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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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Family

Family Sized Savings On Kidtastic Asia Adventures

09 May 2013 / Compass Editor

For summer 2013, save up to $800 on customizable family tours to Japan, China, Bali, Vietnam, India & more. With summer vacation on the horizon, Kensington Tours is offering special savings on exotic family trips to Asia. From sumo training and samurai interactions in Japan to elephant safaris in Thailand and hot air balloon rides in Myanmar, we're offering families up to $800 off on these exciting adventures for travel between June 1 and September 1, 2013.
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Travel

Tornado Chase 2013 - Local Flavor

08 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 - Freak Snow Storm

06 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

Introducing Explorer In Residence, George Kourounis

02 May 2013 / Compass Editor

Referred to by the Toronto Star as a "Modern day Indiana Jones", adventurer and new Kensington Explorer-In-Residence George Kourounis is considered to be an outlier in his field. More correctly, his entire field of work could be considered well outside the realm of normal. He's dedicated his life to exploring and documenting the most extreme places on Earth, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and most points in between.
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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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