Adventure Travel Blogs

I'm lucky enough to have guided many people to see their first Bengal tiger. Tears are frequently and understandably the reaction. Gordon Buchanan's tears on seeing his first high altitude cat were equally understandable last night on the final part of the BBC's Lost Land of the Tiger. 

Sticking with tears, I shed a few at 3am this morning as a new Goldstein was admitted to the fold. He already knows more about computers than I do, but that's not saying much.

Thanks for al...

Here's a thought: the BBC spend millions of license payers money on a documentary about the tigers of Bhutan and the execrable, moronic X-Factor will probably get twice the viewers at least. However does watching it twice double the viewing figures as I cannot remember being so captivated by a documentary, a flawed one but captivating all the same. I still stand by what I wrote about this tiger corridor. I fervently pray that it is true and it may work but feel sure it won't. Sending o...

The BBC's Herculean documentary on the tigers of Bhutan offers yet another lifeline for this critically endangered species. Crucially, as it is Bhutan, a country that actually cares about it's wilderness it looks like these high altitude predators may have a chance of survival. The premise of corridors opening up between the Himalayan countries for the tigers to occupy is romantic and fanciful. I wish that it were true but as those countries include India, Nepal and Burma, where the ravages of p...

School Summer Holidays. All parents face a dilemma as to where to go on holiday?

Being the father of two, a six and a three years old, this was actually the first time that my plans could include the holiday products of Exodus as the kids are now within the minimum age that Exodus allows.

We wanted a two week holiday somewhere we had not travelled before and we wanted a range of activities that would interest the children and make the adults happy.

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The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius once said “A picture is worth a thousand words.

At least, that’s the common mis-conception, anyway! A recent review of the original Chinese manuscript shows that he (probably) actually said “A picture is worth a thousand pieces of gold”.

It was the American marketing executive Fred R Barnard who in 1921 re-hashed Confucius’ sentiments as “One look is worth a thousand words” when describing the benefits of using a large scale ...