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Best Man Made Travel Sites In The US

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

The recent issue of Budget travel (a travel magazine) has described various man-made travel sites which are getting the limelight across the US. The writer has listed few obvious must visit man-made t…

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Use World Travel Guides to Discover Hidden Gems

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

World travelers often feel they are facing a mammoth task of planning their trip. Certainly, visiting a new country can be daunting because of your unfamiliarity with the best places to see and go. Ma…

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Finding the Best of Vancouver with Canada 411

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Canada has many fair corners that a visitor can enjoy, but thanks to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver is a hotspot for tourists.

If you visit Vancouver there are a handful of things you simpl…

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The Best Ski Resorts for Those of Us Who Don’t Ski

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

USA Today had a nice resource recently for those of us who like winter but can't ski.

The piece provides a list of good destination for where you can ski and your non-skier friends and famil…

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Tijuana on The Caspian: Where Iranians Go For Sin

Friday, November 27th, 2009

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Just inside the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan, the city of Astara has developed a reputation in recent years as something like the Tijuana of the Caspian. The Atlantic pub…

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Glass Balconies on the 103rd Floor of the Sears Tower

Monday, July 13th, 2009

A couple of sources (Inquisitr, USA Today) have recently published stories about the new glass balconies on the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower in Chicago.

The new balconies "are suspended 1,3…

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Modern Art in Southern France

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Fodor's had a piece the other day on The French Riviera's Modern Art Road.20th-century art is one of the main reasons to come to the French Riviera and Provence. It was here that Picasso, Reno…

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Live Jazz in Los Angeles

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

I love live jazz. And there aren't many places with a more vibrant jazz scene than L.A.

Gridskipper ran a piece on the Los Angeles jazz scene last month that's worth looking back at.A lot of …

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Reasons to Visit France

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

The people over at Tips for Moms has an interesting list of reasons to visit France available. Poor people can't do math; the title is "10 Reasons" and they only list nine. But they'…

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Cruisin’ Shanghai

Monday, March 31st, 2008

China's economic boom has meant more tourists. Surprisingly, though, most of them have not come via sea. For a country with a high concentration of coastal cities, China has welcomed relatively f…

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