Ever wished that you were in a time earlier than now, when the world was not as widely explored? If you have you certainly have company, millions of well traveled people enter a crisis of sorts when they run out of travel ideas, start feeling the entire planet has already been visited, and there is nothing new that can be discovered. There is a cure for this ‘be there, done that, taken a picture’ syndrome, and that is variety, of the spice of life fame. When you are done with the run of the mill traveling, there is a whole lot of new discoveries to be made in the form of the unusual travel destinations outlined below. While it is getting more and more difficult to find out of the ordinary destinations, these are among the most bizarre genres of tourism people indulge in nowadays. These  [...]

Space tourism. The term sounding too futuristic for the ears? Well, certainly we have come quite close to achieving a dream every man at least once must have dreamt, and although governments all over the world are not doing as much for space tourism as they should, slowly and steadily, developments are taking place in the area that has now come to be known as Space Tourism. The term has been in the nature of a holy grail to governments, public, businessmen all over the world, we certainly have a long way to go before Space can be reached as easily as Majorca is. Ordinary members of society buying a ticket for space, and making it, and coming back refreshed and rejuvenated is certainly a wonderful thing, and this dream is set to become a reality in a shorter span of time than is expected.  [...]

Are you one of those adventurous souls who just can't think of taking a boring family vacation when you've got the time on your hands? If you nodded your head in agreement, this one's for you!!! Below is a list of the world's most dangerous roads. You might want to travel these once, before you meet your end! 5 SICHUAN – TIBET HIGHWAY (China) The Sichuan-Tibet highway which is a high-elevation road located between the regions of Chengdu and Tibet are adding to the woes of the officials who keep a tab on accident-statistics. This 2,412 km long road stretches across 14 mountains (yeah, you read it right – fourteen) and crosses primeval forests. The number of dangerous sections on this road make it a must for any 'extreme' junkie. 4 TROLLSTIGEN (Norway) The name Trollstigen means  [...]

You have been wanting to do something really exciting for a long time… something that will make you hold your breath or something that will make you wonder how nature functions… perhaps you have been planning a trip that is totally off the league… for such an experience what you really need is a trip to a volcano or to an area in the vicinity of the same… what else could be more dramatic a sight than the lava bubbling right beneath the surface of the earth where you are standing... perhaps preparing itself to come out anytime soon or in the near future… Watching a volcano brings that excitement and drama that goes missing in our everyday life often and which is so much needed to maintain that spark of life. Yes, a trip to volcano does have its own risks even though we have  [...]

Hot springs could be one of the most relaxing getaways for anyone. These bubbles exploding out of the earth are not just fun things to watch, for your children, a trip to places with these could be educational too. What are hot springs exactly and how do they function? Well… basically, these are hot and sulphurous bubbles of water that spring out from beneath the surface of the earth because of the heat of the magma. They are usually found in the vicinity of the rushes, in the middle of the glaciers and the mountainsides. Often, they are colorful because of their chemical content, which makes them a delight to watch. What also attracts places with hot springs is their way of relaxing you. They could be as good as or even better than your artificially created Jacuzzi. Some of these  [...]

To get away from a the hustle and bustles of a city life, what you really need is a weekend at a place where the ambience is nowhere close to that of a city… like a desert may be. The serene nights of the deserts under millions and millions of shining stars, the wave of Sand dunes Sahara, the rock-formations and evidences of long-dead civilizations here and there… your weekend at a desert can truly be life altering and be able to rejuvenate your senses. Not all deserts are sands. Desert, technically is any place with less that 25 cms of rainfall annually. Only 15 per cent of such areas are pure sand and the Arabian Desert and Sahara Desert have the most of this 15 per cent. If you are on your trip to North Africa, or live anywhere there especially in Libya or Tunisia, the Sand  [...]