It's Safe and Fun to Join Canopy Tour Mexico

The common lot of packaged tours typically bring people to popular destinations for sightseeing where majority of the activity involves taking pictures and shopping for souvenirs. This makes the tour quite ordinary and somehow boring especially for individuals who want excitement, fun and adventure. The best choice then would be booking a ticket to Puerto Vallarta for a canopy tour in Mexico. But before you contact your local travel agent, list down the vital stuff to carry such as insect repellant, comfortable clothing, wet-proof footwear, sunglasses and a digital camera of course. Surely, it would be an awesome idea to post in Facebook your pictures showing you zip lining across rivers and canopy of trees during your canopy tour Mexico. It would also be preferable if you make yourself physically fit by jogging a few weeks before the trip. The canopy tour Mexico is a real challenge to your physical fitness as you walk along the jungle.

Puerto Vallarta, the canopy tour Mexico is hidden in a virgin forest- Sierra Madre Mountains. It takes a 45 minute bumpy ride from Puerto Vallarta town to reach location of the treetop canopy. The canopy tour Mexico is mix of an eco-tour that promotes awareness about the natural environment and at the same time an adrenaline rush activity that’s sure to wake you up. One of the challenge is to climb up the Crazy Ladder and descending down by rapelling. This is the perfect chance for you to act like Tarzan and swing from tree to tree using the very safe cables and harness that complies with ACCT standards. The ACCT standards is a well respected accreditation for trade organizations in the canopy/zip line business. Understanding this feature would make a participant less anxious and increase confidence especially when using the zip lines for the first time. This is vital since you would be whooshing from one platform to another that’s 90 feet above the forest floor. Indeed, very few adrenaline pumping activity like skydiving or bungee jumping can match the thrill. Likewise, even the travel guides have received 200 hours of training since safety is the utmost concern of the canopy tour Mexico.

Feel a need to do something different? Canopy tour Mexico fits that rush perfectly.

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Canopy Tours Jamaica: Key to Fun and Pleasure

Jamaica is a country popularly known because of Jamaican music legend, Bob Marley As one of the roots of reggae music, Jamaica is filled with people who are brought up in an environment of self-expression, passion and a desire for the simple life. Jamaica is also fanous for its tourist spots and rainforests. There are only few people who consider Jamaica as a great country hosting one of the best eco-friendly adventures. There is a large and preserved terrain of natural landscapes, crystal clear waters, beautiful forests, white sand beaches and fantastic sceneries that anyone can enjoy. One of the increasingly popular adventures to tourists are the canopy tours in Jamaica.

A canopy tour is a dynamic zip line activity that use a harness attached to a steel cable and propelled easily by gravity from one strategically placed platform to another. The canopy tours in Jamaica can be nornally accomplished in 2-hours that allows you to have a birds-eye view of the amazing scenery and natural landscapes. Ideal for adventure seekers and nature enthusiasts, canopy tours in Jamaica is an incredible and thrilling experience and you can glide through the rainforest and witness the beauty of the Jamaican wildlife. As one of the premier eco-tourism attractions, canopy tours in Jamaica have friendly tour guides who will ensure your safety, show you the great sights and educate you on interesting facts about the rainforest, ecosystem and unique plant and bird life of the country.

A lot of tourists are attracted by this new adventure which is very different from the usual activities offered in vacation packages. Canopy tours in Jamaica combines fun, adventure and learning in one great experience. It also attracts researchers who want to explore Jamaica and photographers who can capture on their camera lovely and breath-taking sceneries.

In Jamaica, a vacation is an unforgettable experience. You can may put into your travel plans a lot of horseback riding, swimming, biking, fishing, bird watching, and beach hopping. But never skip the opportunity for a one of a kind vacation. Canopy tours in Jamaica promise to bring you an unforgettable experience.

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Arena Paraiso Canopy Tour: Unique Tour for Thrill Seekers

Many canopy tours are located in different countries. With most of the land covered in rainforests, Costa Rica alone, already offers several canopy tours that will give eager tourists a taste of the environment in its natural beauty. A well-known tourist attraction in Costa Rica is the Arenal Paraiso canopy tour. Situated at the Canyon of the Arenal River, the Arenal Paraiso canopy tour comes with a view of wonderful landscapes and lush rainforests. This tour could be one of the most unforgettable experience in your life.

Unlike tours that start with long hikes, the Arenal Paraiso canopy tour begins with a short walk that will lead you to first of the 12 platforms. This is where canopy guides will brief you with important instructions and completely inspect all equipment. All harnesses and equipment are of top grade to ensure your safety. At the last platform, a shuttle will be waiting with snacks and will safely return you to the start.

Using steel cables and harnesses, a canopy tour is actually being suspended in air and whooshed to one platform to another. With 11 cables more than 350 meters long, 80 meters in height and a total of 12 platforms, Arenal Paraiso canopy tour can bring you to the best spots that will give you a great panoramic bird�s-eye view of two magical waterfalls and a vast terrain of tropical rainforest.

The Arenal Paraiso canopy tour provides an extraordinary way for tourists to explore the unique ecosystem of the Costa Rica rainforests without being intrusive to the environment. It is very important to maintain and protect the natural habitat so this canopy tour paves way for people to bask in nature without harming the environment.

Many people are now searching for more ways to enjoy a vacation beyond the usual swimming, sight-seeing, biking, hiking, snorkeling and diving activities. The Arenal Paraiso canopy tour provides a new and unique adventure. The exhilarating rush of gliding, as if you're flying, makes this one of the most memorable experience in a person's life. The Arenal Paraiso canopy tour is open to tourists from ages 8 to 70. For families and group of friends, this is great way to enjoy and collect experiences that will truly be unforgettable.

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Happy Chuseok 2010!

To all my Korean friends,

I want to wish Happy Chuseok!! Wishing you and your family for health, happiness, prosperity and wealth through out the year till the next Chuseok. Enjoy your holiday and drive safely!

즐거운 추석 보내세요!

love,
Zarina

Check my post here to know how I celebrated Chuseok 2009~arghh..I miss my songpyeon. Nyumm...nyummm..

P/S: Chuseok (Korean: 추석), originally known as Hangawi (한가위) (from archaic Korean for "great middle"), is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. Like many other harvest festivals, it is held around the Autumn Equinox. As a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food such as songpyeon.
Source: Wikipedia

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