Mirror Sphere at the Our Planet Centre, St Lucia
A trip to the Caribbean wonder of Saint Lucia will take you to an island of unmatchable beauty – you’ll find pristine beaches, mountains boasting exuberant greenery, exotic flora and fauna. Moreover, when you are in a place like this, you might be more aware of what can be lost if we don’t work hard enough to preserve the environment.
Underwater Art In Cancun
May 15th, 2012
The last thing you’d expect to find when scuba diving is more than 400 life sized sculptures in an underwater installation that occupies over 150 square metres. But this is what you’ll see if you visit the Museo de Arte Subaquatico (MUSA) – an spectacular underwater sculptural museum set beneath the waters surrounding Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc.
Fast and Not-That-Furious – Exotic Rides Cancún
May 14th, 2012
The first thing that comes to mind when you think about Cancún and Riviera Maya probably is white sandy beaches with the glittering waters of the Caribbean.
But we at Kenwood Travel always want to go a step further and offer you a different holiday experience. So now, leave the towel and the umbrella behind and picture yourself driving a Lamborghini at top speed under the clear skies of this stunning part of Mexico. Does this sound appealing to you? We thought so.
The Precarious Future of the Maldives
May 12th, 2012
Image: Nevit Dilmen
We probably all have cause to be alarmed at the world’s changing climate, but in the Maldives they potentially have more reason than most. The over 1,200 atolls and islands of the Maldives are almost totally flat and even at the island nation’s highest point reach a mere 2.4 metres above sea level. The result of this is that the Maldives is easily the planet’s lowest country, making its stunningly beautiful tropical islands particularly vulnerable to sea level rises.
If carbon emissions continue to heat up the earth’s atmosphere, resulting in the melting of polar ice, then sea level rise is a very real possibility that means the glorious island paradise of the Maldives could disappear beneath the waves in the not too distant future. With the International Panel on Climate Change predicting up to an 88cm rise in sea levels during the 21st century, many of the Maldives islands could disappear completely, with the rest facing disastrous consequences. Read the rest of this entry »
It might feel like something out of James Bond, but at the Conrad Rangali Maldives it’s the lucky guests with the opportunity to feel like they’ve climbed aboard the underwater Atlantis base in The Spy who Loved me. The spectacularly romantic destination of Ithaa Restaurant will get more than just spies in an amorous mood however, sited 16 feet below the waves of the crystal-clear, turquoise-tinted Indian Ocean, this is truly a dazzling place to have dinner.
Mauritius – Land of the World-Famous Dodo
May 10th, 2012
The Dodo – Its metabolic processes are now history
Everyone has heard the phrase ‘dead as a Dodo’, but what else do you really know about this portly bird, arguably Mauritius’ most famous contribution to the global cultural imaginary, other than the fact that it’s dead? Like all good rock stars, this superstar of post-dino extinction is (non)living proof that the old maxim ‘live fast, die young’ can be a great career move. Only the Dodo wasn’t really that fast, being fat and flightless, and it wasn’t really that young either, having been around as a species for roughly half a million years. So we are back to where we started – all that this unfortunate creature really has going for it is the fact that it is deceased, it is no more, it has ceased to be, expired and gone to meet its maker. It has shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. It’s not resting, it’s not stunned, nor pining, it is well and truly demised.
No, before you ask, the Dodo was not a species of parrot. In fact, it is generally agreed that it was descended from South East Asian pigeons. So next time your see one of the scruffy looking beasts pottering around your picnic bench, spare a thought for the poor Dodo of Mauritius.
What to Do in Sri Lanka?
May 9th, 2012
Sri Lanka has a lot to offer the casual tourist. For starters it’s incredibly beautiful. Then there’s the fact that it’s a tropical island with all the stunning beaches, sunshine and general beatific wonders that entails. Then there’s the friendly locals, excellent native cuisine and a pretty diverse range of local cultures and languages. All of that would be enough for most people. Others, though, are just never happy, they want more, they need ancient temples, forest reserves and elephants, giant cumbersome elephants. Well, it just so happens Sri Lanka offers all of these and a bit more too. What more could you ask for?
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