World Reviewer blog

In our efforts to find all sorts of fantastic experiences all over the world which you may not have heard about I am always hot on the trail of new collaborators who sound like they know a thing or two about great adventures.

A few new faces to check out are Whit Thurlow, who knows some of the most spectacular walks and treks in New Zealand, Sohail Azhar, who can’t understand why more of us aren’t falling over ourselves to visit the sweeping landscapes and unique cultural sights of Pakistan and photographer, John Noble, who has photographed some of the most remote and chilliest places on the planet.

If you know we’re missing out on a great experience or know someone who gets to go on some great adventures, let me know and I’ll get tracking.

Last week we recruited Andrew McLean to be one of our experts.  This man has been on some seriously cool adventures.  A climber, extreme skier and kite skier, Andrew has been up down and around some of the world’s most remote scenery from Antarctica to Alaska via the Himalayas.  With a successful career as a designer of outdoor and climbing gear, if Andrew thinks his next adventure may be a little challenging he designs a piece of gear to make it more possible…  All temperature references aside that is very very cool.

His first recommendations for your next soirée into the icy wastes are reviews of his trips to Baffin Island and Bagley Icefield.  From what he’s written it sounds like they went out there with their kites pulling their sleds until they found a mountain they liked the look of then climbed up it and skied down.  Sounds like a plan?

If those two weeks you’ve booked off work this summer are staring up at you blankly from your diary our new Summer Selections page may be just what you need to fill them.  From beating the inhumane heat at some of Australia’s highlights to European destinations that won’t be a mass of red limbed sweating tourists, we’ve found some inspiring experiences that offer a real escape from the everyday and are at their best in the European summer.

This is the cry regularly leaving my lips as I read over some of our reviews…

We have a lot of fantastic stuff on the site and it would take you a long time to trawl though it all.  That in mind we have created a new widget, iwanttogohere (also conveniently located above your right hand on this blog) which will show you one great experience a day.  Sign up to the feed and get a little bit inspired daily.

It maybe a frightening premonition but I feel like tomorrow’s going to be something a bit Red…  In reality I’ve chosen the order and tried to keep us in step with international festivals and celebrations, though we don’t have an experience suitable for International Towel Day (a la Douglas Adams) on the 25th of May - please email me your suggestions…

If moving pictures is more your bag you can now see some of our top experiences come to life in the video tab on each experience.

Desk divers can fly over the Great Barrier Reef, work day rafters can paddle the Grand Canyon and nature lovers can mirror the basking of Galapagos seals as they bask in the glow of their computer screens…  and that’s just for starters.

Enjoy.  I have been.