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  • Adventure Travel in South America
    Pre-Lenten Festivals: Carnival of Oruro

    Before the fasting period of Lent (that leads up to the Christian celebration of Easter), many Christian countries and cultures find a way to celebrate Carnival. The Carnival period is usually in February and March – sometimes starting as early as January 6 – when there are special parties and parades, but usually there is one specific […]

  • Adventure Travel in South America
    Pre-Lenten Festivals: Barranquilla Carnival

    Before the fasting period of Lent (that leads up to the Christian celebration of Easter), many Christian countries and cultures find a way to celebrate Carnival. The Carnival period is usually in February and March – sometimes starting as early as January 6 – when there are special parties and parades, but usually there is one specific […]

  • Adventure Travel in South America
    Pre-Lenten Festivals: Rio Carnival

    Before the fasting period of Lent (that leads up to the Christian celebration of Easter), many Christian countries and cultures somehow celebrate Carnival. The Carnival period is usually in February and March – sometimes starting as early as January 6 –  when there are special parties and parades, but usually there is one specific Carnival week that […]

  • Adventure Travel in Southeast Asia
    Classic Southeast Asia Backpacking Routes

    Southeast Asia is one of the most popular backpacking destinations on earth. Relatively cheap and tourist friendly, it’s a magnet for people in their 20s taking a gap year to backpack around this magnificent part of the world. Whether you’re into beaches and islands, full moon parties, surfing or scuba diving, bike riding around rice terrace […]

  • Adventure Travel Destinations
    Little-Known Heritage Sites You Must See

    We’ve all heard of the most famous of the UNESCO World Heritage Listed sites like Angkor, the Great Barrier Reef, The Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza and so forth. But, there are actually more than 1000 of these sites, and here we’d like to introduce some of the little-known heritage sites that […]

  • Adventure Travel Destinations
    Religious Pilgrimages For Adventure Travelers

    Religious pilgrimages are not always for the religious, sometimes visiting a sacred site or taking part in a religious pilgrimage can be spiritually significant, historically important or culturally interesting to a non-religious, but open-minded, adventure traveler as well. Here are some of the world’s most important religious pilgrimages for adventure travelers. Photo By:  Manuel Camino de […]

  • Informed Traveler
    Traditional Festivals Around the World In 2016

    Plan a year of adventure travel to some of these vibrant, loud and spectacular traditional festivals around the world. Photo By: nateClicks La Tomatina, Spain La Tomatina is essentially a tomato-throwing festival that takes place in eastern Spain in the town of Bunol each year on the last Wednesday of August. It reportedly dates back to […]