I crawled like a leopard after the still clenched fist ahead of me and received the signal to rise slowly to my knees. As I began to lift myself up, a copper collared snake slithered across my splayed hands. I stifled a scream by sinking my teeth into the quilted collar of my jacket. At the prospect of being educated by African game rangers in a tropical rain

A rough boat ride from South Africa’s town of Kleinbaai brought me into stormy open sea next to a small island with a fur seal colony. Crammed into a steel cage like sardines in a can with a few other brave souls, I submerged to see great white sharks. To my surprise, I wasn’t scared when the first shark showed up. There was no “TA-NA-NA-NA,

A typical day on our camping safari was a wake-up call at 5am – not that we really needed the cheery “Good morning, Africa’s calling” from our leader, as the sounds of Africa rang all around us in squawking harmony and heralded the exciting day ahead. Within no time we had packed our tents and eaten breakfast, and then the flapping would

Big news: Rough Guides is giving away a two-week trip for two to Thailand (airfare included) worth $6,000 to help ring in the publication of our big Fall ‘08 book, Ultimate Adventures: A Rough Guide to Adventure Travel. The trip has been put together by one of the world’s coolest, most attentive travel agencies, Imaginative Traveler. Packed with variety and

Great minds think alike. ITKT created out Spanish language section to help the 800 million native Spanish speakers explore travel. Glad to see Japan saw the importance of this step. Editor ITKT JNTO LAUNCHED SPANISH WEBSITE FOR THE HISPANIC MARKET IN THE US New York, August 26 – Following the launch of the Portuguese website, JNTO has introduced a new version