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Welcome to WAT

Administrator — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:42:56 +0000

Dear Visitor,

WAT - World Adventure Tours is intended as an open an easy to join community site.

Our aim is it to build up an open minded community of people being willing to share their personal experiences and adventures with a growing number of other members, and at the same time gather all kinds of helpful information about and around vacation and adventures trips.

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A Perfect Day

Michael Lohmar — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:15:54 +0000

A Perfect Day
by Michael Lohmar

Heading off from Rainbow Beach during the morning, taking the barke to Fraser Island was easy doing. Weather was fine and low tide was expected in at 11 a.m.

How is it going?

Michael Lohmar — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:15:54 +0000

How is it going?
by Michael Lohmar

Having just arrived back from a trip to the Red Center, I am able to look back to a variety of exciting times we had there.
Visiting places like Alice Springs, Glen Helen, the famous Kings Canyon and finally, Ayers Rock and The Olgas were both exhilarating and breathtaking.

In the end, our time there was short, but very special. Read More...

Any Addictions?

Michael Lohmar — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:15:54 +0000

Addicted to Sea, or to Mountains?
by Michael Lohmar

When asked about their personal favorite vacation, people seem split on the question.

I guess the majority will immediately answer, the sea: sunbathing, relaxing, easy living or just indulging into the luxury of a fancy

5 star hotel with a great sea view is what I'm going for. Read More...

When an insect bite

Administrator — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:15:54 +0000

Bear in mind the story is quite old but did happen to me
by Petrina Clarke, Melbourne, Australia

WHEN AN INSECT BITE ISN'T JUST AN INSECT BITE.

When 25 year old Petrina had a chance to visit South Africa, she jumped at the chance to experience a new culture and unique adventure what she didn't expect was an encounter with a human parasite that could have been deadly.
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Snorkelling with turtles

Jon Connell — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:15:54 +0000

5-star luxury on your own desert island
by Jon Connell, Bluntisham, England

How does a tropical island so small that you can walk around it in around 5 minutes sound?
What if you got a cosy and comfortable bed on the edge of the beach?
What if I threw in your own chef?

And snorkelling with turtles just off that beach of yours? Read More...

World Environment Day 2007

Michael Lohmar — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:04:53 +0000

(as for the world in general is our biggest adventure)

World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.

The World Environment Day slogan selected for 2007 is Melting Ice a Hot Topic? In support of International Polar Year, the WED theme selected for 2007 focuses on the effects that climate change is having on polar ecosystems and communities, and the ensuing consequences around the world.

The main international celebrations of the World Environment Day 2007 will be held in Norway. UNEP is honoured that the City of Tromsø will be hosting this United Nations day (read the press release). Please visit the Norwegian Polar Institute WED website for more information on the celebrations in Norway [English] - [Norsk].

Copyrights © 2007, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Sailing from Japan to OZ

Rod Flannery — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:04:53 +0000

By Rod Flannery, Australia

8th to 24th May 2003 Yacht Funnel-Web
Chi Chi Jima - Brisbane

The whole thing started months before I got the call from Sib. Ivan was getting his boat built with the intention of going in the Melbourne to Osaka Race. I had told him a few times that if he needed someone to bring the boat home with him, then I was available.
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Final Comment: Now that we know Rod as a writer,
his story is offered as a downloadable PDF this time!

An Arial Tour

Peb Elliott — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:24:26 +0000

An Arial Tour of Florida's East Coast
by Peb Elliott, Florida

I was invited to take a ride in a Cessna for a short trip up the East Coast of Central Florida, so of course I took my camera with me.

I'm constantly amazed at the quality of photo I can get out of such a little point-and-shoot camera! Read More...

Cruising?

Colleen Conway Clement — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:24:26 +0000

Ever Considered Cruising?

by Colleen Conway-Clement, Canada

Is your idea of cruise ship vacation a bunch of retired people playing shuffleboard and going from buffet to buffet? If so, think again! Read More...