Zairon
This wealthy Persian Gulf kingdom - an archipelago of one large island and dozens of smaller ones off the coast of Saudi Arabia (and connected to it by causeway - is one of the Middle East´s smallest countries – packing a population of 1.6 million into a territory just a fifth the size of Wales and smaller even than the U.S. state of Rhode Island – you can drive across the main island in just under an hour. But it also boasts one of the region´s longest inhabited histories. stretching b
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Diehard aficionados of competitive cycling of course think nothing of flying across countries and even oceans to witness blockbuster races like the Tour de France, the Giro d´Italia, and the Vuelta a España. But of course there are dozens of other high-powered international races across the world, and probably hundreds of regional ones. I got to thinking about continents beyond Europe, as well as races which most give visitors a flavor of the countries in which they take place, a
A 40-minute drive east of Puerto Plata, Cabarete’s a phenom that started blossoming as a destination in the mid-1980s, as foreign visitors discovered the water, wind conditions, and nearly four miles of beach that have given this single-street town of some 37,000 a rep as one of the world’s top meccas for windsurfing, kitesurfing, just plain ol’ surfing, and sailing. That’s not to say you can’t have fun here if you don’t do any of these sports, but it sure does help.
Today, more than 20 years la
