Choose Your Holidays

Luanda — The second day of the 28th edition of Luanda International Trade Fair (FILDA) will be marked on Wednesday by the celebrations of days of Germany, Spain and tourism sector.

Angop learnt that the event counts on the participation of more than 650 exhibitors.

Wednesday’s agenda also includes the holding of the 4th entrepreneurial meeting for the Economic and Business Co-operation between China and the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community.

Read Mike Collins autobiography, A Few Steps Too Far, and it strikes you that this is one man who has left his indelible footprint on the world. His adventures at home have been many and hes sought out incredible experiences in a lifetimes worth of travels. And not one to slow down, in his 78th year it was a combination of good writing and good fortune that led him to an Intrepid Nepal trip. Would this be 3rd time lucky for his attempt at Everest Base Camp?

In late 2008 I entered a competition set by the magazine of the Royal Geographic Society to write a five hundred word essay on “That Special Moment” – something that had been a life-changing experience. I hav

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Sirocco, the rare New Zealand kkp parrot whose frisky behaviour with a BBC television crew propelled him to global stardom, will make some cameo appearances during Rugby World Cup. A bachelor who usually lives a solitary life on a remote island sanctuary, Sirocco will spend two months on the mainland – in Dunedin and Wellington – offering visitors a once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet one of world’s most unique and endangered avian survivors. Sirocco is one of 131 living kkp – a tiny population of large flightless parrots thats been brought back from the brink of extinction through a world-leading conservation programme. Siroccos mainland holiday will highlight his mission as an advocate for New Zealand’s Kkp Recovery Programme because, even after 30 years of conservation efforts, his species is not yet out of the woods. Read full post…

Take the bag. Please. Luggage is often overlooked when planning a vacation. Stand around the baggage claim for twenty minutes and youll see what Im talking about. Many people pay more to check a bag than to purchase it. Perhaps they are unfamiliar with the old adage, you get what you pay for. Or in this case, win.

Luckily, the good people at Kipling are providing one lucky UpTake Vacations reader with a quality piece of luggage for all their travel needs, the Alcatraz II Backpack (pictured)!

As an added bonus (to me) Kipling provided one Alcatraz II Backpack for my consideration (this is called full-disclosure).

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As I have with every morning on this expedition, I’ve risen to find my inner child awakening. Excitement for what this day holds fills me with anticipation and won’t let me return to sleep. Unlike the past week, today we are greeted by an open sea. Gone is the constant ploughing through the dense ice pack of the Arctic Ocean behind us in the North.

Planning for the eventual departure and release from the hold by the pristine ice pack that has surrounded us, I spent multiple hours last night on deck looking out on the ice field trying to fixate this corner of the world to memory. Goodbye to that vast carpet with its thick multiple layers of ice.

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