Hits: 1127 A personal view of the world By Ashley Gibbins
The International Travel Writers Alliance is well aware of the role journalists can play in bringing the world a little closer together - even while we are highlighting the differences between peoples and places.
Through our features and images we reveal contrasting landscapes and... Posted 7 years 8 months ago |
Hits: 569 The desert-adapted black rhino (Diceros bicornis bicornis) living in the Kunene Region (former Damaraland and Kaokoland) in the arid north-west of Namibia is the only rhino population in the world that has survived on communal land with no formal conservation status.
In the early 1980s in this... Posted 7 years 9 months ago |
Hits: 550 Nearly five months after more than 165,000 soldiers retreated from the streets and fields around Gettysburg, the town of just 2,400 residents assembled “to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place,” known as Soldiers’ National Cemetery.
Of the thousands who came to Gettysburg on... Posted 7 years 9 months ago |
Hits: 748 African Parks has signed an agreement with the Government of Malawi to manage and operate Liwonde National Park and Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve for the next 20 years.
African Parks has already transformed Malawi's Majete Wildlife Reserve from a neglected, rarely visited reserve of few animals to a... Posted 7 years 9 months ago |
Hits: 539 Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland is a sovereign state in Southern Africa.
It is neighboured by Mozambique to its east and by South Africa to its north, west and south.
While being the smallest country in Southern Africa, The Kingdom of Swaziland offers opportunities for adrenaline... Posted 7 years 9 months ago |
Hits: 635 Family run Lake District based cruise company Ullswater ‘Steamers’ has won the World Responsible Tourism Award in the ‘River and Sea Cruise’ category at World Travel Market.
The World Responsible Tourism Awards, now in their 12th year, celebrate the most inspiring stories in responsible tourism... Posted 7 years 9 months ago |
Hits: 499 Tuscany is one of the most spectacular stretches on the Via Francigena, the medieval pilgrimage route from Canterbury also known as the Camino to Rome.
Francigena Ways, the Camino to Rome specialists, have a range of Tuscan cycling itineraries..
Autumn is harvest time in Tuscany and temperatures are... Posted 7 years 9 months ago |
Hits: 553 The Balklans state of Serbia offers cyclists landscapes like Djerdap Gorge and the national parks of Fruška Gora and Tara.
For the cultural there are medieval monasteries and ornate Orthodox churches, ancient fortresses and traditional Austro-Hungarian styled villages reflecting the influence many... Posted 7 years 9 months ago |
Hits: 518 The $24.4 million, City-funded, renovation of Building A into the new home of the Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor opened on 19 September 2015.
The Staten Island Museum’s expansion has been 50 years in the making, and began when Snug Harbor, the nationally significant historic site, was saved from... Posted 7 years 9 months ago |
Hits: 565 By virtue of its geography the region of South Denmark has been the target of many an invader over the centuries.
Each one has been drawn by the region's wealth of natural resources and each has left its mark on the landscape or contributed subtle influences to the regional cuisine.
Nature
The... Posted 7 years 9 months ago |
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