Jallikattu–Taming the Bulls in India
Jallikattu, taming of the bulls in Tamil Nadu, India. An account of what takes place during Jallikattu an ancient bull-taming sport that is a part of, Pongal.
Animals
Animals don’t travel like humans do, but they play a part in every human civilization on earth. Here are travel stories that involve animals and animal lovers.
Summer in the Arctic: Searching for Goose Eggs
By Edward Moss and Mungla Sieck Male and female Snow geese. A Southern Wind At Last Following many weeks of bitterly cold north winds, at last a southern wind came, bringing with it the first pairs of geese. Slowly the numbers increased until thousands of these noisy summer migrants were arriving at Karrak lake solely […]
Limpopo, South Africa: Feeding a Teenage Hippo
How to feed a hippo… (and live to tell the tale!) By Lucy Corne I’ve never been terribly fond of animals. It’s not that I don’t like looking at them; I just have an innate fear of anything with more legs than I have. So imagine my surprise when one sticky afternoon on the border […]
Rwanda’s Magnificent Mountain Gorillas
By Gabriel Constans The two-lane paved road kept climbing higher, past waterfalls, lush cultivated valleys and terraced hillsides. Kermit the Frog, from Sesame Street, would feel right at home with the abundance of green foliage that simmered before our eyes. The river that followed the road to Ruhengeri in the north of Rwanda provided a […]
East African Safaris: A Unique Family Experience
By Daryl Popper “We took the photos home in our cameras, but we took the people home in our hearts.” Lynne Leakey, a Silver Badge Naturalist Guide with the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA) is accustomed to hearing sentiments like these from visitors during the 30 years she has been escorting safaris throughout Africa. […]
Namibia’s Harnas Wildlife Sanctuary
Read Cindy-Lou Dale’s story about the Harnas Wildlife Sanctuary. Find further details on Harnas Wildlife Foundation.
A Snake Safari in Northwest Nevada
A Snake Safari in Northwest Nevada By Andrew Kolasinski Rattling its tail in warning, a three-foot (.9 m) western rattlesnake rises up from the sand and strikes, but its venomous fangs miss their mark. “He doesn’t like you very much. I’ve never seen one get this aggressive,” says Jim, as he strides over to the […]
Dog-Friendly Vacations on the East Coast
Dog-friendly hotels in the US: the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Mason and Rook, Washington, D.C. and Inn by the Sea, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Gorillas and Guerillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Cindy-Lou Dale I crawled like a leopard after the still clenched fist ahead of me and received the signal to rise slowly to my knees. As I began to lift myself up, a copper-colored snake slithered across my splayed hands. I stifled a scream by sinking my teeth into the quilted collar of my […]
Swimming with Sharks in Yucatan, Mexico
By Matt Scott The fin was directly in front of me, perhaps thirty meters away as it broke the surface of the water. Behind the fin a tail slowly moved from side to side, propelling the shark forward. The boat I had been in was a short distance away and everyone on board was shouting […]
Singapore’s Best Attraction: The Zoo
Singapore Sling: A Wild Time in Singapore By Lauryn Axelrod Singapore was a 3-day layover: another stopping point in which to recoup and relax for a few days before heading to Bali for the next month. But the real reason for stopping in Singapore was the zoo: the Singapore Zoological Gardens is one of the […]
Take a Load Off: Adopt an Elephant
How to adopt an elephant in Thailand to help preserve their habitat with World Wildlife Federation, a symbolic gesture that helps fund elephant research.