If you have travelled to some of the more remote parts of the world you will know that clean water can be hard to come by. This can often result in contracting all manor of ailments.
Whilst you can not make provision for every eventuality, it is always useful to take a water purifying kit with you.
“The perfect travel accessory for the student ‘gap year’, or holidaying abroad where the water is not so nice as the stuff back home! Now you can do your teeth using hotel tap water anywhere in the world. This amazing water bottle is the answer to every travellers problems of not being able to trust the water!
The replaceable purification ‘cap’ can purify up to 350 litres depending on the amount of contamination. “
This product has apparently been approved by the International Survival Instructors Association and endorsed by the Hospital for Tropical Diseases London.
This is a little bit morbid, but if you are giving consideration to how you would like your remains to be scattered then you may want to take a look at Celestis. This is the ultimate last journey for those who love space.
Celestis say:
“Leaving Earth to touch the cosmos is an experience few have ever known, but many have often dreamed of. Space Services makes it possible to honor the dream and memory of your departed loved one by launching a symbolic portion of cremated remains into Earth orbit, onto the lunar surface or into deep space.”
If you haven’t been to the Caribbean and in particular Barbados please make sure you go at some point in your life. The beauty of these islands is really something to behold.
While you’re there you may want to check out the Oistins Fish Festival which celebrates the local fisherman. This takes place on the south coast of Barbados in the town of Oistins hence the festivals name. Apparently, the locals really make this event special and visitors/tourists are encouraged to attend.
Attractions include reggae music, competitions, and of course traditional fish based Bajan foods.
If you have a real passion for piscatorial fare, you may want to check out the local fish market while you’re there.
If you like the great outdoors then you simply must visit the Canadian Rockies. Stunning scenery and rugged landscape do not begin to describe this beautiful land.
If you do visit, then you may want to consider hiking as the best way to get up close and personal where it matters. Check out this trip with Travelwizard:
“Join us as we explore the rugged grandeur of Kananaskis Country and its crown jewels, Banff National Park and Lake Louise. We’ll immerse ourselves in its serene beauty and geologic splendor by foot, bike, raft, and canoe.
Our journey takes us onto blue glaciers, past glassy lakes, over meadows filled with wildflowers, through glacial basins, and along spruce-lined trails. We will end each day with excellent accommodations and the finest dining the region has to offer.”
It’s not cheap at $2,698 but you can guarantee that it won’t be an experience you’ll forget in a hurry!
This trip didn’t strike me as the most exciting adventure you could take. But taking a closer look, it becomes apparent that this is great opportunity to observe a real wonder of the natural world. Literally millions and millions of these remarkable little fish make an arduous journey of 1000 miles from Cape Agulhas (just south of Cape Town) due northeast to Durban.
Here’s some interesting foreword on this amazing trip from BigAnimals.com:
“Sardine Run Scuba TripNot one but millions of sardines make this trip through treacherous ocean currents along a rugged coastline while avoiding dodging flocks of birds numerous predators such as, game fish, Cape fur seals, thousands of Common and Bottlenose dolphins, sharks, fishing nets and underwater photographers as well.
Marine science does not have a clear answer to this phenomenon, nor have I any answers, despite the fact that I was “hunting” them, photographically speaking, for 23 days along the Wild Coast; the Eastern Shore of South Africa.
Sardine Run Scuba DivingEvery winter from the last week of May through early July (winter in the Southern Hemisphere), this parade of millions of sardine, named “Sardinops sagax” or Pilchards, is taking place along the KwaZulu Natal on the East Coast.
In South Africa, the main spawning grounds are on the Agulhas banks off the Southern Cape coast, where the adults gather for a prolonged breeding season through the spring and early summer. Their eggs are simply released into the water, fertilized and left to drift off in the open ocean. A benign ocean current carries most of the developing larvae westwards and northwards into the productive waters along the West Coast, Atlantic Ocean.
Sharks, such as the Bronze Whaler (copper), Dusky and Black Tip, join the game fish such as shad, garrick and geelback. Not be excluded, marine mammals like Humpback whales, Minke, the Cape fur seals, and thousands of Common and hundreds of Bottlenose dolphins are seen in hot pursuit of the reflective mass of pilchards. As the sardines are driven to the surface, Cape gannets, cormorants, terns and gulls, plummet out of the sky to pillage from above.”
If this is of interest you may want to also check out WetPixel. They seem to sell a similar trip for $4,225.
