Holiday in Africa

Filed under:My Travel Destination — posted by admin on June 30, 2008 @ 11:53 pm

Africa is the world’s second largest continent after Asia. With the 53 counties inside, Africa is like a buried treasure that waiting for our exploration. The unique, vast and hard wildlife has made Africa as the heaven for all wild animals. There is no other place in this world that has the wildlife with many wild animals except Africa. The wildlife alive naturally and the animals survives with the nature selection. Seems that human is never live between them.

Africa will be the unique continent to visit with the untouchable wildlife inside. It is also the heaven for paleoanthropologists because it is the oldest inhabited territory on Earth with the human species originating from the continent.

So, if you like to have a great adventure, wildlife, nature, and interest on paleoanthropology, Africa will be your perfect trip destination.

With all of those reasons, we would like to present you many unique trips to explore the wildlife of Africa on our next posts.

Are you curious?

The Beauty of Alaska

Filed under:My Travel Destination — posted by admin on June 26, 2008 @ 1:27 am

After exploring information about Africa, now we will explore the other side of the world. Alaska. Alaska seems to be the opposite of Africa in climate. When you find that Africa is hot with many desert and forest, you will find that Alaska is so cold and covered with snow. Lie in the northwest of the North American continent, Alaska is a state in the United States of America. Going to Alaska will give you many opportunities to experience its glaciers, wildlife and scenery up close. Learning about Alaska native art and culture, experience the wildlife and glacier cruise, and riding with sled dogs just like the Iditarod musher will absolutely make your vacation perfect.

There are many varieties of attractions and activities you can do in Alaska. Check out this information in our next post.

Plan your African Safari Well

Filed under:My Travel Destination — posted by admin on June 22, 2008 @ 12:22 am

Having an African safari is many people’s dreams. This is like an adventure of a lifetime. Africa is a vast continent with fifty three countries inside. So, it is very important to plan your African safari well considering the range and depth of choice in Africa.

Here are few tips for you on planning your African safari:

1. You have to know where to go in Africa. Since Africa is a vast continent with 53 countries inside, you have to decide where to go in Africa. Only some regions offer tourists the safari experience. They are Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Uganda and Rwanda. You can choose one of them.

2. Decide when to go. Consider the African climate. A better trip is for mid November to February because you can see clearer skies and have a warmer temperature. But you can also consider the annual wildebeest migration from July to early September. Millions animals move for over two months. You will get the amazing few here. But, you can also consider going from April to mid June because you will get the lowest price in during months.

3. You have to decide your travel duration. This is a little difficult for you because there is so much to see and do in Africa. A week is a minimum time for African Safari. But, it is up to you and of course depends on how much budget you have for the safari. The longer the better because you are not just seeing the countries but you need to experience them.

4. Choose your safari location. It is absolutely your choice. You just need to consider your favorite place to go. Ask the tour operator for some important information of each location or you can browse the internet for it.

5. Choose your accommodation. Choosing a perfect place to stay is as great experience as the safari itself. Consider the price and the facilities they offer and choose the most suitable place to stay for you.

6. Be realistic. Africa is also has its negative points. Some disease, dusty roads, beggar, and many more. You just have to know about it first before you go. This will help you to keep on enjoying your safari though you see them.

7. Last but not least, use the internet to explore the information about Africa and the safari tour’s offer. It would be better for you to select a local tour operator. It is cheap, more flexibility on tour, and has quicker service. Browse the internet for it

Have a nice African Safari.

Congo, the Original Heart of Darkness

Filed under:My Travel Destination — posted by admin on June 19, 2008 @ 12:12 am

Step into Congo Brazzaville, you will find the original heart of darkness. The rainforests are so virgin. While most places and forest on the earth have long been explored, the forests of Congo are still remained wild and untouchable. These are one of the world’s best kept wildlife secrets.

It is absolutely make sense that exploring Congo will give you the excitement feeling of living among the virgin forests.

You can find unique feature that offer marvelous game viewing opportunities from the forest clearings of Ndoki and Dzangha Sangha.

Spend your trip to Congo by observing elephants at Dzanga Bai, tracking lowland gorillas at Bai Hokou and hunting with Ba’Aka pygmies. Dzanga Bai is like the heaven of elephants. You won’t find such a large concentration of elephants in the central African forest except Dzanga Bai.

The perfect combination between exploring the virgin forest, observing elephants, tracking gorillas and hunting will be your best adventure of a lifetime.

Welcome to Bangkok, “the Venice of the East”

Filed under:My Travel Destination — posted by admin on June 18, 2008 @ 11:28 pm

Welcome to Bangkok. Many western call it as the Venice of the East. Do you want to know why? Bangkok offers a unique trip through its rivers and canals. This is just like a trip on Venice.

Since the ancient times, rivers and canals have traditionally been the lifeline of Thai people. There are many foreign tourists visiting Bangkok each year. Most of them choose to stay in the apartments and hotels on the river. They really enjoy staying there because of the calming force and the interesting views.

Enjoy the glimpse of the city’s glorious past by touring its waterways. Don’t miss the Royal Barge Museum. When you take a peak at the Royal Barge Museum, you will enjoy the wonderful of royal entourage of more than seventy barges down the river. You’ll be surprise to see it.

Bangkok with the unique rivers tour and the famous Thai smile will surely be the best place for your trip. Welcome to Bangkok.

Getting to Antarctica

Filed under:My Travel Destination — posted by admin on June 17, 2008 @ 11:25 pm

Getting to Antarctica is as much a part of the experience as exploring it. Choose the expedition operated by professional and reputable company with the ships that are purposed built for polar waters. You can choose the icebreaker expedition if you want to have an ultimate Antarctic experience.

The expeditions to Antarctica are diverse in style and cost. This is base on the duration of the expedition, the capacity, and the activities included. You should choose it wisely.

If you are planning to go by ship, you can depart from Ushuaia, in the province of Tierra del Fugeo, Argentina. This is the closet port. But you can also have longer expedition by depart from New Zealand, Australia or Stanley in Falkland Islands.

Have a good time in Antarctica and leave your hand phone at home because you won’t find any signal in there. Just enjoy the beauty of the nature.

Marine Life of Alaska

Filed under:My Travel Destination — posted by admin on June 16, 2008 @ 2:32 am

When you choose Alaska for your vacation place, you have made the right decision. Traveling to Alaska and exploring the marine life with Alaska cruise will allow you to have a dramatic experience you won’t find in other place of the world. You can view with your own eyes the most dramatic scenery and the most abundant marine life in the world. Alaska is the land that has the biggest bears in the world. In marine life, Alaska is the area that has the largest salmon and more than half the world’s humpback whale population. You can see directly the forty ton humpback whale breaking the surface of the water for air. Visit Alaska in summer and you will see more than two thousand humpbacks feed in the waters of Alaska. This is magnificent scenery of the giants of the sea. Remember, you won’t find such scenery in other part of the world. You can only see it in Alaska.

Exploring the Virgin of Africa by Helicopter

Filed under:My Travel Destination — posted by admin on June 15, 2008 @ 1:23 am

This is a unique way to explore the virgin of Africa. Africa has too many beautiful virgin places to see, so you will need a helicopter to enjoy them. Traveling by helicopter will offer you bigger opportunities to experience many places in the land and above the seas. You can fly ten feet above the waves, spotting whale sharks and dolphins, and then turn to the land where you can enjoy the sand forests, grassland, and mangroves. That is not the end. Skimming over the landscapes of Africa to the mountain peaks and fly above the virgin forests on your private helicopter will be your unforgettable luxury vacation. Though you are traveling Africa by helicopter, you can still enjoy the facilities on the land. Most African helicopter safari tour usually offers complete luxuries packet for you. Browse the internet to find the best African helicopter safari tour with the professional pilot and enjoy your unique travel to Africa in your private helicopter.

Antarctica, the Adventure of a Lifetime

Filed under:My Travel Destination — posted by admin on June 13, 2008 @ 11:21 pm



Having a trip to Antarctica? Why not? Many people think that Antarctica is an impossible destination. But, the truth is that a trip to Antarctica will be your incomparable trip of a lifetime.

Discover the most natural part of the world with the sound of penguins and icebergs. Listen to the nature carefully. You will hear the water, the natural wildlife and the occasional boom of icebergs calving. Just listen to it and you will find your heart beat so fast. You will understand more that human is nothing. You will understand more and believe the power of God as the creator of everything in the universe.

Have a nice trip to Antarctica and let you self hypnotized by the sounds and the beauty of the nature.



image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace