Monthly Archives: February, 2010

This month in Perceptive Travel Webzine

Fans will be happy to discover that a new number printed at once of the Perceptive Travel webzine in now online.

Returning writers Luke Armstrong, Michael Buckley, and Beebe Bahrami share their adventures from around the world.

Armchair travellers subsist warned – reading these articles will make you want to get up and go out into the nature looking for similar adventures.

This month in Perceptive Travel Webzine

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Bulgari Resort Uluwatu Bali

Bulgari Resort Uluwatu Bali

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How to Get a Job on Viking River Cruises

Summary:    Each Viking River Cruise position includes a job description, qualifications, and how to apply. For in the greatest degree positions, you will be in possession of to apply online. It is important to follow the application procedures to the literal sense and include all requested information and documentation. Not doing so could detention the application proceeding.

Viking River Cruises is one of the world’s capital river cruise lines. With a fleet of 18 Viking ships, Viking operates the worlds largest river fleet of its admit cruise vessels. Each ship have the capacity to carry 124 to 306 passengers. Depending without ceasing the passenger load, both ship might also be home to 26-108 employees. In addition, cruises last anywhere from 3 to 16 days. Viking River Cruises navigate classic waterways such as Rhine, Main, Moselle, Elbe, Danube and Rhone/Saone and Siene in France. Because Viking River Cruises are in like manner versatile, to such a degree are their job offerings. Individuals interested in applying for a position will find openings in the areas of:

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Perceptive Travel is Looking for a Blogger

We’re all sad to say goodbye to Antonia Malchik, who is backing off from here to spend time giving birth to a second child and work on more less early writing pursuits. We can’t argue with that. See her sign-off note in this place.

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Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2010

Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2010

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Calvin and Hobbes: Is Human Nature Good or Evil?

Classic Calvin and Hobbes cartoon debating on the true nature of humanity, with a dash of humour. Calvin and Hobbes: Is Human Nature Good or Evil?

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Honeymooning at the Orangutan Eco Lodge

While on honeymoon in Indonesia, Australian newlyweds Richard and Clair Webb unwavering to stamina somewhere truly exotic, not a dainty resort on every idyllic beach, but an eco-friendly lodge surrounded by light-headed orangutans.

The couple set up the remote Rimba Orangutan Eco Lodge, bordering Tanjung Puting National Park in south Kalimantan and a refuge of the endangered orangutan, one of four such places in Indonesia that try to educate guests about the environment and wildlife conservation. “Watching these animals that are so rare, it was a really beautiful actual trial. It was the highlight of our honeymoon” said, Clair Webb. “I’m a bit conscious of my environmental impact. It was good to be proficient to stay at a fortified post that was eco and animal friendly.”

Using rainwater and compost systems, the small hotel sponsors conservation projects and enlists local guides to take visitors for encounters with orangutans in the wild. Alan Wilson, co-owner of the lodge, said the wow factor of seeing wildlife is the drawcard for guests at her establishment and three others in Bali, Komodo National Park and Sumatra besides run by Eco Lodges Indonesia, a weak company with local as well as international shareholders including environmentalists. ‘I think the word “eco’ is used far too flippantly,” said Wilson, a constructer veterinarian.

Related:

  • Tourism Indonesia: Honeymoon Package
  • Tourism Indonesia: Exotic Honeymoon
  • Tourism Indonesia: Wedding day bliss
  • Tourism Indonesia: Mirage Chapel

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Best Western customer service fails to make up for the horrid customer service at Best Western Malte Opera Paris hotel

It seems to me that Best Western allows its hotels to commit to memory away by untruthful to customers in order to overcharge them and then ignoring them.

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Easter Week in Rome, Italy

Easter Week in Rome, Italy

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[contest] Oberammergau Passion Play - Win 2 Free Tickets

We are giving away 2 free tickets to the Oberammergau Passion Play!

Actually we’re giving away much more than just 2 free tickets to the Oberammergau Passion Play - we’re giving away a complete package for 2 people that includes: round-trip train tickets from Munich to Oberammergau departing on Monday, June 14; two nights of accommodation at the Guesthouse Ethiko in the nearby village of Ettal (half-board); and two free Category Two tickets for the Passion Play itself.

The total utility here is more than US $1,500 / GBP 900 / 1,100 euros!

[contest] Oberammergau Passion Play - Win 2 Free Tickets

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