Here's a nice compilation video of a safari adventure in Tanzania. The photos and videos cover off all the major Tanzanian wildlife parks such as the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire. and Lake Manyara, with an emphasis on the "Big 5": lion, the leopard, the buffalo, the rhino and the elephant. Interestingly, it also charts some of the travel and people involved for a good, well-rounded perspective.

03/20/09 by visitEarth
Tags: Tanzania, Africa, safari, video, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Lake Manyara

 

Here's a great short documentary video of the Galapagos Islands from National Geographic. It covers both the geography and geology of the archipelago, and the history of Darwin's visit to this part of Ecuador that led to his groundbreaking theory of evolution. There's also good clips of the unique land and underwater animals of the Galapagos island chain, such as the marine iguanas, blue-foot boobies and tortoises.

03/19/09 by visitEarth
Tags: Galapagos, Islands, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Darwin, evolution, National Geographic

 

Here's a nice video from Cozumel, Mexico showcasing all the underwater and reef animals. Great extended turtle and octopus sequences, barracuda, and an incredibly cute video of a large and small seahorse couple - are the seahorses parent and child, couple or just friends?

03/19/09 by visitEarth
Tags: Cozumel, Mexico, scuba, scuba diving, underwater, Mexico scuba, Cozumel scuba

 

Warning - this giraffe fight filmed on safari in Tanzania is pretty vicious. Both giraffes seem to walk away unharmed, but the speed and viciousness of their neck attacks are something to behold, and the shocked comments from the tourists in the video only add to that. We observed similar behaviour first hand on our trip to Africa, but nothing as forceful and loud as this. As far as I know, the truly devastating attacks come from their hind legs, but still...

02/03/09 by visitEarth
Tags: giraffe, fight, tanzania, safari, giraffe fight, video, giraffe video

 

Just 40 kilometres west of Montréal, Québec is an area called La Pinière, a pine forest which includes the Base de Plein Air des Cèdres. Beautifully groomed ski trails for both classic and skating cross several ravines, and this day towards the end of January the skiing conditions were just fantastic. The bonus of winter time is the ability to enjoy outdoor snow sports!

02/01/09 by visitEarth
Tags: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, sking, skiing, cross country, cross country sking, cross country skiing, La Piniere, Les Cedres, Base de Plein Aires, ski video