18 unique travel experiences for the well traveled

by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) on Jun 26th 2009 at 8:00AM
So you think you’ve been everywhere and done everything? Is their something missing when you travel these days? Is the sense of adventure gone? Never fear, because the Times Online has compiled an interesting list of 18 unique travel experiences that are designed to give us a special experience on our getaways.

The suggestions on the list run the gamut from adventurous to decadent to down right surreal. For instance, if you’re headed to southern Africa, then you might want to stay with the bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, where you’ll have the opportunity to go on an initiation hunt and spend the night in their village. If that seems like you might be roughing it a bit too much, than perhaps you’d prefer to spend the night on a private island and go sailing off the coast of Croatia. How about taking an exclusive tour of Nefertari’s Tomb in Egypt, where you’ll be one of just 20 visitors in the soon to be closed monument. Or, how about the workout of a lifetime when you’ll be training with the the toughest rugby team on the planet, New Zealand’s All Blacks, , for one very intense week.

Each of the travel experiences comes with a good description of what you can expect on your unique adventure. A link is included to the travel company that is offering the trip, along with expected prices, in this case listed in pounds. But be warned, these one-of-a-kind experiences don’t come cheap, but how do you put a price tag on this kind of excitement?

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To enthuse each other to adventure travel is beneficial for being really alive.

Each experience is ours, lets share our abundance, what we do, describes who we may become. Expressing our experience enriches us and the lives of others who choose experience travel and adventure travel experiences.

Can we share what we are passionate about. Possibly where we have travelled.

and our dreams of future travel experiences…

RT

Move beyond everyday preditably, safe situations. Grip an unknown possibility and experience the thrill the different.
Each day in Antarctica, now Argentinian and Chilean Patagonia I observe travellers experiencing travel, differently.

Climbing Villarica volcano, near Pucon, I was feeling excited, then suffering from suphur dioxide fumes. The fire, lava and life of the volcano was incredible. Sliding on the seat of my pants down the snow icey slope was like almost flying. Yes, I was hesitant to slide down a steep slope however I chose to face the fear and do it anyway. Possible cost, death, benefit a thrill experience of my life.
I was reassured, many have slid down, so its ok.

What is your experience travel, adventure into a new and different way for you. How scary was the thought of engaging in such an adventure.

What were some of the possible costs involved. Maybe financial, disconnecting from the place you live, your comfort zone to where.

What distracted you from a very predictable place you live…to a new different adventure experience.

Who has been a mentor, someone who includes experience travel and adventure in their life. Did they encourage you to move out there, or was the enthusiasm that burns within then, sufficient for you to hunger for what they have.

can we share experience travel particularly adventure.
RT

Why I’m writing about travel experiences and PR

by Josh Bernoff

Based on several comments on recent posts people are a little confused about why the Groundswell blog should be writing about “hilariously bad travel” and PR emailers practices.

So let me explain myself.

First of all, I recognize that there are worse problems in the world than bad hotel rooms and irrelevant email. Even so, I believe these are symptoms of a broader trend, one that is the purview of the Groundswell.

That trend is that computers have made it far easier for marketers — and service people — to treat people in masses. The countervailing trend is the groundswell, which empowers us to connect as humans. So I am trying to help marketers and those who serve the public to find ways to treat people more like a human.

I believe three things:

1. A blog can make a difference. So this is an applied experiment in the groundswell in action. If Jeff Jarvis can change Dell with Dell Hell and Ruth K can write about the suffering of being a Jet Blue Hostage, why shouldn’t I try to change the PR and travel industries? (I’m already seeing evidence that PR emailers are thinking a little more about those emails.)
2. Analysis helps. Why not shine a light on people’s behavior? Is it typical? Is it unreasonable? What are the best practices? I am a researcher, so when I experience something, I often say “hmm, why is that like that?” And I’m interested in your perspectives.
3. It’s absurd. That’s why I’m only writing about “hilariously bad” travel — the kind that makes you chuckle at its ineptitude. And when you see some of the hilariously irrelevant emails I receive from PR people, you’ll have the same reaction. Instead of turning to the guy at the next desk and saying “look at this silly thing” I’m telling you, in the hopes you might at least smile a little.

I’m trying not to take this too seriously. If you want to call it whining, so be it. I call it turning annoyance into thought, discussion, and who knows, maybe even positive change.

Are you with me? Or should I just talk about the data and research I do and leave off with the rest of this “how to be a human” stuff?

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Hi Roger ! Here is an example post on how to use image and text.

I would recommend to use slideshow effect ONLY ON PAGES not on posts. It should be used only at the top of the page like a little teaser as to what can be fould in this article. For example on the page ABOUT you would only use one image slide show as wide as the page. Slides could be about you – why experience travel – some images from your traveling experiences – maybee some quotes – famous people or blog readers etc – you need to create a gallery and put a set of images into it, these will be rotating on the page when users click on ABOUT.

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There seams to be problem with images in posts overlaping the other elements on the page -im working on a solution for that. Basically you can create galleries containing multiple images and display the whole gallery with one click. This is how the slideshow on the top of the page works. There are 2 more ways how you can display a gallery

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There seams to be problem with images in posts overlaping the other elements on the page -im working on a solution for that. Basically you can create albums containing multiple images and galleries. Say you have 5 posts from trips around south america some in SOUTH AMERICA gallery and some in another one- you can select only the images you want and put them into an album

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You can also insert images from your galleries one at the time – best if you make them 600px wide

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