Switzerland's Hang Gliding Interlaken tour takes travelers to heart-stopping heights

Top ten adventure tours across the globe have been announced today. Offering exhilarating fun and amazing experiences, these tours offer unique ways to explore and learn about diverse landscapes around the world.

1. Aquatic Adventures: Living the Dream Divers, Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

Divers of all abilities will be in their aquatic element on this coastal tour. Whether travelers prefer to take the plunge and scuba dive among sea turtles, nurse sharks, and moray eels, or simply snorkel in the shallow waters of “Stingray City,” this tour caters to all seeking an ocean adventure. Marine-life fanatics will enjoy bobbing in the balmy water as southern sting-rays and schools of tropical fish surround them. “From the boat, to the people, to the service, it was all exceptional,” a TripAdvisor traveler said. Tours cost from $65 per person.

2. Heart-Stopping Heights: Hang Gliding Interlaken, Interlaken, Switzerland

For thrill-seekers in the Swiss Alps, the sky is the limit with this over-the-top tour. Travelers can choose to enjoy a smooth, scenic flight or a wild ride with extreme dives and wingovers, while getting close to the clouds and taking in some breath-taking views of Switzerland. As proof of one’s daredevil status, an in-flight DVD is available for purchase. As one TripAdvisor traveler commented, “It’s a bird’s eye view of one of the prettiest places on earth!” Tours cost $235 for a 10-25 minute ride. (more…)

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The botched terriorism attack on a U.S. Airline by the suspected 23-year-old Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, continues to raise many questions.  How is it possible that in this Post 911 era an individual who appears on the terriort watch list and was brought to the attention of officials by his own father, can pass through two security checks and board a US bound flight with a known chemical agent? 

According to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, the list does not automatically bring tighter screening of individuals.  However, President Obama has ordered a full review of security procedures for determining which people on the terriorist watch list must undergo stricter security scrutiny.   Read FULL STORY.