What does a cheetah’s tongue feel like? This is not a question most people ever want to be able to answer from personal experience. It’s probably not a question that’s ever crossed your mind. I’ve found the things we learn while traveling are often answers to questions we never asked.Photo: authorThe hotel where I stayed during my trip to South Africa in 2010 had its own game drive.
All photos courtesy of Steve Duncan. All rights reserved.Olivia Dwyer speaks with Duncan about why he likes to climb around in sewers and what advice he has for prospective urban explorers. Editor’s note: Make sure to check out Photo Essay: Exploring Sewers, Utility Tunnels, and Catacombs Around the World, published yesterday at Trips.
Photo via darkroom.baltimoresun.comHere are a few places you can donate to, to help the recovery efforts in Moore, Oklahoma.Red Cross: Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10, or online at Use the Safe & Well website or the mobile version to check on friends and family.Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma: Text FOOD to 32333 to give $10 to relief efforts, or online at http://www.
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TITLE CARD:Conversations of 5 Travelers on Their First Night in… Rome.Fade in:Int. Hostel common area — nightBLAISE is pouring wine for KEIRA, CELESTE, LUCAS, and TOM.BLAISENow, this wine is from Colline di Levanto in the Liguria region of Italy.LOWER THIRD: Blaise (The Know-It-All)LUCASLook man, I don’t care if it’s from a toilet bowl.
Share local knowledge about your favorite spots in Canada with the chance to win cash + tuition to MatadorU. It’s Matador’s explorecanada contest. (Contest deadline: October 31, 2012)About the contestMatador and the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) partnered up this year, sending journalists from the Yukon Territory to Vancouver Island to Newfoundland and everywhere in between (check out their reports here).
30 apocalyptic images from the protests in Kiev, Ukraine - Our SiteEditor’s note: Ilya Varlamov is a photographer covering the protests and riots occurring in the Ukraine via his livejournal. His ground-level photojournalism captures the emotions of citizens reacting to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s rejection of trade agreements with the European Union.
On the last weekend of March, we took a train south out of Seoul. My traveling companion and I had packs full of camping gear, clothes, and food. The train was slightly more chatty than usual — people here usually travel almost silently out of respect for their fellow travelers — but it was early enough that few people expected to sleep.
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