It has been a ridiculous week for travel contests and giveaways. This week websites that I collaborate with are offering:
(1) A round-the-world trip for two (and a host of other badass prizes).
(2) $5000 in credit towards a trip for two with an award-winning tour operator.
(3) Free accommodations for two in seven cities of your choice and £1000 each in spending money.
(4) Free credit (at least $10) for travel gear.
I don’t know why I had never seen this before my aunt emailed me the trailer yesterday. Most of us have heard of the BBC’s Planet Earth series. Now, imagine the same caliber of cinematography and storytelling used to depict the most fascinating cultures and rituals of the human world. That is the BBC’s Human Planet series.
A Pleasant Surprise
I received an email from Austin-Lehman Adventures last week. They said that they had picked Matt-Gibson.org as one of the 125 semi-finalists in their “Best Travel Blog Contest”.
As such, I am one of the privileged 125 bloggers that has been given the opportunity to participate in the Austin-Lehman Adventure of Your Choice Sweepstakes.
My brother and I both started skiing at the age of 3. When I was 12 and he was 15 we both started snowboarding. The first couple of years we snowboarded together, but in our teens we began to hang out in different circles and rarely went to the ski hill together. The last time I spent a good day snowboarding with my brother was probably when I was 16, which was 16 years ago.
Zimbabwe, Africa
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa that borders Zambia to the northwest, Botswana to the southwest, South Africa to the south, and Mozambique to the east and north.
