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In Dahab, enjoy very nice excursions to explore the local area around when you are not diving. From Dahab it is available to go on desert adventure, camel-trekking or sightseeing tours to Egypt attractions in Cairo, Luxor, tours and day trips to Petra & Red Sea snorkeling trips. Enjoy our hot deals & new travel ideas for tours, activities, and things to do in and out from Dahab


>> Dahab Excursions, Sightseeing Tours From Dahab and Day Trips.

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Hanoi - Sapa Package Tour in 6 Days

 

This trip includes a night in Hanoi and an adventure tour to Sapa with a trek through the hills and valleys of the Sapa region, discovering several different minorities along the way. At an elevation of 1,600 meters, Sapa is a delightful former French hill station situated in the mountainous region of Vietnam's northwest, close to the Chinese border. The region is home to many ethnic minority groups, each wearing traditional and colorful attire

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Tour outline:

 

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The St. Ermim's Hotel, THE London spy hotel, has re-opened after its 5 month refurbishment. and it looks great! Here's what I have to say about it, at Below Top Secret, the unofficial official tour blog.
http://intelligencetrail.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/new-and-improved-the-st-ermins-hotel-returns/

For further information on THE INTELLIGENCE TRAIL, London's in-depth spy tour, visit http://www.intelligencetrail.co.uk
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'Sexpionage' is the x-rated version of THE INTELLIGENCE TRAIL, London's in-depth spy tour. It focusses on the sexier, and edgier aspects of the 'second oldest profession' - spying and espionage. And it's running for a limited time - the next four Sunday afternoons (subject to advance booking).

Here's more details about the hottest walking tour in all of London, in the Tour Blog:-
http://intelligencetrail.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/sexpionage-returns-for-next-four-weekends/

For further details of THE
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Yes, it's the moment you've been waiting for....seeing 'Mr. X' for real, on YouTube!
Read all about it, and see the video (see if you can spot me!) at the Tour Blog:-
http://intelligencetrail.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/ding-dong-the-division-bell-returns-to-the-st-ermins-hotel/

It was a lovely occasion, and I was very honoured to be invited to the ceremony.

For further details of THE INTELLIGENCE TRAIL, London's in-depth spy tour, visit http://www.intelligencetrail.co.uk
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Meeting A La Carte Maps

Hey folks, if you're travelling to some of the world's most exciting cities, and you don't want to be carrying the usual heavy guide-books, maps, and handy hints, you should try these instead! Take a look at A La Carte Maps: part map, part guide-book, part work of art!

Read more about my meeting with them a few weeks ago at London's Travel Distribution Summit, where I met with the founders and learned more about their unique maps.

http://intelligencetrail.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/meeting-a-la-cart
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9008622857?profile=originalDiveCaching-The New Underwater Treasure Hunt Game

This is a great industry.

We do a piece on Geocaching, the fun, GPS-driven hunt for hidden treasure (“the cache”).

Then the Diving Equipment Marketing Association (DEMA)  launches a real-life, eco-friendly, in-water game called DiveCaching, the underwater version of Geocaching.

The have a video on the sport but it’s pretty basic:

• Divers hide a treasure or “cache” underwater and post the GPS coordinates and compass directions on Geocaching.com

• Oth
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The authorised tourism body of Uganda has decreased the price tag on a gorilla permit to help entice more tourists to the nation which has half of the mountain gorillas left in the whole world.

The Uganda Wildlife Authority has consequently reduced the fees from $500 to $350 per permit for each gorilla safari  trek. This has been done at a time when two new gorilla families have been introduced in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda. Basing on the words from the UWA Director, D
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A dream beach destination!!

Costa Rica's tropical paradise gives a large range of options to enjoy and get immersed in an unforgettable experience, staying out of the typical tourist traps. Trying to find off the beaten track beach destinations, Santa Teresa beach came to my mind.   

Unlike most other beach towns in the country, this town has the charm and unique characteristics to make it a very special place: the jungle beauty, beautiful uncrowded beaches, stunning sunsets, secret waterfalls, warm water and excellent surf

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skateboard.gif?width=150Imagine you are visiting the Arrabida Mountain in a electric moto or take a ride on a Electric Skateboard. In Setúbal it is possible through BiGPlanet , a company with two years located in the center of the city.

These electric skateboards work with a remote control assisted by an integrated braking system. With a word design and electric propulsion, take 3-4 hours to charge the battery (depending of the model).

There is four different products, that have a different range and speed, which can var

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Go Ahead and Quote Me

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Where to next?

I have a new bucket list item. Someday, someone, anyone, anywhere will pay me to be a travel writer. As long as it is in English, I really do not care if the assignment is to report on the mating habits of Fiji islanders, or to cover the efforts of the DOD to clean up Christmas Island after 4 decades of thermo-nuclear target practice. I might insist on Business class for the latter, but I would go.

It seems fitting that I have this goal. My favorite place to write is in airport coff

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EXOTIC BALI EXPERIENCE

Bali

Bali still lives up to its name as the last paradise on earth. For the most part, Bali proved resilient to the tourist invasion, which means you can enjoy all the fun of the developed resorts while not far away experiencing the rural charm of Bali as it has been for centuries - golden beaches with spectacular sunsets, hillsides terraced in flowing rice fields, cool green hills and hospitable highland villages

For those interested in culture, it's here that traditional customs, rituals and dan

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Poland - A country with Diversified Interests

Poland lies in the central part of the European continent, the geometrical centre of which is near Warsaw. This is where the lines from Nordkyn in Norway to Matapan in Greece, and from Cabo da Roca in Portugal to the central Urals intersect. The boundary between the East and West European continental masses also runs through Poland. It has a long Baltic Sea coastline and is bordered by Belarus, the Czech Republic Germany Lithuania, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) Slovakia and Ukraine.

Poland is consi

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Apa Sherpa rewrites record with 21st Everest summit

Record breaking Nepali mountaineer Apa Sherpa reached the summit of Mt Everest for the record 21 times on the morning of 11 May.

Apa, who is leading an environmental expedition, took advantage of good weather to reach the 8,848- meter summit with a group of other climbers. Tilak Pandey, an officer of Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation stationed at the base camp, confirmed the summit.

The 50-year-old Sherpa first reached the summit of the talle

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India's National Parks

Forests in India treasures abundance of wildlife breed that additionally abode civic parks in India. Wildlife tourism offers accomplished befalling to appointment abundant array of animals in India including tiger, Indian peacock, cobra snake, Asiatic lion, bobcat etc and endless cardinal of aerial species.

Periyar National Park

Nestled in the ranges of Western Ghats in Kerala, Periyar Esplanade is a abode that is one of the acclaimed civic parks in India. Appointment Indian animals like Bonnet Ma

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No less than 15 Michelin stars now shine in the Vaucluse, which makes it the most "starred" department in France (in relation to the number of inhabitants) and 5 new "Bib Gourmands" have been granted to establishments that offer their clientele tasty cuisine with excellent value for money.

First of all, the much-awaited is the The Hôtel d'Europe**** in Avignon and its chef Bruno D'Angelis, where three stars have just been awarded. They have rightfully regained a star which had been taken away in
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