Michigan's Upper Peninsula is lined with beaches along Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan to the south. The Keweenaw Peninsula in the greater U.P. is also lined with Lake Superior beaches to the east and west. Views from each side vary, but are beautiful across ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Gallery: Flowers From Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Michigan's Upper Peninsula is lined with beaches along Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan to the south. The Keweenaw Peninsula in the greater U.P. is also lined with Lake Superior beaches to the east and west. Views from each side vary, but are beautiful across ...Video: Dorset, England Now Has A Dragon Skull On The Beach
If you happen to be in the area of Dorset, England, in the near future, you might want to check out the giant dragon skull that is currently sitting on its Jurassic Coast. Blinkbox oversaw the skull-building project, which is, at its core, a celebration of the release of ...
Vagabond Tales: Full Moon Parties And Surfing A Monsoon
Heather Ellison
There are few larger rights of passage on the Southeast Asian backpacker circuit than the full moon party on the island of Koh Phangnan.
A tropical version of Ibiza on psychedelics, the pull of this legendary debauch is so strong that nary a backpacker ...Is Horse Surfing The World's Next Watersport?
Here at Gadling we always love researching new watersports. In April we looked at the high-powered sport of jet surfing, and last November we explored a wing that lets you fly underwater. Before that, it was SNUBA.
Now, an article on the surf website The Inertia has ...
Video: Inner City Surfing, The Latest Urban Adventure Craze
Germany and China don't immediately call to mind hanging 10, but that's about to change. The latest urban extreme sport pastime in these cities is urban surfing the big waves on their river systems. As reported by CNN, Munich's Eisbach River and Hangzhou's Qiantang River are ...
Waikiki Classic Gives Girls A Chance To Connect With Surf Culture
Tom Servais
Next weekend, on June 8-9, the third annual Waikiki Classic surfing competition will take place on Queens Beach in Hawaii. The event, which is sponsored by Roxy, will feature some of the biggest names in women's surfing today, including World Longboard Champion ...Video: Surfing In Russia
Russia might be the last place you'd ever think to go surfing but surfers are nothing if not adventurous. In pursuit of the perfect wave, they are liable to go just about anywhere on the planet - from the frigid Arctic waters of Scandinavia to Pakistan's perilous Makran ...
Gadling Gear Review: ContourROAM 2 Action Camera
One of the fastest growing segments of the consumer electronics market over the past couple of years has been in the action camera category. These small, super-durable video cameras are used to capture footage of everything from family vacations to the latest crazy extreme ...Riviera Maya: An Accidental Honeymoon
I was in Mexico last December, just before the 21st of the month. The date would come and go without catastrophe, of course, but the fringe theories had brought Maya culture to the forefront of the media and I took the opportunity to learn a bit about the ancient and ...International Adventure Guide 2013: Costa Rica's Manuel Antonio National Park
When you're lying in the shade of a towering palm tree on Playa Espadilla Sur, a glorious, often empty beach backed by thick forest in Costa Rica's Manuel Antonio National Park, the temptation to remain inert can be irresistible. But it would be a shame to travel all the way ...Jet Surfing: The World's Next Watersport?
If history is any indicator, the North Shore of Maui is the tinkering ground for the world's next generation of watersports. Both stand up paddling and kitesurfing can trace their roots to this fabled stretch of coastline, and new footage coming out of the Valley Isle ...
The Jersey Shore Is Back, Sort Of
If you've written off the Jersey Shore as a summer getaway, please think again. Though Sandy did grievous harm to Jersey's 127-mile coastline, most of the damage was done to the northern coast; the southern Shore was relatively unscathed.
To the north, the beaches are ...International Adventure Guide 2013: Baja, Mexico
I once knew a man who said you've never looked freedom in the eye until you've raced through the Mexican desert at 100 mph while naked on the roof of a car.
While perhaps a little extreme, this raw sense of freedom and adventure has attracted adventure travelers to ...5 Countries That Are Great Alternatives To Their Crowded Neighbors
It's the great hypocrisy in the mind of every traveler that they want to tour a place free from other tourists. Grumbling that a place is overcrowded isn't without grounds, though. Who hasn't wanted to pull a Dr. Manhattan on the tour groups that take group photos with ...5 Detoxifying Spring Break Destinations
Spring break is a vacation time of the year wherein many people let loose and eat and drink with abandon. Fun as that might seem to some, your idea of a good time might be one that isn't filled with worries about the pounds you're packing on or the detox you're going to ...How To Stay Healthy On Spring Break
Whether you're a beach-bound college student or a middle-aged couple headed to the Rockies for some end-of-season snow, spring break presents the same health risks every year. Fortunately, they're all easily preventable by using common sense and following a few basic rules. ...Photo Of The Day: Surfing Near San Francisco
"Sometimes in the morning, when it's a good surf, I go out there, and I don't feel like it's a bad world," Nobel Prize-winning chemist Kary Mullis famously said.
Today's Photo of the Day from Flickr user Jason Rodman captures the essence of that quote. Somewhere ...Scenes From A Surf Competition In San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua
I've never thought of surfing as a hyper-competitive sport. For me, it's more of a lifestyle. I'm not a surfer but I've met scores of people over the years that have rearranged their lives to be in proximity to the big breaks. I can understand why surfers might want to ...Florblanca: Rock Star Luxury In Costa Rica
I was lying in a hammock with my two little boys, getting ready to sleep off lunch. We could hear the melodic, crashing surf of the Pacific Ocean on the golden beach at our backs and were enveloped in the luxurious shade provided by soaring trees on a perfectly toasty ...Tar-Removing Tip For Beach-Bound Spring Breakers And Vacationers
I'm currently in Southern California, mixing a bit of business and pleasure. I'm officially visiting my parents, but yesterday, I headed up to Santa Barbara for the night to research a story for a guidebook. On my way home today, I went for a late afternoon run on my ...
