New Luxury Camp Near Yellowstone
Yellowstone Under Canvas is a new luxury camp near West Yellowstone, Montana with its premiere season from May 14 to September 13. It is part of an international movement called “glamping,” which refers to luxury camping — a contraction of “glamour” and “camping.”
Squaw Valley Panel Discussion on World Travel Topics
Tahoe area panel explores “Conscious Travel” If I were within striking distance of Squaw Valley, California, I would put the Squaw Valley Institute‘s panel on “Conscious Travel” on my calendar for tomorrow evening, August 26, at 7:00 p.m. Three women on the panel among them are both expert travelers and travel industry experts. Discussion topics [...]
Thailand to Revert to Siam?
“Istanbul was ConstantinopleNow it’s Istanbul, not ConstantinopleBeen a long time gone, ConstantinopleNow it’s Turkish delight on a moonlit night…” Those are lyrics to an old tune reminding people that place names change. Like so much else in present times, cities and countries have shed part of their pasts — colonial and otherwise — and taken [...]
WILDCHILD is a Good Kid
In our culture, describing a youngster as a “wild child” has some negative connotations, but in Africa, every WILDCHILD is better positioned to contribute to the salvation of that troubled continent. Conservation Corporation Africa (aka CCAfrica), a safari company that operates 40 lodges in six countries, spearheads and participates in numerous conservation initiatives. One that [...]
Peace Through Tourism Developments
Right now, there are tens of American thousands of “war tourists” (notably but not exclusively American servicemen “visiting” the Middle East), and civilian tourists have sometimes been the victims of political strife. Yet the concept of linking tourism and peace is a noble and idealistic one that deserves support. The fourth annual International Institute of [...]
East African Game at Risk
Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New York Times columnist, is in East Africa. In a recent column, he wrote of Kenya’s Masai Mara, “Surely of all of God’s creations, none is more beautiful than the Masai Mara grassland…The sun’s ascent here is like a curtain going up on one of Mother Nature’s richest ecosystems. [...]
The Call of Kilimanjaro
A bit over a year ago, my heart sank to my knees when I read the news about three Colorado trekkers killed and five people injured (three tourists, two Tanzanians) on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Among those injured was Jessica Post, a student at the University of Colorado. They were victims of a rock slide that hurtled [...]
