Interesting places around us - Iglu Dorf

People are excited about adventure travel as it is not only visiting some place, have fun at luxury destinations and come back, rather it is spending time at unusual or adventurous places. Adventure lovers prefer to visit the places which are exciting and interesting. The idea of living in ice houses or igloo houses is for adventure lover travelers. These igloos/ice hotels or villages are rebuilt every year.


Eskimo living in a Luxury Igloo Village
It is about a concept hotel that offers igloo villages in seven locations in Andorra, Switzerland and Austria. These igloos are rebuilt every year, using 3,000 tons of snow from the Pyrenees and the Alps.

The history of Iglu-Dorf:
It began with one extreme skateboarder’s crazy idea to spend the night in an igloo so he could be the first on the slopes the next day. Apparently being first is a matter of great pride for skateboarders, so he decided to build himself an igloo to make sure no one beat him to that first ride down the mountain. The next day he looked like the happiest person alive, and when someone asked him why he had a big smile on his face, he just pointed at the mountain and said “You see that line over there? That was me.” More and more people followed his example and asked to sleep in his igloo. The next season he built two igloos, then three, and that’s how the Iglu-Dorf igloo villages were born. Now the company builds 12 of them every year, in different locations around Europe.

Although Iglu-Dorf does offer heated rooms with a stove, most of the snow igloos are only equipped with sleeping bags to keep you warm, so you better pack some winter clothes. Temperatures during the night don’t fall too far below 0 degrees Celsius, but if you feel chilly, you can try the nice cheese fondue fountain, or jump into the incredible hot-tub built right in the snow, and count the stars.

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Useful links for adventure lovers

Adventure means a lot to me because whatever new and exciting comes in my life seems adventurous to me. Even learning new things, reading a good book, watching a nice movie is an adventure to me. I love to watch 'travel and living' channel as I feel like being a part of adventures while watching travel series. This post offers useful links for adventure and adventure travel lovers.

'Adventure' word is described as follows at 'wikipedia':

'An 'adventure' is an activity that comprises risky, dangerous or uncertain experiences. The term is more popularly used in reference to physical activities that have some potential for danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing, and extreme sports.

Adventurous experiences create psychological and physiological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow), and which can become a detriment as per the Yerkes-Dodson law. For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself.

Adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement, such as multi-sport adventure racing or a traveler's adventure tourism. However, an adventurous activity can lead to gains in knowledge, such as in the case of the numerous pioneers who have explored and charted the Earth and, in recent times, traveled into space and to the Moon. As a more modern example, adventure education makes use of challenging experiences for learning.

Moreover, adventure can be describing an unusual experience or participating in exciting undertakings. An adventure action can be involving risky undertaking or an action without concerning outcome. In addition, taking an adventure can be illustrating taking the chance or to adventure an opinion.'

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Useful links for adventure lovers:

* The adventure blog is created by 'Kraig Becker' from Austin, Texas. It is all about adventures, and anything related to adventures. Author has described his own adventures as well as quoted news around the world about adventures.

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More links:

* 'Adventure Travel' Adventure magazine from 'National Geographic.

* 'Adventure world online magazine'

* WideWorld an online magazine devoted to all things outside.

* The Adventure Life personal blog of Steve Casimiro, West Coast Editor of National Geographic Adventure.

* 'Top adventure movies'

Enjoy stunning stock photography at 'Hicker Photo'

Photography has become a child's play due to easy use of cell phone and digital cameras. Taking stunning and high resolution pictures is easier than before. There are a lot of sites around the net where you can enjoy browsing the stunning adventure travel pictures. I love to browse the travel and adventure travel picture sites as it is a way of having fun sitting at home.

'Hicker Photo' offers stock photography which is really stunning and you can have fun browsing through the stunning pictures. Let's learn about the term 'stock photography'

'Stock photography' consists of existing photographs that can be licensed for specific uses. Publishers, advertising agencies, graphic artists, and others use stock photography to fulfill the needs of their creative assignments.

A customer who uses stock photography instead of hiring a photographer can save time and money, but can also sacrifice creative control. Stock images can be presented in search able online databases, purchased online, and delivered via download or email.

'Hicker Photo' is one of the most popular travel stock photography and travel websites with over 3 million visitors per month. The site is owned by Rolf Hicker who is well known both internationally for his work as a nature, travel, and wildlife photographer and filmmaker.

Travel Information & animal, nature and travel stock photography by award winning photographer Rolf Hicker
Travel goes hand in hand with stock photography - both are our life and passion.

You can find free travel information and travel stock photography - collected over many years of traveling, and ideas for "not so known" destinations.

There is a collection of digital stock library of over 15,000 pictures. They offer rights managed animal (mostly wildlife), nature and travel stock photography as well as licenses for stock photos. These images are available in mediums such as high resolution files, quality fine art prints, and mouse pads with nature photos.

Useful links:
- 'Foto search' - a provider of royalty free and rights managed stock photography, illustrations, maps, video, and audio.

- 'Acclaim images' provides free photo research alongwith high quality, limited distribution digital images and art. prints.

"Addicted To Travel" - A Site For Adventure Travel Lovers

Travel is a recreation and leisure activity which every one enjoys. There are lot of poeple who love to travel and consider it an adventurous hobby. Some search for special 'adventure travel' destinations.

Most of the travel related sites offer only travel destination package deals and searching for the right place to travel is really time consuming. Adventure travel is another catagory of travel, but where to search for the right information?
'Addicted to travel' is the Facebook of the adventure travel world. This site is not only a source of information for travellers but it is a social networking place where you can find likeminded persons and exchange your views with them.

More features of the site

It is a dynamic online meeting place for enthusiasts of experiential, adventurous and responsible travel. A website providing a service for people with a passion for travel who explore the most amazing places on planet earth. With easy navigation, comprehensive destination guides, colourful maps, and rapidly growing user-generated content, addictedtotravel.com enables independently-minded travellers to communicate and transact directly with travel specialists and quality product providers through our bespoke enquiry system.


- A wealth of travel knowledge, local expertise and first-hand traveller experiences can be shared by contributing feedback, blogging, rating and reviewing products, forum interaction, chatting or posting images of the world’s most remarkable places.

- Our intuitive search engine enables pinpoint browsing from a growing choice of destinations, great places to visit, local attractions, trips and tours, great places to stay and a range of inspiring activities – all promoted directly by (and booked directly with) local travel specialists and product owners..

- Database of products covers a multitude of different Trip and Tour experiences from culture and discovery or walking and trekking trips, to family adventures or expedition cruises. For travellers addicted to fun in the sky, on snow, in or on water, or with their feet firmly on land, select from over 100 different types of Inspiring Activities that can be enjoyed in a day or less – from easy to extreme – there should be something for everyone.

- Free access to comprehensive travel guides

For each major destination addictedtotravel.com features a country guide with a wealth of information accessed through an easily navigable menu. With the menu remaining consistent from one country to the next, you’ll quickly become familiar with where to find the information you are looking for.

There also offer essential travel information such as advice on the best time to go, entry and exit requirements and local traditions, providing detail comprehensive background facts and figures.

For the really big decision of deciding where to go next you’ll find a rapidly growing selection of great places to visit and local attractions, each detailing need to know information and a gallery of photo’s to help you decide.

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