| International adventure travel: Safaris, balloon tours, | | | | In southern Nepal, In the Royal Chitwan National Park, |
| swimming with dolphins, bicycling down volcanos, | | | | you can see tigers, leopards, rhinos, and sloth-bears. |
| trekking in the Himalayas, Walmart on Christmas Eve | | | | And where better to see them from than the back |
| - the list is almost endless. This will not be a | | | | of a large elephant? The tours are lead by naturalists |
| comprehensive listing of all the adventure | | | | and park rangers. Stay in the comfortable Safari |
| opportunities out there. Instead, here is just enough | | | | Lodge and take daily tours into the jungle. |
| to whet your appetite. | | | | Take A Mongolian Horseback Trek |
| My Own International Adventure Travel | | | | Travel with one of the great nomadic and |
| Long before hitchhiking across the country at | | | | horse-based cultures of the world. The trips take you |
| sixteen-years-old, I had a taste for adventure. At | | | | beyond tourist routes, and you can customize your |
| fourteen, a friend and I bicycled 300 miles in a few | | | | trek to fit your schedule and budget. These tours are |
| days during one summer. At seventeen, I went | | | | run from an office in Mongolia, and they provides |
| international with my adventuring, hitchhiking from | | | | experienced guides that are multi-lingual. |
| Michigan to half-way across Mexico. Over forty now, | | | | Go Rock Climbing In Rio |
| I no longer put out my thumb - not very often, | | | | Want an outdoor adventure and city nightlife? Try a |
| anyhow - but I still love to travel. | | | | rock climbing tour in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| More recently, my international adventure travel took | | | | You'll find routes for all skill levels in the Sugar Loaf, |
| me to Ecuador. While there I climbed to the furthest | | | | Urca, Corcovado and Pedra da Gavea mountains. |
| point from the center of the Earth. Everest is highest | | | | Tours include bilingual instructors, equipment rentals, |
| above sea level, but due to the Earth's bulge at the | | | | and transportation, and start at under $100 per |
| equator, the peak of Mount Chimborazo, at 20,600 | | | | person. |
| feet, is farther from from the center of our planet. | | | | Swim With Dolphins In The Croatian Sea |
| The top is all snow, ice, and glaciers. | | | | Escape from the cold this winter, to the Cres-Losinj |
| My guide didn't speak English, and thought I was a | | | | group of islands, which is known for it's mild climate. |
| mountaineer. I had once used an ice axe and | | | | Mali Losinj on the island of Losinj is known for its |
| crampons to go forty feet up a sledding hill, in | | | | health resort, but recently, the area is becoming |
| Michigan. The rest of the story is on the website, but | | | | famous for the bottle-nosed dolphins that have made |
| you can get information and a guide by talking to | | | | their homes in the clear and clean waters of the |
| almost any hotel manager in Riobamba, Ecuador. | | | | Cres-Losinj group of islands. Mingle with them by boat |
| Go On A Jungle Book Safari | | | | or in your swimsuit. |
