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Polar Bear Adventure in Churchill, Manitoba

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:12:26 +0000

After a two-day train ride from Winnipeg, Kim Mance and Lonely Planet's Robert Reid‬‬ arrive in the "polar bear capital of the world", Churchill Manitoba. Situated on Canada's Hudson Bay, Churchill and its environs are on subarctic permafrost, and as the two travel writers take off on adventure tours to see wild Polar Bears and Beluga Whales in their natural habitat, they find the locals to be warm and friendly.

Galavanting in the South: a Train, a Hwy 61 Roadtrip, and a Hobo Gathering

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:56:29 +0000

In this episode, Kim Mance, Robert Reid, and Courtney McGann take a ride on classic train The City of New Orleans down to Memphis, from there, the journey continues as a road trip down Blues Highway 61 into the Mississippi Delta before settling down in Amory, MS to attend an annual hobo gathering.

Galavanting in the Colorado Rockies

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:18:37 +0000

Aside from all the fantastic activities like skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and bar-hopping that we did while in the Colorado Rockies, we also tried a few things a little more below the radar.

Galavanting in Roatan, Honduras

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:25:03 +0000

In this episode the gals check out the island of Roatan off the coast of mainland Honduras while on a Princess Cruises Twitter press trip. Once off the boat, Kim negotiates a private van and driver without the tour to give some freedom to explore. Driving around the island on ...

Grand Cayman Island – 4×4 Adventure Shore Excursion

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:42:36 +0000

While the Galavanting Gals were on a trip with Princess Cruises on their very first Twitter Press Trip, we had a one-day visit to Grand Cayman Island. It’s in the middle of gorgeous water and lovely whether, and therefore a regular stop for most Caribbean cruise lines. Since three of ...

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Virtual Tour [video]

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:01:42 +0000

Universal Orlando Resort, and Warner Bros. revealed first-ever details about the incredible scope of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

Galavanting in Rome, Italy

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:45:53 +0000

ROME, ITALY: WHERE WE VISITED All the major monuments like the Pantheon, the Colosseum, the Forum, Vatican City, Piazza Venezia, Piazza Navona and more are so easily found you don't need us to tell you where they are. Just get a map from your hotel or the tourism office and start galavanting. Some of the places we visited

Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo, Japan

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:02:23 +0000

Production Blog: Originally built in 730 AD, one of Tokyo's most colorful Shinto shrines is Kanda Myojin, in the quiet Chiyoda neighborhood.

Yanaka Cemetary, Tokyo Japan

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:09:46 +0000

Call me morbid, but I really love to visit cemeteries when traveling. They are often such a unique marker which reminds of us lives lived in places far from our own homes, but also of the humanity that connects us.

Yanaka Cemetary in north-central Tokyo did just that this morning for me. A walk through the graveyard photographing it and thinking about the people who are remembered there, and even those who are long forgotten, was quite a world away from the hustle and bustle of one of the world's largest cities.

Many thanks to Shane Sakata of Nihon Sun for showing us around today and tipping us off to this unique excursion.

Headstones & monuments in Tokyo's Yanaka Cemetary (photo by Kim Mance)

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Finding the Unexpected in Las Vegas

thegals@gogalavanting.com (Galavanting online women's travel magazine) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:50:47 +0000

posted by Maren

Ahhh, Las Vegas. I first visited this city-- which I thought I would HATE over a year ago. The searing heat, the focus on gambling, the slew of women way hotter than me. None of it seemed like my bag.

However, I realized that there's more than skin and slot machines in Sin City and it's the perfect place to spend a few days with girlfriends, just getting your groove back.

I decided we should shoot a Galavanting.tv episode there to highlight what even the most travel savvy of us may have missed amongst the