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Tour de France 2012: Eyeing the Yellow

The quest for next year’s Yellow Jersey is going to be one steep ride.


It seems like just yesterday 34-year-old Cadel Evans assumed the highest step on the podium on the Champs-Elysees, becoming the first Australian to win the 2011 Tour de France title.


However, the Tour’s 99th edition just got one step closer after the announcement of the race’s 2012 routes at the convention center in Paris. The 2012 Tour de France will bring fiercer mountain climbs and longer time trials. With 9 flat stages, 5 m

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Travelling around the royal tiger reserve in Ranthambore and appreciating the natural beauty of the surroundings is the only way, a tourist can be the part of the habitat of wild lives in Ranthambore. Ranthambore National Park, the largest national park in Rajasthan, located in the Sawai Madhopur area and is nation’s renowned place for tiger reserve. Covering the area of 392km² this park is the majestic place for many kinds of predators including leopard, nilgai, dhole, wild boar, sambar, hyena,
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Jim Corbett National Park is a world heritage site and the first national park of India. The national park is named after Jim Corbett as who played a very important role in discovering the national park. This 512.8sq km huge national park is located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, a state situated in the north of India. The national park is open for visitors from November to mid of June, the park is closed for the rest of the months as this place receives heavy rainfall from the mid of

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Golden Triangle Rajasthan Tours

Whole of India, be it north, east and central, India is full of traditional diversities whether it seems in unique lifestyles or rich culture. Right from the tradition to dresses, rituals and dialects to colourful festivals, India is a complete holiday package destination. One will find different individual after some meter away that shows the strength of unity living in one country. Not only this, there are countless magnificent attractions to be explored. However, number of Indian tour package

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Top picks for luxury cruising in Cambodia and Laos

An adventure lover seeks any kind of activities which includes thrills and excitements. While boarding to Cambodia and Laos a vacationer can commemorate himself with the exciting cruising experiences. Since, cruising is gaining a lot of popularity among the tourists. Amidst the beautiful landscape and greeneries you can enjoy the steady and tidy waves of Mekong Delta and observe the stunning river life for marvelous tours to Cambodia. You can also have fun at luxury river cruises in Southern Mek
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I've been a big fan of Priceline and especially their company Booking.com.I assumed since Agoda was owned by Priceline too, it would be good as well.

Agoda is based in Asia, but now they list hotels all over the world like the other booking sites.

I recently booked two hotels in the EWR area of Newark NJ.First because they were a little cheaper and second because I wanted to get some more experience with them, since I'm going to travel in Asia more in the coming years and they have more hotels lis
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A Short Ode to Mexico's Modest Mérida

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More than a few vacationers staying at coastal resorts on the Riviera Maya or Cancun do venture into the interior of the Yucatan peninsula, but for the most part it’s on day trips or overnighters to world-famous Maya ruins such as Chichen Itza and Uxmal. As well they should – but sometimes overlooked amid all the ancient wonder is Yucatan’s capital, Mérida, a four-hour drive inland from the coast (add maybe a couple more hours if you take local roads). With a population of some 800,000, it’s t

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KENYA BUDGET SAFARI

 

 

Kenya in Two Weeks

 UltimateAfricaTravel  We highly recomment that you combine two or three National parks in a week. This is a simple itinerary that takes you to the northern kenya, the central highlands, the rift valley and southern kenya offering all different options.The are also in partnership with africahomeadventure and also we accommodate our  client atenchorowildlifecamp.com

Samburu-Aberdares-Lake Nakuru-Masai Mara.


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From Nairobi at 7.30 am, safaris

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India Tour Packages

India is the country treasure of natural beauty and traditional architecture and diverse cultures. The best way to explore India is taking a tour that will benefit you in all means of comfort to save time. This gives you more time to explore more and more things in a certain way. You will be guided throughout the tour and the places that visit places of tourist interest in India. Comfort and luxury service will be your host.

And places to visit India and explore, you should take a tour. India Tou

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Take a Special Journey to Kerala

Are you burdened with a load of care? Are you on the edge of extinction because of work or simply tired of this world? Take a Special Journey to Kerala and get rejuvenated with its magical delights of cruise on the houseboats, refreshing breeze of mist-kissed hills, cascades of gorgeous waterfalls, musical flow of the brook, lovely sight of lush green mountains, dancing of coconut and palm trees on the fringe of beaches and backwaters, delicate fragrance and scenic carpets of spices and tea plan

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Mountain Biking in India

Riding a cycle or a bike especially in the mountainous region always offer a great pleasure to the people who loves sports and adventure. Your ride becomes more delightful when you ride your bicycle or bike amidst the beautiful and luxurious surroundings. Here in India, due to varied and exquisite topography, there is a great scope of biking. In India you can enjoy biking in every place whether it is the mountainous treks in the south India or mountain ranges of the Himalayas. If you are riding

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Stay Safe at Ranthambore National Park

The deciduous forest of Ranthambore National P ark gives you a splendid view of wildlife especially the Indian tiger. One of the largest national parks in Northern India is situated in the Sawai Madhopur District of Rajasthan. Ranthambore was declared as a national park in the year 1980 and a tiger reserve in the year 1991. This is located just 180km from Jaipur the capital city of Rajasthan. A wildlife lover would love to visit Ranthambore to see these huge man eaters, as these animals are visi

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The world famous chardham yatra in the valley of Himalaya were already started to close as the Kedarnath and Yamunotri are already been closed on 28th of October on the occasion of Bhaiya Duj for the winter season. Before looking the door of kedarnath, the main priest of the temple performs special prayers. The doors were closed in the presence of religious leaders and senior administrative officials. Huge number of pilgrims was present in the the temple premises to witness the closing ceremony.
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What is right about the INCA TRAIL? Do you know that you have to book it on advance? If not possible to book it on time, what other hiking options are to Machu Picchu? When is the best period for hiking in Peru?

The traditional 4 days inca trail to machu picchu means for many people a dream and self challenge to hike, consequently same as you, there are thousands of people who want to hike this and get machu picchu on the 4th day. But why inca trail attracts that many people?, because the in
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Why Is Hotel Web Content so Boring?

9008664080?profile=originalWhy Is Hotel Web Content so Boring?

There was an interesting round table  discussion recently sponsored by visual content management powerhouse, VFM Leonardo  .

The basic question the panel was asked to consider was this: Why is hotel web site content so boring, and how can it be made more engaging for the traveler?

It so happens, that the initial  stage in travel decisions is the all-important  “Planning Stage,” the tipping point, so to speak.

So if content is almost exclusively transactional and
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