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If you love to travel, there are a few things you can do to reduce your impact on the environment. Our guest writer, Isabel Clift has come up with four tips for more eco-friendly travel and commonsense ways to reduce the carbon footprint of any journey… 1. Replace flights with trains, coaches and even cars …
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Siem Reap is one of the poorest provinces in Cambodia. Most tourists associate this beautiful region with the Angkor Wat Temple Complex which spreads across an extensive area throughout the countryside. Nevertheless Siem Reap has seen its fair share of the horrendous Khmer Rouge Regime, and its effects are still present amongst the population. Landmines …
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Vegetarians beware. There may be plenty of vegetarian dining options in Ulaanbaatar, the capitol city of Mongolia, but if you are planning a trip to Outer Mongolia, make it a short one. Or bring lots and lots of your own food supplies. Let me take you to Tosontsengel, in Northwestern Outer Mongolia, where we are …
Dewalokam Farmstay Retreat will attend to the needs of guests with such precision, detail, and desire that you will feel as if you are the only individual staying here. The warm service and smiles offered by the well-spoken and understanding locally employed staff offers you a taste of India’s excellent customer service minded nature. Their …
BUENOS AIRES–As a means of exploring one of South America’s biggest cities, I ran. I passed zipping cars disobeying traffic laws, father and son duos juggling hacky sacks for cash, and parillas–Argentine barbeques–spilling their sweet smoke into the streets. Eventually I found myself on the outskirts of the city drawn to a warehouse surrounded by …
The holiday season is upon us and it would only seem fit to discuss the impact some of our Christmas traditions have on our environment. Most of us will be travelling during this time; whether a long deserved beach holiday in the tropics, or an adventurous road trip to visit the family and spend Christmas …
Ecotourism. Ecolodge. Ecotravel. Sustainable tourism. You see these words inscribed on almost every hotel, every tourist destination, and on the tip of every travel promoter’s tongue. Do we really know what we are talking about when we mention any of these terms? Our society has become so eco-orientated, desperate to come across as environmentally friendly, …
A one million hectare marine park. Isn’t it fantastic that our world is finally realizing the terrible impact global warming and ecological destruction poses on our society? Northern Sabah has been planning this for seven years. The park has shown a greater range of biodiversity than the Caribbean and Great Barrier reef in Australia. It …
All across the globe Eco-hotels, lodges, resorts, and other forms of accommodation have sprung up. Promoting their environmentally friendly approach to all forms of travel; luxury, cosy, and backpacking. Recently, hotel and resort chains have begun taking on the challenge of reinventing themselves as Green sustainers. One such chain is the well known Club Mediterranée, …
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Dear readers Golf have too often a very negative impact on environment, generally on water, fauna and flora. We have seen disastrous golf developemnt on the planet … Thats why we are happy to introduce an original concept: Tee for Tree Well Planet introduced a unique and noble golf tee brand; Plantee. The integrated concept …