Airline Baggage – Pack For Success
January 11, 2010 - Posted in Travel Tips
Between the time you check your luggage in and the time you claim it at your destination, it may have passed through a maze of conveyor belts and baggage carts; once airborne, baggage may tumble around the cargo compartment if the plane hits rough air. In all fairness to the airlines, ...
Chimborazo: Climbing Glaciers Near The Equator
January 10, 2010 - Posted in Outdoors
Climbing the glaciers to the summit of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador isn't highly technical. It is mountaineering, but how hard can it be, considering I went to 20,600 feet the first time I used crampons and an ice axe? Okay, I used them once for practice, on a sledding hill ...
Alabama
January 9, 2010 - Posted in Destinations
Alabama is the 22nd State in the United States. 3.19% of the state’s total area is water. About 60% of its land area is made up of plains inclined towards the famous Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. Alabama was the heart of the “cotton kingdom” before the Civil ...
Cruises For Fun And Excitement
January 8, 2010 - Posted in Cruises
If you have never been on a cruise before, you are in for the time of your life. There are cruises going anywhere and everywhere that there is water. Destinations are as exotic as the Caribbean, Alaska and Europe. No driving. No packing and repacking from place to place. All the ...
