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Best 5 Costa Rica Honeymoon Destinations

You’ve met the man or woman of your dreams. You’ve planned your wedding down to the last sugared almond and flower arrangement. Now it’s time to think about the honeymoon.

wedding-08-300x266.jpg?width=300Costa Rica is one of the top destinations in the world for newlyweds to honeymoon. According to Perfect Honeymoons & Holidays Travel, Costa Rica ranks #3, right behind Hawaii and Italy, and outpaces other major destinations like Greece, Tahiti and the Caribbean. In 2012, 10.7% of Costa Rica’s tourists (166,000 people) were newl

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Group Tours Proving Popular With Gappers

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Gapping season has arrived, and adventurers from across the globe are now looking forward to twelve months of unabated thrill seeking on distant shores.  According to Acacia Africa, a growing number of independent backpackers are opting to add in a group tour – overland expeditions, voluntours, and small group safaris proving popular with gappers.

Arno Delport, Sales & Marketing Manager for Acacia Africa comments, “Social networking has played a huge part in this trend, and it’s no longer group e

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Trekking Sapa, Northern Vietnam

I was beaten, destroyed to the core and past the point of no return. I was exhausted, shattered, cracked, smashed, distort, deranged, confused, broken, in pain and ruined – and that’s just the travellers diarrhea! I haven’t even started to tell you about the way I felt after an obscenely long hike through Sapa’s remote wilderness. The day before, Nic and I had talked with the hostel manager and booked a day hike through remote villages and wilderness. Before his recommendation on which tour we s
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Find Your Inner Lone Ranger On A Riding Holiday

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Disney’s Lone Ranger unmasked its fair share of critics, but tour operator Ranch Rider claims the iconic scenery; explosive train journeys and Native American narrative is turning armchair travellers into Wild West wanderers.

Ideal for anyone hoping to find their inner Lone Ranger, the riding holiday specialist has rounded up five of its best ranch stays where greenhorns can get into character. Tony Daly, Managing Director of Ranch Rider, comments “New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, California

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Waterfall fun in yanoda

Speaking of travel, i would to talk about an outdoor sport held in yanoda which is a top class attraction in hainan. It's combained climbing and paddling during the trip.Group tourists paticipated the event by the guildline of professional Coach.  On Summer, most of tourist from home and abroad came to here to paticipated it . Let me introduce how was the event and why so many Travel Agents wants to push it to tourists?

To begin with, The outdoor climbing sport called as Waterfull Fun , held in

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Costa Rica posee 27 parques nacionales, 58 refugios, 32 áreas protegidas, 15 humedales pantanosos, 11 reservas forestales y 8 reservas biológicas. La totalidad de territorio protegido representa el 25% de su extensión geográfica completa. Un lugar especial dentro de estos lo ostenta la Reserva Natural Absoluta de Cabo Blanco. Esta forma parte del Área de Conservación Tempisque, en la provincia de Puntarenas. Cuenta con una superficie terrestre de 12,7 Km.² más 17,9 Km.² marinos. Fue la primera z

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In a region where you wouldn’t find even a stray camel, naming a road after the ungulated dromedary should have been the work of some intrepid imagination. Or a distinct lack of it. During the British Raj both were in abundance. But whatever the Camel’s Back road lacks in nomenclature aptness, it makes up with sheer panorama. The four kilometres of clean air, good health or introspection winds serenely from Library Chowk to Kulri Bazaar in Mussoorie, the popular hill destination in the northern

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Hi Travel Media Peeps!

 

Does anyone know any writers based in Tuscany who might be interested in updating of the next Fodor's Florence and Tuscany Guidebook?  I'm the editor of the book and one of my writers had to back out at the last minute so I'm looking for someone to fill the spot ASAP.

 

The work is very detailed and involves checking and writing listings on restaurants, hotels, attractions, etc.,and a few long-form sections as well. I need someone for  the Southern Tuscany chapter and the Ea

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How Badly Did TripAdvisor Blunder?

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The case involves Mr. Ziggy Hussain who runs the popular Ziggy's Spice House in downtown Halifax (Nova Scotia), Canada.

According to the Halifax Courier, TripAdvisor summarily removed 280 reviews after its "fraud detection system indicated suspicious activity."

The result: Hussain's restaurant was demoted from the number one position in the town to the bottom of the list. Worse, TripAdvisor actually claimed the restaurant was engaging in "criminal activities" by breaking the law in publishing fr

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medio ambiente

El Fondo Cooperativo para el Carbono de los Bosques (FCPF, por sus siglas en inglés), es una alianza global centrada en la reducción de las emisiones derivadas de la deforestación y la degradación forestal. Este programa crea un marco de trabajo y de procesos para ayudar a los países a prepararse en cara a estos retos. Asimismo, asesora para acceder a incentivos financieros, demostrando cómo se pueden aplicar a nivel de país.

Costa Rica fue la primera nación del mundo beneficiada a través de dich

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Qué Es el Spotting?

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Estamos acostumbrados a ver fotos espectaculares de aviones. Ya sea  en tierra, despegando, aterrizando, en crucero (volando en altitud de crucero), en hangares o en pistas, de día y hasta de noche,  muchas veces nos sorprenden porque no somos capaces de averiguar desde dónde han sido tomadas.

Los spotters, son fotógrafos en su gran mayoría amateurs, cuyo hobby es el de fotografiar aviones. Para ello buscan los lugares más recónditos para tomar la mejor instantánea, normalmente desde los aerop

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Gold-leaf makes craft in Kieu Ki

Situated on the northern bank of the Red River, Kieu Ki is considered as the unique village in Vietnam still performing the standard craft of manufacturing gold leaf. The dexterity of Kieu Ki artisans is created in pagodas and temples where statues are covered with thin gold leaf.

On the road to the village, guests are able to hear locals hammering gold to provide thin sheets. Old and young people are committed to the craft. The village elders believe Kieu Ki villagers learned to form gold leaf 3

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A trip to Salangane Island

As Salangane Island is far from the mainland, tours need to depart very early in the day and so we woke up bright and early to be at Cau Da Wharf at 6:30 a.m. for our great trip.

Nha Trang is a tourist attraction however tourists who travel to Vietnam sometimes overlook one of its treasures – the kingdom of salangane. 

The cruise departs at 7:30 a.m. with a light breakfast prepared for tourists as the ship smoothly surfs on the waves. The warm sunlight and delightful surroundings got us ready for

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Costa Rica lider en felicidad

costa rica pais mas feliz del mundoPara el fundador del Índice del Planeta Feliz (IPF), Nic Marks, la felicidad es el resultado de una alta esperanza de vida, la sensación de bienestar y una huella ecológica baja. Si se toman en cuenta estos factores, la población de Costa Rica es la más feliz del planeta.

Según la clasificatoria del IPF para el 2012, dado a conocer el 14 de junio, a Costa Rica está por encima de Vietnam y Colombia en cuanto a temas de felicidad.

Un aspecto que ayudó en el cálculo de la ecuación fue la llamada «hue

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Saturday, August 24, 2013                                                                                                                                 BLAST FROM THE PAST. Leon & Debra Black; David & Julia Koch; Richard & Karen LeFrak; Dick Merkin; Mike & Lori Milken; Glenn & Jennifer Myles INVITE YOU TO PULL OUT THOSE POODLE SKIRTS, GREASE BACK THAT HAIR AND JOIN SOME REALLY COOL CATS AS WE CELEBRATE THE 1950′S WITH THE RYDELL HIGH SCHOOL SOCK HOP & THE ICONIC TIME CAPTURED IN HAVE A BLAST W

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Quebrada de San Lorenzo Nature Reserve

 

 

By Roy Heale

The charming Villa San Lorenzo is located in the Lerma Valley at the foot of the Eastern Cordillera Andes foothills just on the edge of the city of Salta, Argentina. This leisurely village is a popular vacation destination where visitors can combine outdoor nature activities with city attractions nearby. Villa San Lorenzo offers a natural environment ideal for adventure tourism activities and eco-tourism in the mountain forest. Its landscape, m

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Five decades ago, my Louisiana grandmother traveled to Wynola, minutes from Julian, to find one of her favorite, and rare, treats: pickled pig’s feet.  Now, we can go to Jeremy’s on the Hill for gourmet, farm to table, house made pork sausage, pancetta, and other delectable meals.9008787484?profile=original

 

Le Cordon Bleu

Cordon Bleu dining is heralded by the crest on the sign at Jeremy's on the Hill (www.jeremysonthehill.com), on Hwy 78 in Wynola, 4 miles north of Julian, California.  Chef Jeremy Manly brings gourmet farm

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Best Time To Enjoy Trekking In Nepal

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Climbing is as close as we can come to flying. This interest is within most of us.  Let us all know about “Trekking in Nepal” since it is one of the best destination if you are willing to do something unique and challenging.

Let me tell you. If you are convincingly fit, you are fit enough to trek in Nepal.  While trekking in Nepal you will wake up with the chirping call of birds, you will want to stay on in those trekking camps to enjoy the tranquility at the night, the cool breeze, and the fasci

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