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Just outside San Jose, Costa Rica is one of my favorite cloud forests. Drive an hour-and-a-half out of the Capital-metropolitan area and you’re in another world – a world of rolling green hills, black and white and brown dairy cows, rich rust red earth, plants with giant leaves, dripping ferns and shifting mist. It reminds me of England, with a decidedly tropical twist.

These are Costa Rica’s Central Highlands and the 2,000-acre Los Angeles Private Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, one of the coun

Delhi Agra Rajasthan is a tripod on which India’s best trip stands indomitably. Although, Native indian is identified across the globe for its diverse societies, customs, beliefs, and methods of lifestyle, there is a trip in the name of Fantastic Triangular that carries the potential to represent the best of Native indian in a single journey

As we know that Native indian is highly praised for its sticking with to ‘Unity in Diversity’ principle, it bags a mixture of societies, climates, beliefs, m

If you are looking for a piece of serenity and an unforgettable experience in southern Indonesia, Alor is where you want to be.

A peaceful morning at the bay of Mutiara Alor On the edge of the quiet Teluk Mutiara district, Kalabahi is the capital of Alor regency and the center of the local economy. Start your unforgettable journey by cruising the serene bay and watching the morning mist lift under the warmth of the rising sun while sipping a hot beverage. Photo by Fahmi Anhar

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Situated about 33km away from Sa Dec Town in Dong Thap Province, Dinh Yen Village has been famous nationwide for its traditional mat-making craft which has existed for nearly 100 years. The Village, near the Hau River, is now an attractive tourist address.

Coming here, tourists will have a chance to attend the village’s market where millions of products of different kinds from the Cuu Long River delta and the eastern area of Southern Vietnam are exchanged every year.

Collecting rush in Can Tho Pro

Dalat city is located in Lam Dong province, on the Lam Vien Plateau, at an altitude of 1500 m above sea level and the natural area: 393.29 km ². Dalat in the highlands Lang Biang, northern province of Lam Dong, on the north, next to the Dalat district of Luoyang, the eastern and southeastern borders with Don Duong district, west and southwest border with 2 Lam Ha and Duc Trong district.

You’ve got your flight to Costa Rica booked, your hotel reservations or tour itinerary set. Now what about getting around?

There are many choices, from in-country flights to renting a car, hopping a local bus or hiring a private shuttle or tour bus complete with bilingual driver. It all depends on how fast you want to get somewhere, how many places you want to visit, what you want to see and, of course, how much money you want to spend.

While Costa Rica is small, comparable in size to West Virg

Despite the wasted potential, Semarang’s old town makes a pleasant, picturesque background for a walk. Garlands of shrubbery grow across chipped walls. The eighteenth-century Protestant church is scrubbed dental white and the former opera house has an unusual wooden ship deck ceiling. Gnarled men perched on rickshaw seats offer pedal-powered rides. The traditional market is paved and tidy, with batik-clad women shucking stinky beans from long, thick pods and wafting tenacious flies from the day’

Magelang, with the famous Borobudur Temple, is a good excursion for those who seek serenity.

I went to Magelang with my old high school friends. It has been 14 years since we first met and in our day-to-day lives we often deal with traffic jams, so getting out of Jakarta and off the radar was the main idea.

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Headlines this week reported most of North America, Europe and even China locked in winter’s icy grip.

• A mix of sleet and snow, accompanied by lightning, made travel a mess in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area.
• A swath of snowfall from portions of Mississippi and northern Alabama/Georgia spreads through the Central Appalachians.
• Trees snap in Maryland due to ice accumulation.
• 3-6 inches of snow expected from Boston to Maine.
• Cold for most of Europe, snow in parts of Spain.
• Britain will have another very

Del Mar Surfing Academy is one of the top surf schools in Costa Rica for teens (ages 13-19). Its sister company Del Mar Surf Camp runs surf vacations, yoga-surf retreats, and day surf lessons for adults. Del Mar Surfing Academy’s instructors lead safe surf and cultural/language immersion camps for teens in Costa Rica. They guarantee the highest quality surf lessons with a 2:1 student to teacher ratio for undivided attention and maximum safety. Native Costa Rican instructors all hold Internationa

Among the images conjured by mentioning Brazil are those of beach volleyballers on Ipanema, with green mountain slopes in the background and golden sand running for miles. Aside from the all-night-long beach parties, beach volleyball is one of the country's most popular symbols; it's long been associated with beach volleyball not just because of Brazilians' obession with the sport, but largely because many of the best players in the world are from Brazil.

Introducing Brazil to the World

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An early morning flight is definitely not my cup of tea, especially when I have to deal with Terminal 1 at Soekarno-Hatta airport. This “vintage” airport shows its worst face in the morning. On that particular morning when I had to catch a 6 a.m. flight to Kupang was even worse, because there was an electricity failure. A frustratingly long line to the check-in foyer and more chaos at the check-in counter only made me more determined to escape this city. But, at least this situation saved me fro

By Shannon Farley

Headlines this week reported most of North America, Europe and even China locked in winter’s icy grip.

• A mix of sleet and snow, accompanied by lightning, made travel a mess in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area.
• A swath of snowfall from portions of Mississippi and northern Alabama/Georgia spreads through the Central Appalachians.
• Trees snap in Maryland due to ice accumulation.
• 3-6 inches of snow expected from Boston to Maine.
• Cold for most of Europe, snow in parts of Spain.
• Britain will

If you like finding remote travel spots and seeking out non-touristy places, then this secret little spot, Selayar Island, in South Sulawesi will satisfy, delight and inspire you.

Culture abounds in Selayar.  The little seaside village of  Kayu Panda is home to the sea gypsies. If you are lucky, and the season is right, you will get the chance to meet the Bajo. They only live in the village for five months of the year and then head out to sea on their small, colorful  traditional wooden fishing b

Getting around Jakarta is often regarded as a problem, especially if you want to use public transportation. But the availability of Transjakarta provides a great alternative for anyone who's up for a little adventure and sightseeing in the historic parts of the busy capital city while spending only Rp 3,500 (less than half of US$1) per trip.

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From today for five days my latest novel SANTIAGO TALES is available FREE on kindle.  Why don't all you ebook lovers download a copy and enjoy following Beth as she walks the Camino de Santiago.  Beth has come to believe that her life is no longer worth living so she sets off to travel 800 kilometres in all weathers, looking for a solution to her problems.  On the way she meets many interesting characters and makes new friends, each one seeking their own solutions.  A modern-day take on Chaucer'

por Cristóbal Ramírez

El Atlántico se presiente (aunque no se vea) y la historia se siente (y también se ve). Vayamos al grano: Boston fue la madre de los Estados Unidos. La pionera. La adelantada. La espabilada. Califíquenla como quieran, pero sepan que su centro neurálgico es un parque, el Boston Common, algo inusual en cualquier urbe del planeta. En su Lago de las Ranas se puede patinar sobre hielo en invierno o chapotear (sólo niños, atención) en verano. Al lado está Public Garden, el prim

What I love about being on the Rungan River, Central Kalimantan is that you get to experience the river, the Dayak culture and the orangutans, with no other tourists around.

Gaye and Lorna, the Australian and English owners of the Rahai’i Pangun cruise boat, are the only tourist boat operators on the river.  To view the orangutans, small canoes take you to visit three different islands dotted along the river.  These islands act as orangutan schools.

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One cannot ignore the tsunami when talking about Aceh province. The country’s westernmost province was decimated by a magnitude 8.9 quake followed by a destructive tsunami in December 2004. Hundreds of thousands of Aceh people were killed in one of the most devastating natural disasters in history. Most parts of the province were shattered. 

When I visited Banda Aceh for the first time in August 2012, I was stunned by how the city had developed over the past few years. I still got a sense of mis