 06.10.09 | 9:50 AM ET
In the Margaret River region of Western Australia, you can just sip wine and nibble on cheese. Or, like Tony Perrottet, you can push the limits of indulgence.
‘Up’ and the Spirit of Adventure
by Eva Holland | 06.02.09 | 3:01 PM ET
After keeping tabs on the hype for the last couple of months, I finally made it to “Up” last night. The latest from Pixar, which tells the story of an old man finally living out his South American travel dreams, has been pleasing critics and owning the box office, so I was keen to get to the theater myself.
And the verdict? Well, a little bit mixed.
Face-Off on the Congo
by Jeffrey Tayler | 06.01.09 | 10:23 AM ET
REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly Jeffrey Tayler was cooking lunch along the Congo River when armed men approached, making demands. Enter the Big Man.
Interview With Doug Lansky: Titanic Awards
by Frank Bures | 05.20.09 | 10:29 AM ET
Frank Bures asks the creator of a new website about the worst travel experiences in the world
Lessons From The Dancing Chickens
by Sophia Dembling | 05.14.09 | 1:44 PM ET
Photo by Sophia Dembling When I heard about the Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival in Woodward, Okla., my mind went directly to funnel cakes, face painting, and maybe a parade with a Lesser Prairie Chicken Queen. Sign me up, I said! I love small-town fests.
I’m kind of a moron sometimes. It wasn’t until I had my trip planned that I fully understood that a bird festival is where bird watchers gather to watch birds—in this case, lesser prairie chickens. Not only was funnel cake not part of the event, but the centerpiece of the weekend involved waking before dawn to spend three hours in a field watching chickens dance.
Can Eco-Travelers Save the World’s Rainforests?
by Joanna Kakissis | 05.08.09 | 2:19 PM ET
I’ve been thinking about this question since I saw a public awareness video released on YouTube by Prince Charles’s Rainforests Project. His Royal Highness rightly points out that climate change is the “greatest threat facing mankind” and that deforestation worsens global warming. (Burning trees releases their stored CO2.) At home, we can buy coffee tables and cabinetry made from sustainable wood. But what can we do when we travel?
A Flight From Kathmandu to Tumlingtar
by Rob Verger | 05.06.09 | 11:22 AM ET
It’s been gray and drizzly for a few days now in New York City, and this dreary weather gives me a kind of itchy wanderlust. The airport beckons. It makes me nostalgic for what was perhaps the most adventurous flight and trip I’ve ever taken, now almost a decade ago.
I suspect that many travelers out there have such a trip in mind—the kind that, while it may have been grand and seminal for you at the time, might live on even larger in your mind in the years afterwards.
I was studying abroad in Nepal at the time, and we had reached the point in the semester when we all were required to pursue independent study projects. I had decided to venture out and try to collect legends about something called the Khembalung Beyul in northeastern Nepal, which is a Shangri-la-type “hidden valley” that exists more in story than in actuality.
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