Driving the Ring of Kerry, and want to get off the beaten path? Head to Staigue Fort - it's between Sneem and Caherciveen, off a tiny road inland. You will drive a very narrow lane, but keep following the signs. There's a visitor centre with films (and a cafe), although we never stopped there. Park your car in the lot and pay your voluntary entrance fee. Skip across the creek, and climb a small hill to get to the fort.
Gas prices are rising (a 40% increase over summer 2010 is predicted) and innkeepers are coming to the rescue with a “kick gas” promotion. To help relieve pain at the pumps for travelers, inns and B&Bs throughout Canada and the US are going the extra mile by offering gas savings of all kinds. Rallied by the Better Way To Stay campaign, a grassroots “experience B&Bs” campaign, hundreds of innkeepers throughout the U.S. and Canada are helping travelers save at the gas pumps with B&Bs Kick Gas!
I've recently been entranced with a guidebook series, written by James Kaiser (see our interview with this award-winning author and photographer here).
The only sounds were the swish of the sledge runners, the panting of the dogs and the snapping of twigs as we hurtled through thick pine tree forests cushioned on either side by deep pillows of snow. In front of us were six strong Husky dogs chosen for their speed and stamina, enthusiastically straining to keep up with a caravanserai of sturdy sledges.
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Thirty miles or so northeast of Damascus, not far from the Lebanese border, is the tiny town of Maaloula. It's one of only three communities in Syria that still speaks Aramaic, the language of Jesus, and it has a couple old monasteries too.
Bark cloth is more than just a native hand-made souvenir. The making of bark cloth has been a part of Ugandan culture for centuries. Bark cloth manufacturing is an ancient craft of the Baganda people of southern Uganda. Its preparation involves one of mankind's oldest, prehistoric techniques that began before the invention of weaving.
