Tag: adventure travel
The Top Backpacking Destinations for 2012
We’re near that time folks, where old man 2011 gets old and gray and eventually croaks. And in his place, 2012, and the promise of another exciting year to cross stuff off your bucket list and venture forth across the globe. Yup, you know where I’m goin’ with this…Wondering where to travel? Cue the crazy [...]
Posted: November 28th, 2011 under Backpacking.
Tags: 2012, adventure travel, backpackers, bucket list, Croatia, Moldova, Off Track Planet, top backpacking destinations 2012, where to travel
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Six Surfing Destinations You Don’t Know About
Think of surfing and the obvious names pop up: Hawaii, Jeffery’s Bay and California. And there are plenty of other popular surfing destinations, but sometimes there’s ridiculous surf in other places that don’t register in the collective surfing conscious. As with any form of adventure travel, in the surfing world it pays to get off [...]
Posted: August 24th, 2011 under Extreme Travel, Surfing.
Tags: adventure travel, california, gadling.com, get off the beaten track, Hawaii, Jeffery's Bay, secret surfing spots, surfing destinations
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Top Ten Backpacking Destinations For 2011
The promise of another year and the opportunities to do awesome things. Like backpacking, the best way to see the world and meet the people that call it home. Forget hotels with concierge service and heated pools. Grab your backpack, your money belt and an open mind. Then check out Off Track Planet’s Top 10 [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2011 under Backpacking, Extreme Travel.
Tags: adventure travel, lists, Off Track Planet
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Five Cool Things to Do in Dangerous Places
Old man 2010 is nearing the end of his lifespan, and with that comes the promise of a new year. Granted we still have a month called December to get through first. I don’t know about you, but I need a vacation already. Here are some ideas: Five Fun Things to Do in Dangerous Places [...]
Posted: November 27th, 2010 under Backpacking, Extreme Travel, Skydiving.
Tags: adventure travel, dangerous travel, fun, Iraq, lists, Off Track Planet
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Hawaii Shark Diving January 2010
Just got back from Oahu, where I went shark diving off the north shore. This was a totally different experience than diving off a tuna boat with great whites for five days. The operation was Hawaii Shark Encounters, based in Haleiwa…home of some of the most monster waves on the planet. In fact, I had [...]
Posted: February 1st, 2010 under Shark Diving.
Tags: adventure travel, Hawaii
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Great White Shark diving at Isla De Guadalupe, October 2007
Aside from being kidnapped in Cambodia and chased by an Elk in Banff (ps don’t pet then during mating season), this was my first true adventure travel experience. I went cage diving with great white sharks at Guadalupe Island in October 2007 for five days with Shark Diver, a San Diego-based company that gives divers with [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under Shark Diving.
Tags: adventure travel, great white sharks, Mexico
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