Job Alert: PEPY Tour Management Consultant

Protect the Earth, Protect Yourself (PEPY) is an international NGO by the name of PEPY Ride and an educational adventure and service-learning tour operator, PEPY Tours.  (See past Off the Radar stories about them here and here) What started as a two-woman initiative to contribute funds towards a new school has grown since 2005 to include thirty-six full-time Cambodian staff members, four foreign staff, a handful of volunteers (who come on 6-month placements).  They’re now looking to add a new position: Tour Management Consultant. The Tour Management Consultant would primarily be responsible for transitioning leadership and responsibility ...

Roll, Race, and Float through Mountains, Plateaus, and Canyons: This is Montenegro

Find yourself crossing over, through, and under every imaginable geological feature imaginable when you try Montenegro’s 48-hour Expedition Challenge.  You’ll raft the Tara Canyon (the deepest canyon in Europe) and do your best to avoid flat tires as you race through the Sinjajevina plateau.  Not to mention about 80 kms of trekking,15 kms of kayaking and other unknown surprises thrown into the mix. Although these feats themselves are worth a few months of bragging rights they are almost incomparable to the raw beauty that each racer has the chance ...

September, 2010 Photo Contest

This month see if you can identify which two rivers meet at this confluence.  One flows silty as one of the last great undammed rivers of the West, the other flows more clearly due to damming upstream. Be the first to send an e-mail to editor@travelofftheradar.com with the correct answer and we will send you some awesome Eagle Creek gear. Last Month Congratulations to Renee Gavin of Bozeman, MT for correctly identifying the DragonAir Logo last month.

Driving the Douro

The Douro Valley, the home of Port wine, in Northern Portugal, is a collection of towns peppered along the eponymous Douro River.  It's not often that we recommend a driving trip - but trust us, driving stick shift along these narrow winding roads, weaving through the terraced valleys of the UNESCO World Heritage Region is an adventure! Take the three hour drive up from Lisbon to ...

Drink Some Tea and Warm Up to Volunteering in Kochi

Venture southwest toward the state of Kerala and you will come across Philip Dsouza and his wife Maryann in the city of Kochi. Although the Reds Residency is a fairly new project for Philip and his wife, guests have had nothing but pleasant experiences. Don’t miss out on the authentic Indian dishes served up for breakfast, which could include puttu (made from rice flour and coconut) or dosa (a crepe made from rice and urad dal which is a black lentil). These should give you enough energy as you explore Fort ...

Waking Up to Big Skies

Vast blue skies are broken up intermittently by both forested peaks and the occasional fox scurrying below.  The last week of June lent itself to perfect weather in Big Sky Resort, Montana. The team from the Adventure Travel Trade Association along with several of its advisors met at Big Sky Resort, a picturesque setting located about forty-eight miles from Yellowstone National Park and forty-five miles from Bozeman, MT.  Although meetings were on the agenda, time to escape and ...