A sculpture from the Fragments collection by Blake.
Siem Reap’s Hôtel de la Paix will host the Asia debut of Fragments, a collection of sculptural works by artist Blake.
From September 23 to November 3, 2010, the collection will be exhibited in the hotel’s Arts Lounge.
Inspired by landmine survivors, the exhibition will raise funds for mine clearance and survivor support in Cambodia.
What is the world’s coolest flower festival? It may be the Wild Flower Festival near Bohinj in Slovenia’s Triglav National Park coming up May 22 to June 5, 2010.
In Slovenia’s alpine region, the festival will feature workshops, photography courses, art and embroidery exhibitions and English-language guided botanical tours on foot, bicycle and horseback. Visitors will learn how to cook using wild flower ingredients from the area’s meadows.
UK travel company Just Slovenia is offering special festival packages including flights, car rental, seven nights’ bed and breakfast or self-catering accommodation and the Edible Wild Flowers workshop.
For more info, check out JustSlovenia online.
Image courtesy of Just Slovenia
Overseas summer music festival, anyone? Music festivals can be wild travel experiences of music, culture, camping and partying.
Some festivals, like Denmark’s Roskilde Festival with its climate-friendly camping area, Green Boot Camp, are going greener.
If you’re going to a music festival, what should you pack? Caxton FX recommends these essential packing list items:
Photo credit: Jens Dige/Rockphoto/Roskilde Festival
Love desert landscapes and touring? Then you might fancy the new Camp Mars which gives adventure seekers a chance to live like the Bedouin in the Tunisian Sahara.
A true desert experience, Camp Mars, owned by adventure tour specialists SudXtrem, is located 45km from the nearest water-source. Guests will spend the night under the canvas of the traditional Bedouin tented community.
Fancy an eco-friendly horseback riding adventure?
If you’re a fan of PBS travel TV series Equitrekking, Darley Newman is also hosting new equestrian vacation company Equitrekking Travel.
Says Newman:
“I travel the world riding horses with local people to discover history, culture, wildlife and beautiful natural settings. Horseback riding is an eco-friendly, active way to explore a new area and with the right local guide, you can learn insider’s information not found elsewhere. Riding with local guides, which we promote, also helps strengthen local communities by supporting small horse businesses.”
Equitrekking Travel specializes in horseback riding adventures in Iceland, Jordan, Costa Rica and South America. The company will often stay in family-owned environmentally-friendly inns and ranches, like La Salamora, a small working Uruguay estancia which is wind powered.
For more info, check out Equitrekking Travel’s site.
Photo credit: Chip Ward of Equitrekking
Tibetan pilgrim with prayer wheel at Potala Palace, Lhasa.
Global travel photography can connect and inspire us. Recently, traveling greener has been inspired by explore.org, a non-profit, multimedia organization.
explore.org shoots “films and photos that showcase the natural world – animals, cultures, places, environment.” On LiveTravelMountains, we’ve showcased the site’s photography in 5 Awesome Mountain Photos.
Here are more travel photos from explore.org:
Looking for a cool travel iPhone app? If you’re a fan of LUXE City Guides, they’re going mobile with LUXE City Guides Mobile.
The new mobile edition apps are available for the iPhone and other smartphones including Blackberry, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and HTC.
LUXE City Guides now covers 10 destinations – New York, Hong Kong, Paris, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Rome, Bali, Sydney, and Bangkok – with 20 upcoming new destinations.
City resident editors write the guides known for the “finest and funkiest dining, leisure, culture, accommodation, bespoke shopping, and city secrets.”
Every app comes with a year of free updates and after the year is up, the company says re-subscription will be half price. After downloading the app, travelers can save their favorites; create personal itineraries; navigate with online and offline maps and more.
For more info, check out LUXE City Guides.
Image courtesy of LUXE City Guides
Are you craving adventure, culture or education? Then you might find the perfect adventure, culture or education retreat for you at Angela Ritchie’s Ace Camps.
traveling greener is a huge fan of learning vacations and retreats which promote personal development and wellness. Whatever the destination, the Ace Camps are designed for inspiration, creativity and adventure.
Based in Canada, Ritchie, a traveler, blogger, arts administrator and hospitality professional, debuted her international retreats in fall 2009.
Says Angela Ritchie:
“Ace Camps are about taking risks and adventures to make your life better. Whatever age or stage you’re at, sometimes you just need to step out of everyday lives, and put yourself in the path of inspiration…I’m creating retreats for people looking to kick-start a change in their life and led by famed writers, photographers, artists and artisans.”
Fisherman at Bishop Creek Canyon. Photo Credit: Charles Phillips
National Geographic has launched its newest online Geotourism MapGuide.
The new MapGuide to the Yosemite Gateway is the first of four within the Sierra Nevada. It moves beyond the Yosemite National Park borders to highlight natural and cultural heritage and include interactive features for custom trip planning.
Says James Dion, associate director of National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations:
“The entire world has heard of Yosemite, and rightly so. However, the magic of this MapGuide is that it includes the surrounding Sierra Nevada, a region that deserves to become a household name, too. Our commitment is to preserving the enormous scenic and cultural assets of both.”
Are you fascinated by global indigenous culture and biodiversity? Then take a look at New Zealand tours by Auckland tourism company TIME Unlimited Tours.
Recently, the company won the global Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award 2010, a collaboration between Planeta.com and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity/UNEP (CBD) and Heidehof Foundation.
This award is presented to an indigenous tourism operation “which has a website that promotes sustainable practices and educates visitors on cultural protocols and biodiversity conservation.”
