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Few of the great news stories of the early 20th century enjoyed such immediate reportage as the Katmai mountain story. On the steamship, Dora, bound for the port of Kodiak on Kodiak Island. Alaska, on June 6, 1912, the captain logged, ...

Approached from the north, the Victoria Falls announce themselves as a cloud of vapour hurled, grumbling loudly at its own immensity, into the African sky. A local tribe gave the falls the name Mosi-oa-Tunya - 'The smoke that thunders'. Soaring 1600ft ...

India is one of the most popular wedding destinations in the world and with good reason. The country has a rich history, culture, and heritage that lends itself to a variety of beautiful locations for your wedding celebrations. The monsoon season ...

Nowhere in history can be found a more fruitful marriage of sublime courage and naked greed than in the personalities of the Conquistadores, the Spanish conquerors of Central and South America. In 1535. with Peru subjugated, and already rich beyond all ...

This eerie wasteland of salt-encrusted clay stretching away to distant horizons is known to the Ovambo people who live there as Etosha - 'the lake of mirages' or 'the place of dry water. Seen from the air it appears ...

Jog Falls is an attractive tourist spot, which is the 2nd highest plunge waterfall in the country and the tallest one in South India on the Sharavati river located in the Western Ghats, Shivamogga District, Karnataka, India with a height of ...

The well-equipped come by light aircraft. The less so, or the more adventurous, approach the great wall of Algeria's Tassili mountains by four-wheel-drive truck, crossing gravel, rock and shifting sand where the air shudders above a ground temperature that can reach ...

Walls of rock twice as high as the Eiffel Tower hem in the Verdon River as it winds thin and snake-like along the bottom of its precipitous gorge in southern France. The gorge is some 12 miles (20km) long and up ...

Internet There is one interesting piece of news for Nature lovers who love to travel via train. South Western Railway has launched a special weekend train between Hubballi (Karnataka) and Vasco da Gama (Goa). Now, you must be thinking that what ...

Delhi is a city full of sporting events and facilities. Although there are many sports arenas in Delhi, you can also enjoy a variety of sports and activities at places like Botanical Gardens, Nizamuddin Basti, Nehru Park, Safdarjung Enclave, and more. ...

Stooping slightly in the lee of a shattered inland cliff, the Old Man of Storr stands Conspicuous above the coast of Scotland's island of Skye. The 160ft (49m) basalt pillar, balanced on its stone pedestal, looks out to sea like a ...

Travel insurance is one of the most important forms of protection you can get when you are traveling. It covers a range of potential perils and they include medical expenses, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), loss of baggage and personal effects, ...