Adventure Travel: Activity Holidays

Adventure travel
Time for an adventure?
Are you a bit bored with your nine-to-five routine? Have a look at our exciting range of holidays and
decide what type of adventure you’d like.
Activity holidays
Our activity holidays are for everyone, people who love danger or who just like sports. We have a
huge variety of water, snow or desert holidays. We’ll take you SCUBA diving in the Red Sea or
kayaking and white water rafting in Canada. If you prefer snow, you can try skiing or snowboarding
in the Alps or even igloo-building. For those who like warmer weather, we also have sandboarding
(the desert version of skateboarding) or camel safaris.
Polar expeditions
Take a cruise to Antarctica or the northern Arctic; explore a land of white natural beauty and
wonderful wildlife. Our experts will explain everything about the two poles as you watch the
penguins in Antarctica or whales and polar bears in the Arctic. There's no greater adventure than
travelling to the ends of the earth. A once-in-a-lifetime experience!
Cultural journeys
Our cultural journeys will help you discover ancient civilisations: India, Thailand, Egypt and many
more. Visit temples, palaces and ancient ruins – just remember to bring your camera! Get to know
local ways of life by exploring markets, trying exotic foods and meeting local people.
Trekking tours
We have trekking holidays to famous places such as Machu Picchu or the Everest Base Camp Trek, as
well as some nearer to home in the Highlands of Scotland. You don’t need to be very sporty, just
fairly fit. You’ll have a great time enjoying nature with a group of new friends. Some of the holidays
include camping, but we’ll transport the tents for you!
Wildlife holidays
We organise small-group tours to get closer to nature in Africa, Asia or South America. Go on safari
in Africa and watch lions and giraffes. Meet the famous turtles of the Galapagos Islands. Look for
tigers in India, or take an elephant safari in Sri Lanka. We use local guides and stay in a range of
accommodation, from tents to tree houses.
What's the best holiday you have ever had? Where did you go? What did you do?
Charlie Chaplin's Early Life
He was believed to have been born on April 16, 1889. There is some doubt whether April 16 is
actually his birthday, and it is possible he was not born in 1889. There is also uncertainty about his
birthplace: London or Fontainebleau, France. There is no doubt, however, as to his parentage: he
was born to Charles Chaplin, Sr. and Hannah Harriette Hill (aka Lily Harley on stage), both Music Hall
entertainers. His parents separated soon after his birth, leaving him in the care of his increasingly
unstable mother.
In 1896, Chaplin's mother was unable to find work; Charlie and his older half-brother Sydney Chaplin
had to be left in the workhouse at Lambeth, moving after several weeks to Hanwell School for
Orphans and Destitute Children. His father died an alcoholic when Charlie was 12, and his mother
suffered a mental breakdown, and was eventually admitted temporarily to the Cane Hill Asylum at
Coulsdon (near Croydon). She died in 1928 in the United States, two years after coming to the States
to live with Chaplin, by then a commercial success.
Charlie first took to the stage when, aged five, he performed in Music Hall in 1894, standing in for his
mother. As a child, he was confined to a bed for weeks due to a serious illness, and, at night, his
mother would sit at the window and act out what was going on outside. In 1900, aged 11, his
brother helped get him the role of a comic cat in the pantomime Cinderella at the London
Hippodrome. In 1903 he appeared in 'Jim, A Romance of Cockayne', followed by his first regular job,
as the newspaper boy Billy in Sherlock Holmes, a part he played into 1906. This was followed by
Casey's 'Court Circus' variety show, and, the following year, he became a clown in Fred Karno's 'Fun
Factory' slapstick comedy company.
According to immigration records, he arrived in the United States with the Karno troupe on October
2, 1912. In the Karno Company was Arthur Stanley Jefferson, who would later become known as
Stan Laurel. Chaplin and Laurel shared a room in a boarding house. Stan Laurel returned to England
but Chaplin remained in the United States. Chaplin's act was seen by film producer Mack Sennett,
who hired him for his studio, the Keystone Film Company.
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1. Chaplin might have been born some years earlier than is currently believed.
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6. He was discovered while working for a British organisation in the United States.
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