Daily Tribune (Philippines)

TRAVEL GOALS, ON A CLICK

The world can now fit in your pocket with the Google arts and culture app and site. Offering the interactiv­e experience to 10,000 famous sites, 2,000 museums and over 100,000 artworks worldwide, one can surely feel legitimate travel encounters

- BY CARE S. BALLERAS @tribunephl_care

Ticking off your travel list is not the best idea nowadays, but that does not mean it is impossible. You can still explore places and cultures without stepping outside your home. All you need is your gadget, Internet and wide imaginatio­n. Discover the world Dive on marine sanctuarie­s

If the mentioned site is a bit intimidati­ng, you can resort to more focused sites.

The National Marine Sanctuarie­s

(sanctuarie­s.noaa.gov/vr/) offers an immersive 360-degree view of marine sanctuarie­s where you can virtually dive with marine species. Encompassi­ng more than 600,000 square miles of waters around the globe, this is a must-experience for aspiring divers and curious minds. Chase the northern lights

Chasing the northern lights is now possible without visiting Sweden. Your dream to see the aurora borealis can now happen while you chill in your couch. Click lightsover­lapland.com to see this natural wonder.

Just a tip, do this on your wide-screened gadget or home theaters for a full-blast experience. Geyser experience

Ever dreamt of seeing a geyser? Yellowston­e National Park got you. It installed webcams to geysers in different locations and provides updates of real-time geysers so at-home folks can see it live digitally.

See the splashes on your own screen by visiting www.nps.gov/ yell/learn/photosmult­imedia/ webcams.htm.

While real experience­s are still what wanderers truly desire, having the advantage of a powerful technology amid the crisis is a great escape to somehow break free.

Open your gadgets and achieve your travel goals one click at a time.

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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF LIGHTSOVER­LAPLAND.COM
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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIE­S

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