Category: Travel & leisure

ECWA Jerusalem Pilgrimage

ECWA USA Israel Pilgrimage: A Trip of a Lifetime to the Holy Land

visit ECWA Jerusalem Pilgrimage website at http://ecwajerusalempilgrimage.org ECWA USA Israel Pilgrimage 7 DAYS ISRAEL TOUR PROGRAM NOVEMBER 14-22, 2023   Day 1: Wednesday 15th of November 2023 ARRIVAL IN ISRAEL, NAZARETH, AND MOUNT CARMEL We are met and assisted by our Israel Partner representative, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord” (Psalm 118:26). At Ben Gurion […]

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From top, left to right: Sunset from Signal Hill, Row Houses, Cabot Tower on Signal Hill, the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, the Confederation Building (WikiCommons)

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Exploring Newfoundland the East Coast of Canada (video by Marin Trask) St. John’s is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula. The city has a rich history and Newfoundlanders will go out of their way to make visitors feel welcome. Regardless of the season, the City of St. John’s is […]

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Black leaders react to South Beach spring break curfew, crackdown: ‘unnecessary force’

Black leaders react to South Beach spring break curfew, crackdown: ‘unnecessary force’

After weeks of uninhibited partying on South Beach by spring breakers, police turned away throngs of people — many of them Black — from world-famous Ocean Drive with a SWAT truck, pepper balls and sound cannons. The tactics were intended to enforce an 8 p.m. curfew announced only hours earlier on Saturday to rid the city of what police and […]

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Mobility as a Service

Mobility as a Service

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a joint digital service that enables users to plan, book, and pay for multiple types of transportation (mobility services). The service steers people away from personally-owned modes of transportation towards mobility provided as a service. This is enabled by combining transportation services from public and private transportation providers through a unified gateway that creates […]

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Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan

Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan

 The most beautiful lake in Taiwan, Sun Moon Lake is a lovely place to visit and unwind. (Viator Travel/YouTube) Sun Moon Lake is a beautiful alpine lake located in Taiwan’s Yuchi Township, Nantou County. Lalu Island in the middle of the lake separates the lake into a part shaped like a crescent moon and another part shaped like a […]

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Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Alajuela Province to the east, and Puntarenas Province to the southeast. Being the most sparsely populated of all the provinces of Costa Rica make it a tourist delight. The province covers an area of 10,141 km2 (3,915 […]

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

There is no other place in the world like Dubai. If you have never been there before, now is the best time to plan your summer 2021 in Dubai. This futuristic dynamo of a city is all about superlatives– biggest, brightest, tallest and of course richest of everything. Dubai, United Arab Emirates ???????? – by drone [Video by Mustafa Syed/YouTube] Dubai, United […]

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Coronavirus is crushing safari tourism and cutting off a lifeline for wildlife

Coronavirus is crushing safari tourism and cutting off a lifeline for wildlife

A major migration has disappeared from the savanna: the horde of tourists driving a billion-dollar tourism industry that employs millions and is essential to wildlife conservation in many African countries. One has traversed it for millennia: Millions of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles follow billowing rain clouds in search of new grazing grounds. The other horde descends upon the first in […]

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Journals Opening up to Science Expertise from South

Journals Opening up to Science Expertise from South

Global travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak are accelerating a trend towards research publications focussed on the global South, publishers say. It means the days of fly-in-fly-out field work may be winding back for researchers from developed countries. While the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted some research programmes, the pause offers opportunities to develop greater, more equitable collaboration […]

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WILDwatch Live | 06 July, 2020 | Afternoon Safari | South Africa

WILDwatch Live | 06 July, 2020 | Afternoon Safari | South Africa

WILDwatch Live || Join our expert andBeyond guides as they bring the wilderness LIVE to your living room, from andBeyond’s Ngala Private Game Reserve and Phinda Private Game Reserve in concert with WildEarth and partners. See what lies beyond… Where is WILDwatch Live being broadcast? ◾ Ngala Private Game Reserve, South Africa. ◾ Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa ◾ […]

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