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Tornado Chase 2013 - Tracking A Monster

11 Jun 2013 / Explorer in Residence, George Kourounis

Kensington Tours' Explorer-in-Residence, George Kourounis, continues to send dispatches from his month long journey across the heartland of the U.S. as he criss-crosses the region known as "Tornado Alley". Here, storms can tower over twice the height of Mount Everest and concentrate all their energy on a single point where a tornado grinds up a farmer's field.
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Tornado Chase 2013 - Supermodel Storm

07 Jun 2013 / Compass Editor

Kensington Tours' Explorer-in-Residence, George Kourounis, continues to send dispatches from his month long journey across the heartland of the U.S. as he criss-crosses the region known as "Tornado Alley". Here, storms can tower over twice the height of Mount Everest and concentrate all their energy on a single point where a tornado grinds up a farmer's field.
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Travel

Tornado Chase 2013 - Oklahoma Disaster

29 May 2013 / Explorer in Residence, George Kourounis

Kensington Tours' Explorer-in-Residence, George Kourounis, continues to send dispatches from his month long journey across the heartland of the U.S. as he criss-crosses the region known as "Tornado Alley". Here, storms can tower over twice the height of Mount Everest and concentrate all their energy on a single point where a tornado grinds up a farmer's field.
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Tornado Chase 2013 - Tornado Warning

21 May 2013 / Explorer in Residence, George Kourounis

Kensington Tours' Explorer-in-Residence, George Kourounis, continues to send dispatches from his month long journey across the heartland of the U.S. as he criss-crosses the region known as "Tornado Alley". Here, storms can tower over twice the height of Mount Everest and concentrate all their energy on a single point where a tornado grinds up a farmer's field.
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Travel

Tornado Chase 2013 - The Season Starts

15 May 2013 / Explorer in Residence, George Kourounis

Kensington Tours' Explorer-in-Residence, George Kourounis, continues to send dispatches from his month long journey across the heartland of the U.S. as he criss-crosses the region known as "Tornado Alley". Here, storms can tower over twice the height of Mount Everest and concentrate all their energy on a single point where a tornado grinds up a farmer's field.
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Active Adventures, Shore Excursions

Antarctica - 8 Reasons to go to the End Of The World

24 Apr 2013 / Cruise Specialist

Kensington's Director of Cruise Development and Sales, Dana Toma, has a broad travel resume but like us all has a handful of "wildest dreams" destinations on her travel bucket list. Antarctica was one of them. So she was delighted when Kensington's ever increasing cruise portfolio ventured in to the vast wilderness of the "Great White Continent".
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Nature's Splendor

Madagascar Surprises

15 Feb 2013 / Africa Destination Expert

I'll be the first to admit that I'm in a serious and committed relationship with Africa. I've traveled to over 11 countries and been on more than a 100 game-drives in various parks. The affair is exciting, terrifying, inspiring and unwavering. The best part? No matter how comfortable or familiar I become, there's always more opportunities to learn, discover and be swept off my feet time and time again.
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Travel

Brett On The Water: Ganges River, Part I

08 Jan 2013 / Compass Editor

Explorer in Residence, Brett Rogers, has led expeditions on the Mackenzie, Yukon and Mississippi Rivers. Over a total of 10 months, he spanned a total distance of 9,000 kilometers without burning a tank of gas. The focus of these expeditions was never about being the first, the fastest or to re-enact past expeditions.
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Pisco, more than just Peru's favourite drink

12 Jun 2012 / Compass Editor

If you don't run across a pisco sour on any Peru tour, you might be in the wrong country. Peru's favourite drink is made with lime juice, sugar syrup, egg white, and pisco - a grape brandy produced in the wine-making regions of Peru and Chile. Pisco also happens to be the perfect city for any traveler with a penchant for naturally wild adventures.
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Expedition Cruises, Rail Journeys

Explorer-In-Residence, Mikael Strandberg, On The Meaning Of Life

29 May 2012 / Compass Editor

Mikael Strandberg has travelled to 117 countries and has slept more than 2500 nights in his tent. The Explorers Club in London considers Mikael "the best contemporary explorer in the world" at present.
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