�A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants� written by Jaed Coffin, reflects back on a life of perplexity � briefly as a child and then more in depth upon entering adulthood. Through the soft ranting of his memoir, Coffin focuses on the difficult transformation of becoming a man, especially as a Thai-American, a �look-krung,� growing up [...]
22
Mar
I%26rsquo;ve never really seen the appeal of a safari. Quite apart from the threat of
being eaten, or finding yourself in the Land Rover with a family from
America, you have to sleep in a tent.
Now camping is fine if you are nine years old, or if you are stuck on a
mountain and your fingers are falling [...]
22
Mar
%26#8220;Yeti Footprints Found at Khumbu,%26#8221; declared the headline in bold type. An article explained that an expedition had come across a mammoth five-toed footprint buried in the ice near the base camp for Mount Everest. After a long period without a credible sighting, the elusive creature seemed to have suddenly reappeared.
In fact, [...]
22
Mar
The sign as we drove into Ithala Game Reserve was red and bold: “Attention. You may come across elephants. Do not approach closer than 30m.” The land surrounding us was dried red with drought; flat grasslands stretched to either side.
We had arrived at the main gate, to the east of the park, at sunset. [...]
22
Mar
In my family, there is great preparation to go to the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve in Zululand in northern KwaZulu-Natal. It all starts the evening before, when my aunt prepares breakfast - hard-boiled eggs, sandwiches, a flask of coffee and cold drinks - for us to share at our usual picnic spot in the park.
Our [...]
21
Mar
‘REALLY ROSIE’ A small boy left alone by his parents and then devoured by a rampaging lion? A gruesome vampire unleashed to drink the blood of innocents? How about a little brother suffering an agonizing death as he chokes on a chicken bone?
O.K., so it doesn’t sound like children’s entertainment. But it is children’s play, [...]
19
Mar
Among all nature’s creatures, elephant seals are among the more unusual.
“They’re ugly, but they are beautiful in their own way,” said tourist Barry Frank.
But what is more unusual still is where thousands have chosen their favorite beach: right beside California’s Highway One - a busy tourist route, CBS News correspondent John Blackstone reports.
“Twenty-five feet from [...]
19
Mar
Human beings spend on average one third of their lives asleep. We know we need to sleep but most of us have never really given a whole lot of thought to why.
Why do we spend seven or eight hours a night immobile and unconscious? What really happens inside our brains and bodies while we’re [...]
19
Mar
Ever dream of being an astronaut, an elephant trainer or a ghost hunter? Your dreams could come true with a growing number of camps catering for adults who want to try something different.
Travel website Travelandleisure.com, which is owned by American Express Publishing, has come up with a list of the top 10 quirkiest camps for [...]
18
Mar
Seven resortspas where you can unwind in the Wests Most Western Town
Posted by admin Published in TourSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It’s been a long time since cowboys parked their ponies on Main Street in what was once proudly marketed as the West’s Most Western Town.
Today’s Scottsdale is two P.F. Chang’s, two California Pizza Kitchens and two Merrill Lynch offices.
It is art galleries and turquoise shops and boutiques and Beemer convertibles and monster [...]
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