Backpacking Travel Blog

Kelimutu Sunrise View - Friday Photo

This shot was taken after a very early morning trip to see the 3 coloured lakes of Kelimutu. The fairly sketchy drive from Moni on the back of 2 kids motorbikes took us up a steep windy, pot hole ridden road, through a river before both bikes managed to break down. Luckily for us a [...]

Google earth outreach and disappearing forests of the world

Google Earth Outreach was launched in April, endorsed by Sir David Attenborough it allows charities to use the Google Earth software to spread information about their causes. TreeHugger posted about a great new Google Earth KML file Disappearing Forests of the World by David Tryse:

This KML shows deforestation data from a number of sources for [...]

Completely Uninhabited Islands

On the beach have just posted a list of 7 Beautiful but Completely Uninhabited Islands and Archipelagos.
Great places to go if you want to get away from people, though how you get there might not be so simple! I like the look of one of uninhabited islands of the Maldives, what about you?

De Long Islands, [...]

Camping at Toms Field, Dorset

We have just got back from 3 nights camping at Tom’s Field Camping. Its a beautiful campsite in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. Its situated in the Pubeck hills about 3 miles from Swanage in the pretty village of Langton Matravers.

Camping in Camelford, North Cornwall

Just spent a great surfing weekend in Camelford (not toe), we stayed in a great campsite Kings Acre Touring Park, don’t let the name put you off, it’s a nice sized site in a lovely location.

New Zealand Albatross - Friday Photo

New Zealand Wandering Albatross The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird.

20 Places Threaterned by Global Warming

Holiday operator On The Beach have a blog and they’ve been writing a few interesting posts of late, one of
the most interesting was 20 Cities, Islands & Countries Threatened By Global Warming, which highlights many of the places that are facing devastation if global warming continues, some of which are closer to home than you [...]