Category: Travel

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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Portland Maine, United States

Updated with the latest information as of today, December 30, 2020 Portland is located on a peninsula in Casco Bay on the Southern Maine coast approximately 100 miles (161 km) north of Boston, Massachusetts. Portland is a small seaside city with a population of 65,000 and a high concentration of shops, restaurants, museums, galleries, tours and many things to see […]

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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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‘My way’: Islamabad elephant serenaded during check-up

A singing vet who has worked in war zones to rescue animals is now in Pakistan to determine whether Kaavan is healthy enough to travel. The trick to calming an unhappy elephant? Sing him Frank Sinatra songs, according to one of the vets tasked with assessing whether Kaavan can be moved from poor conditions in a zoo in Pakistan’s capital […]

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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

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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Virtual Tour of the Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park open its Montana entrances on Monday, June 1 at 10 a.m. The Montana entrances include West Entrance (near West Yellowstone), North Entrance (near Gardiner), and Northeast Entrance (near Cooke City). The opening of Montana’s entrances coincides with the Governor’s lifting of out-of-state travel restrictions and will provide visitor access to all five entrances of Yellowstone National Park […]

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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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Baku, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan or the Republic of Azerbaijan is a country in the South Caucasus at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic. It is one of six independent Turkic […]

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Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg is the capital city of the State of Salzburg and located on the site of the former Roman settlement of Iuvavum. Salzburg is no doubt one of the most beautiful and fascinating cities in Austria, founded as an episcopal see in 696 and became a seat of the archbishop in 798. Its main sources of income back then were […]

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