Meri’s Perfect Tour - The Traveling Student
October 9, 2007
*This tour comes from the imagination of our student contributor for the Amazing Tour Blog, Meri Kimura. She takes her experience as a traveler and a student and comes up with this innovative idea for a tour.* All students have a thirst for adventure. I mean, having to attend school – again! - after 13 years of torture, we deserve some kind of break, right?... Read more »
Gorillas In the Mist - The Tour of a Lifetime
July 24, 2007
“One of the most endangered animals in the world” This incredible tour takes you into the forested habitat of the mountain Gorilla, where you get to view them with their young, foraging for food. Mountain gorillas are one of the most endangered animals in the world. Scientists estimate that there are about 700 individuals, living in 2 populations... Read more »
One Thousand and One Nights…
July 12, 2007
This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough. - Mary Austin Rocking with each step of the camel, the silent desert surrounding us was ethereal in the moonlight. We could make out an orange glow climbing the sky, chasing away the darkness and blotting out the stars. We watched, breathless, as the morning sun climbed higher and... Read more »
Water, Water, everywhere…
July 11, 2007
I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water…has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It has a thousand colors and a thousand shapes, yet it follows laws so definite that the tiniest stream is an exact replica of a great river. -Roderick Haig-Brown Walking the leisurely 400 foot hike down to the Lower Elk River... Read more »
Nosferatu, Succubus…. Vampire
July 9, 2007
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. -Dracula, from Bram Stokers novel, ‘Dracula’Have you ever read Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula? Lost yourself in the compelling, soul-stealing life of Vlad the Impaler, the Prince of Wallachia? Wondered what life would have been like living with the night, hunted constantly for existing,... Read more »
Tallinn - Old World Meets New
July 9, 2007
To maximize my remaining time a trip to yet another county was in order. Tallinn was the destination of choice, with 2 hours sleep and 2 friends, Sandy and Luca. We headed for Estonia on the ScandiJet super cat boat. This was the future of boat travel. Like a floating lounge and restaurant it offered a beautiful trip. We arrived in a surprising environment.... Read more »
