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New Bedford Whaling National Park - Massachusetts
As the name suggests, New Bedford Whaling National Park evidences an earlier time when the America relief on whale oil for fuel. Whale oil was used to warm houses and provide lighting. While the use of whale oil is fairly rare, no doubt to the relief of ...
Visit Boca Raton Florida
The city of Boca Raton, Florida, with it's more than five miles of publicly owned beachfront property and it's approximately 1,080 acres of parks is situated in Palm Beach County, almost midway between the cities of Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. Stay ...
Visit Canadas West Coast in Winter
The coastal towns of Tofino and Ucluelet one at either end of the Pacific Rim National Park, are located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. These small towns used to rely on the abundance of the forestry and fishing ...
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Amazon Lodges
I had always been told that if you wanted to see wildlife do not go to the Amazon. That the jungle was so dense that you could never see the wildlife and that the wildlife was mostly nocturnal. Well, I recently decided to venture into the Jungle, after a conference in Manaus, and was pleasantly surprised.
I spent 2 days at the Uacari lodge and saw more wildlife than I had ever in my life - Pink dolphins, piranhas, monkeys, huge fish, and vast quantities of birds.
I then ventured over to the Amazonat lodge, which in 2 hours drive from Manaus and had some incredible interpretive tours with a local Indian guide. The guide showed
us fluorescent fungus that lit up the jungle at night, the huge Amazon tarantula coming out of its hole in the ground, took us fishing for piranhas and many other large river fish, and even made me a blow gun just like the Indians use.
Definitely worth the trip.
Robert Phillips is Managing Partner for Intelligent Leisure Solutions and www.DiscoverBrazil.com. He has worked for many years developing tourism and entertainment destinations, project, resort, hotels, tours, etc. He currently lives in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
rgp1@terra.com.br
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