Category: Adventure
Tour Aotearoa 2020 – Bike the length of New Zealand
Here’s one for the keen cyclists. An epic, bike-packing tour of the full length of New Zealand from Cape Reinga in the North to Bluff at the bottom of the South Island. Starting in February 2020, the route of the ride combines cycle trails, tracks, paths and lanes connected by quiet country roads.
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Join the crew of HMB Endeavour
The tall ship HMB Endeavour is celebrating 25 years at sea and is inviting crew for significant voyages in 2019 to Tasmania, New Caledonia and New Zealand.
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SLV Essential Sail Guide not so essential
The Youtube stars of sailing channel Sailing La Vagabonde have published the SLV Essential Sail Guide to encourage others to follow in their footsteps.
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Tobacco farms and cave dancing in rural Cuba
Highlights of my three-week trip to the communist country in the Caribbean.
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Trekking the Kuari Pass in the Indian Himalayas
Trekking the Indian Himalayas in winter is a magical experience
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Making it to the top of Mt. Everest
To make it to the roof of the world you need more than skill, you need an iron will and a generous...
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Diving the Wrecks of Truk Lagoon
The guys at Dan’s Dive Shop of St Catharines in Ontario, Canada were so keen to get to Truk Lagoon...
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Life in Space
Do kids still dream of being astronauts? Nearly 50 years since man first landed on the moon, I...
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Setting Sail for far Horizons
Running away to sea has been a romantic notion of freedom and escape for as long as there have been romantic notions, or at least for as long as there have been boats and ships to go to sea in.
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