Stories from About.com - Adventure Travel

  1. Colorado's 'Snow Virgins' Free Trip Contest

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Oct 14, 2009

    If you've never seen snow before, here's your chance to play in Colorado for three months this winter. The Colorado Tourism Office has launched a contest to give three "snow... Full Story »

  2. Newly Proclaimed St. Damien Served Leper Colony on Hawaii

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Oct 11, 2009

    Father Damien de Veuster, who was canonized as saint by Pope Benedict XVI at a mass earlier today, was a 19th-century Belgian missionary who ministered to people with leprosy in... Full Story »

  3. Colorado's Loveland Ski Area Opens Tomorrow

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Oct 7, 2009

    Loveland Ski Area, with a chair that tops out near the Continental Divide in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, surprised Denverites today by announcing that it will open a run tomorrow,... Full Story »

  4. A Reader Suggests US Should Check Arriving International Travelers' Temperatures

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Oct 5, 2009

    Thanks to the travelers who responded to my request: If you've gone through a body temperature screening when entering into a foreign country recently, let us all know. A few... Full Story »

  5. Adventure Travel Expo Comes to New York City, Oct. 10-11

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Oct 1, 2009

    Would you like to zip high above the crowd on an aerial zip line, try scuba diving or tackle a ropes endurance course? You can sample all of these thrills... Full Story »

  6. Will You Volunteer at a National Park This Weekend?

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Sep 24, 2009

    A while back, I published a "National Parks Adventures" carnival travel blog, with links to parks around the globe where you could go hiking, mountain biking, parasailing, canoeing and enjoy... Full Story »

  7. Help on National Public Lands Day, This Saturday

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Sep 21, 2009

    National Public Lands Day is the time to give back. If you've noticed that the trails you were hiking or mountain biking on in a national forest are worn deep... Full Story »

  8. Immigration Officials Take Your Temperature

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Sep 20, 2009

    The woman smiled as we walked pass her when dragging our baggage to customs in Quito, Ecuador, yesterday. When we looked back, we realized that the machine she was monitoring... Full Story »

  9. Discovery Adventures Latest G.A.P. Adventures Offering

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Sep 16, 2009

    G.A.P. Adventures is offering new, non-traditional Discovery Adventures to 18 destinations worldwide. These adventures have been designed to encourage participants to become part of the local cultures that they have... Full Story »

  10. New Age of Adventure Book Explores World of Adventure Travel

    About.com - Adventure Travel &bull Sep 12, 2009

    If you want to read entertaining, descriptive and at times soul-searching tales of adventure, pick up a copy of the new book, The New Age of Adventure: Ten Years of... Full Story »

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