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Fire-Ravaged Cruise Ship Stabilized; Passengers Heading Home

Fire-Ravaged Cruise Ship Stabilized; Passengers Heading Home

Ship’s postcard showing Nordlys in happier times. by Sue Bryant,Cruise CriticContributing Editor Police and fire investigators are trying to establish the cause of the blaze that crippled Hurtigruten’s MS Nordlys yesterday and killed two crewmembers. The damage to the ship is so severe that, according to a statement from the line, it will be out […]

Journey of Discovery on the Mekong: News.com.au

Journey of Discovery on the Mekong: News.com.au

THEIR feet and legs bleeding from gaping wounds, they hauled the boats across the jagged rocks and through muddy, leech-infested swamps. Their shoes long worn out and discarded, the men continued on undaunted as the weeks turned into months and the months into years. The search for the source of the Mekong, and the presumed […]

Arctic Sea Ice Melt Grave: Greenpeace

Arctic Sea Ice Melt Grave: Greenpeace

Greenpeace says the second largest Arctic sea ice melt in recorded history has grave implications for wildlife like polar bears, and the planet as a whole. The US-based National Snow and Ice Data Centre says the scale of the retreat is behind only 2007’s record melt. Greenpeace says it’s a clear signal of how climate […]

Arctic Sea Ice Melt Grave: Greenpeace

Arctic Sea Ice Melt Grave: Greenpeace

Greenpeace says the second largest Arctic sea ice melt in recorded history has grave implications for wildlife like polar bears, and the planet as a whole. The US-based National Snow and Ice Data Centre says the scale of the retreat is behind only 2007’s record melt. Greenpeace says it’s a clear signal of how climate […]

The Age: The awe of the jungle

The Age: The awe of the jungle

Speedboats head upriver in search of wildlife (Roderick Eime) Adventure cruiser Roderick Eime strikes a balance between savagery and civility as he island-hops on an expedition ship. The very mention of Borneo is enough to conjure vivid images of dense jungle inhabited by strange, hairy creatures, a land penetrated only by brave, machete-wielding explorers fending […]

Retreat to Sustainable Luxury at naked Stables Private Reserve

Retreat to Sustainable Luxury at naked Stables Private Reserve

Retreat to Sustainable Luxury in the Bamboo Forests of Moganshan with Introductory Specials at naked Stables Private Reserve  ‘Stay One Night, Get One Night Free’ and other bamboo-zling offers available during October and November 2011  Treat yourself to an Autumn retreat and be one of the first guests to check-in at the new naked Stables […]

Retreat to Sustainable Luxury at naked Stables Private Reserve

Retreat to Sustainable Luxury at naked Stables Private Reserve

Retreat to Sustainable Luxury in the Bamboo Forests of Moganshan with Introductory Specials at naked Stables Private Reserve  ‘Stay One Night, Get One Night Free’ and other bamboo-zling offers available during October and November 2011  Treat yourself to an Autumn retreat and be one of the first guests to check-in at the new naked Stables […]

Retreat to Sustainable Luxury at naked Stables Private Reserve

Retreat to Sustainable Luxury in the Bamboo Forests of Moganshan with Introductory Specials at naked Stables Private Reserve  ‘Stay One Night, Get One Night Free’ and other bamboo-zling offers available during October and November 2011  Treat yourself to an Autumn retreat and be one of the first guests to check-in at the new naked Stables […]

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