The good, bad, bizarre and the unknown jungle. The area where you can encounter the most absurd reality.
Some places seemed to be the real paradise for us. We found the locals secret places. We enjoyed showering in the waterfalls. This was as near heaven we could come here in the jungle, but when we took a deeper look it was also hard times for the local people. Opium - gold, money, medicine or poison?

The good, bad, bizarre and the unknown jungle. This is area between Thailand, Burma . Myanmar, and Laos, where you can encounter the most absurd reality. Some places seemed to be the real paradise for us. we found the locals secret places, and we enjoyed showering in the waterfalls. This was as near heaven we could come here in the jungle, but when we look deeper in to it....

The good, bad, bizarre and the unknown jungle. This is the area where you can encounter the most absurd reality: exotic tribes and cultures, beautiful scenery, monks and religious rituals, opium and addictions, poverty and garbage, smuggling and narcotic traffic, military and police, guerrillas as Red Khmer, Cambodia, and freedoms fighters from Burma, refugees, prostitution and Aids, and more. Something is going on here!

The cart ruts are found widespread on the main island Malta and Gozo. South of Malta I found the most impressive site to explore them. As shown on our video clip, they formed here a big traffic jam! The mysterious tracks run in pairs in various directions and criss-cross each other like railway lines. It was strange for me walking in these parallel tracks at Clapham Junction by Busket Gardens, near the Dingli Cliffs in Malta's highland. The tracks have been carved out from soft limestone rocks for over 5000 years ago.

Through the narrow winding streets I walked around in Mdina, the old capital, to look for traces after the Knights. Their traces are found spread around the island, also in the new capital Valetta where I also took my time to find more about them. Perhaps a ghost from the legendary Knights of Malta showed up when I looked curiously around? Ghostbusting in the light of the Knights` history is bloody is really something. It`s said that most of the Mdina ghosts from that period are Turks, one of whom was hung on the city walls every morning during the Great Siege of 1567.

Tomas Olsson's body was discovered yesterday (20 May) at about 6700 meters. The Swedish adventurer was reported to have fallen about 2500 meters. The Sherpa who found him plan to lower the body 300 meters down the face to get him out of an avalanche zone and then transport him out today. Tomas Olsson and his Norwegian friend Tormod Granheim were the first in the history who made an attemp to ski down the north side of Mount Everest. We in Travel Explorations have earlier written that this ski attemp was the world`s biggest venture. Despite of that the experience extreme skiers took their precautions, the risk was extremely high, and unfortunately someone lost its life.

Nearly 50 tons of mysterious red particles showered India in 2001. Now the race has started to find out what it is. In Godfrey Louis's laboratory in southern India researchers analyse brimming cloudy, reddish rainwater gathered in jars. As bizarre as it may seem, samples indicate that it could be traces from living organisms in space. Does it really proof life outside our planet?

Archaeologists have started excavation of what they believe might be a pyramid hidden beneath a hill in Bosnia. Semir Osmanagic is in charge of the project to uncover the ancient structure. Known as Visocica, the 650m (2,120ft) triangular mound, overlooking Visoko, has long been shrouded in a local legend. The mentioned Bosnian archaeologist who leads the project, has said it resembles pyramid sites he has studied in Latin America. So far he and his team have revealed a narrow entrance to what could be an underground network of tunnels.

Brazilian archaeologists discovered an amazing stone structure in the state of Amapa, in a remote area, far north of Amazon in Brazil. A total of 127 large blocks of stone were found driven into the ground on top of a hill. The stones were set up in a circle just as Stonehenge in England. The recently found site in Brazil is thought to be around 2000 years old. The stones are well preserved and each weighs several tons. The ancient stone structure may bring new information about the region's past.

This was the day for a relaxing walk. I felt so good just walking around in Mdina soaking up the quite atmosphere and history. All the narrow streets leaded to an new adventure, and there was always a story behind the buildings, walls and corners. Mdina is known as the noble city. It was the original capital of Malta before the arrival of the Knights of St John in the middle ages. It was originally a Phoenician town, but spent periods under Roman, Arabic and Norman occupation. The old town is situated in the centre of Malta at an altitude of 200 metres above sea level. Here I enjoyed the wonderful view of the countryside and coast from its ramparts.

Skiing down the world`s highest mountain Mount Everest, must be the biggest venture in the world. The Swedish, Tomas Olsson, is missing on Everest north face, while Norwegian Tormod Granheim has descended to 6500 meter. According to Tomas Olsson`s website and ExplorersWeb, the two skiers began their ski descent around lunch 16 May after a 14 hour hard ascent to the summit. One hour later, they began skiing down the Norton couloir.

I also took my time to walk about 500 metres away from Hagar Qim to another remarkable temple site, Mnajdra, It's set in a hollow above the southern cliffs and faces the blue sea. In ancient time it`s believed that these two temples were connected with each others. Mnajdra is an evidence of a significant prehistoric civilization that have existed on the island. Also this temple predates the Pyramids of Giza by a millennium, and is filled with mysteries waiting to be solved.

It`s amazing that the small Maltese islands consists of so many ancient wonders and mysteries. Malta has a small landarea, but is so incredible rich with historical sites. Malta must be one of the most concentrated historic areas in the world. The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the following properties on the World Heritage List: Megalithic Temples of Malta (5 temple groups), the City of Valetta, and Hal Saflieni Hypogeum. All together Malta has seven UNESCO world heritage sites. These wonders are really something to experience, but there are many other interesting sites to explore in Malta too. For genuine adventurers Malta is an Eldorado. The great wonders and mysteries really turn you on!

The big country Kenya in Africa, has great national parks for unique wild life adventures as Aberdare National Park, Amboseli National Park, Arabuko Sokoke National Park, Hells Gate and Mount Longonot National Parks, Kora National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Marsabit National Park, Meru National Park, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Elgon National Park, Nairobi National Park, Ndere Island National Reserve, Saiwa Swamp National Park, Sibiloi National Park, Tsavo East National Park, and Tsavo West National Park. Some of the best Game Reserves are Kakamega Forest National Reserve, Kisumu Impala Sanctuary, Samburu National Reserve, Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Shimba Hills National Reserve, Masai Mara National Reserve, Marine Parks and Reserves, Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park, Malindi/Watamu Parks and Reserves, Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve, Punguti Marine National Reserve, and Tana Delta Reserve. For they who want to take a step into the wild side, can do as most travellers doing today: go to Kenya!

The dark sky turned suddenly into an inferno of twinkling lights in all colours and shapes. It sounded like thunder and lightning. The spectacular show decorated the dark sky to the fullest. The Maltese Fireworks Festival was held at the Grand Harbour in the capital Valletta on the 29th and 30th of April 2006. This event was a show-case and a prelude to what will occur in the coming months when the villages and towns of Malta and Gozo celebrate the feast of their patron saints.