best travel video – South America

Grant Martin:

… this is maybe the best travel video I’ve seen in the last year. It’s a combination of several things — the narrative is rich and well timed, the landscapes are beautiful and lush — but I think that the most important thing is the way in which it appeals to the traveler. …

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

Voice over by Castulo Guerra is superb.

Thanks Nina and Dana for sharing your trip. And Happy Valentines … 37,000 views today!

That’s from Gadling – A story for tomorrow

Corsica GR20 update

I hiked half the GR20 last summer.

Mike saw my trip report and comments:

… treat the water. Very often the Corsicans pump their water directly from nearby streams so the water “might” be infected due to the heavy grazing. I’m speaking from personal experience 😦 …

… bed bugs are a recurring problem with most of the refuges … I agree with you. Tents are much safer!

Mike’s got a 55min video documentary on the northern section linked from corsica.forhikers.com/gr20 and the equally detailed southern section sequel on vimeo.

Or you can see both on Mike’s GR20 blog.

Watching those would be ideal preparation for the “toughest long distance trail in Europe”.

helmet cam for Christmas?

Did you get one? 🙂

GoPro cameras are used more than any other.

Click PLAY or watch a GoPro promo on YouTube. Helicopter skydivers, skiers, wing-suiters, surfers, scuba divers and more.

This video is © GoPro Inc. and shot entirely on the HD HERO2 camera

(via Gear Junkie – Best Adventure Montage of 2011: GoPro Promo)

tramping Tasmania

I’m looking at my second pilgrimage to Tasmania February 2012.

Click PLAY or get some inspiration on YouTube.

Located at the entrance to the WORLD HERITAGE listed CRADLE MOUNTAIN – LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK is this cool temperate ‘ENCHANTED FOREST’ – a silent, cool damp place, where both trunks of trees and the forest floor are festooned with a luxuriant carpet of mosses and lichens. …

Thanks Frank.