Born in Shirley Center, Massachusetts, in 1879, Benton MacKeye was a naturalist, an early employee of the U.S. Forest Service and a man who thought big. In 1921, fearing that the pace of urban-industrial life along the eastern seaboard was taxing people’s sanity, he proposed a trail that would run from the highest point in …
Interstate 80 shoots east of Salt Lake City towards three of the Rocky Mountains’ pre-eminent ski resorts and Park City, Utah’s lively and sophisticated ski epicentre. A century-old mining town, today it is world-famous for hosting the annual star-studded Sundance Film Festival.
Peru’s Amazon is a vast region of mostly unexplored wilderness. However it is possible to take a tour of the Amazon rainforest. Choosing where to go will depend on how much time you have and what kind of trip you want to take. For the truly adventurous, exploring the Manu region of jungle is well …
Copenhagen has the reputation of being one of the most beautiful capitals in the world. The charms of the city are nothing less than the charms of Paris and London. And it is hard on the pocket as well. It is considered to be one of the most expensive cities into travel in Denmark. The …
Singapore is a bustling cosmopolitan city populated with high-rise buildings and landscape gardens. Brimming with a harmonious blend of culture, cuisine, arts and architecture, Singapore is a dynamic city that’s rich in contrast and color. In fact, you can even say that Singapore embodies the finest of both East and West.
Exploring The Natural Beauty Of The Rain Forest Of Amazon When Visiting Bolivia And Ecuador One of the benefits of visiting the Amazon in both Bolivia and Ecuador is that it can cost you significantly less than something similar in Peru or Brazil. Bolivia The departure point in Bolivia is Rurrenabaque which can be reached …
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Colombia was often called by the Spanish conquerors ‘the country of fabulous wealth’, and it is obvious once you step on its soil. Many historical treasures of the country were looted, and the original Indian culture was destroyed. Thousands of tons of gold, gems and metals were transported to Europe, and the once mighty Andean …
One of the stranger sights in a state full of oddities fills the Tularosa Basin, just west of Alamogordo, New Mexico: the world’s largest field of gypsum sand dunes, blinding white and ringed by the San Andres and Sacramento mountains. The snow-coloured dunes cover 275 square miles of the Chihuahuan Desert, and are constantly changing …
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