November 27, 2024

A trip to New Zealand, anyone?

New Zealand is a diverse island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about 1500km southeast of Australia. The country comprises two main landmasses, the North Island and the South Island, and around 600 smaller islands. Among the many features that draw tourism to this isolated region of the world are its spectacular glaciers, picturesque fiords (yup, that’s the Kiwi spelling of fjord), rugged mountains, vast plains, rolling hillsides, subtropical forest, volcanic plateau, and miles of coastline with gorgeous sandy beaches. With so many things to see and do, how do you decide where to go?

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Explore America: Wide open spaces you can drive to in the American Southwest

In the midst of the Coronavirus, when citizens are urged to stay indoors and limit contact with one another as much as possible, we’re getting a bit stir-crazy. We’ve decided to put together a list of places in the Southwest that you can drive to in order to get some fresh air without fear of bumping into too many people. These places are gorgeous wide open desert locations that are big enough to accept all the readers of this blog at the same time! Regardless of timing, all of these locations should be on everyone’s bucket list.

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2 days in Panama City

Here is DetourOn’s two-day plan for visiting Panama City. Panama is an amazingly diverse country. Connecting North and South America, this narrow stretch of land offers tropical beaches, dormant volcanoes, rain forests, and a lot of culture. We can go on and on and on about things to see and do in Panama, but just the capital, Panama City, is enough to cover a full blog post.

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