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You occasionally need to book and stay in a luxury hotel room even when your budget is tight , and you could shop around at a discounted price for you to enjoy the amenities of a 5-star luxury hotel. If you’re traveling with romance, i.e.: in a honeymoon, you can sweeten the experience of staying in with the luxurious 24 -hour service, designer beds and linens. Booking early can offer you discounted price and for a while, exempts you from staying at cheap budget hotels.

Browsing the internet coul

Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler's Tales was placed on the list of the top travel writing in 2010 by Ellen Barone, adventure journalist and photographer. It excites me to be included on a list with such travel writing luminaries as Tim Cahill and Rolf Potts, both authors I emulate and admire.

http://sanctuare.tumblr.com/thelist

Check it out.

I am going to read every book on the list.

Happy New Year

Linda

Bio diesel is a really cool way of using old cooking oil to create fuel that can be used to operate a diesel truck or car.

Well, I'm just a little confused about the other side of this coin and frankly, I'm hoping that my addition doesn't add up.

This is what I think I know:

    A) You can't buy diesel cars in California because they pollute more than California emmisions allow

    B) You can buy Diesel trucks in California as long as you license them commercially. It doesn't mean you have to use th

Nepal plans to attract around 200,000 sexual minorities including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersexes
(LGBTI) during the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 (NTY-2011). The Blue Diamond Society

(BDS), an organization representing sexual minorities in the country, has said

that it aims to bring 200,000 i.e. 20 percent such tourists of the total one

million tourists in the NTY-2011. Nepal aims to host one million tourists this

year.
 
Already gay tourists are responding favorably to the holiday andt

Sometimes we often think of 150 years as a long time and in most situations it is. Not in history though.  April 12, 2011 will  mark the 150-th anniversary of the start of the Civil War  (Or the War of Northern Agression, the War Between the States, whatever your prefernce might be.). With the shelling of Fort Sumter in the  harbor at Charleston , South Carolina, four long years of terrible carnage were to follow.

    Sometimes it's hard for me to believe that my mother who passed away a couple o

In the fall, on assignment for Peter Greenberg, I travelled to the southern tip of Baja California. I had the good fortune to visit not just Cabo San Lucas, the most common tourist destination in the area, but also the nearby village of San Jose del Cabo, which, if truth be told, was more to my liking. 

In both cities, there are many restaurants and bars catering to the tourists who arrive by plane and on cruise ships. For the most part, the food in such establishments is unexceptional. But, with

The Beach at Pantano do Sul, Florianopolis, Brazil

By Roy Heale

On my second visit to Florianopolis I was fortunate enough to be hosted by local experts Marta Dalla Chiesa and Lesley Cushing, the co-owners of Brazil Eco Journeys, who are the only LGBT tour operators in Southern Brazil. Although it was my second visit to this wonderful, natural paradise island they managed to show me places and attractions that I had not discovered before. They have lived in Florianopolis---affectionately known

This is a question that is asked frequently by visitors to Yosemite National Park and the answer is NO!

Neither the park nor anyone else can guarantee the safety of the water in rivers and creeks.

Either buy your beverages and cart out your trash or simply buy a water filter.

There are many such filtering devices on the market that range in price from $10.00 up. Check them out!

REI has a good selection. I personally use a chemical by McNett called Aqua Mira Part A & B.

Most filters are easy to carry

People who live a hectic life find themselves taking a break and enjoying every bit of their tours to Goa, India. Fun and entertainment quotients are high in Goa and its cool and festive like environment makes it a refreshing holidaying destination. Learn how entertainment becomes an inseparable part of a Goa package tour.

Partying at Beaches
Goa Beaches are quite different from those found in other parts of the country. The
difference lies in the way people love to party at Goa beaches. Arjuna Be

I'm delighted to announce the full schedule of our 2011 cultural escorted tours. We have some brand new trips from an archaeological adventure in Alexander the Great's footsteps in Greece and ancient Macedonia to a gulet cruise along the Amalfi Coast. You can find details of all our Turkey tours, Greece tours and Italy tours on our website. We also have a number of new gulet cruises in Croatia and can create bespoke gulet charters. If you have any questions about any of our small group guided to

The thrill of high-altitude trekking in Nepal was once available only to a gung-ho few. Recently, the journey has become moreaccessible.
In April 2011, co-host of international television show WordTravels and travel writer Robin Esrock will lead a trek to the Everest Base Campwith World Expeditions.

The journey begins in Kathmandu Valley andascends through Sherpa villages to Tengboche Monastery, where awestruck hikersget panoramic views of the rock star mountains of the Himalayas: Tawache,Everest

People have different 'traditions' for celebrating the New Year. For me, it's time to get out my favorite Yosemite map and the new calendar and start thinking about adventures for the upcoming Summer.

It's not too early!

You can make reservations for backpacking trips 24 weeks in advance and many Yosemite Valley campgrounds require reservations from March through November.

http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/camping.htm

Yosemite Audio Adventures

http://www.yosemite-tours.org

Those of you who are planning on visiting New Mexico or live in the area and want to try a day out of testing wines can do so when they take a tour of the New Mexico wineries.
There are many NM wineries located all over the state of the New Mexico,
many of which are located in the Albuquerque area. If you are looking
for a way to sample the best wines in this region, then you owe it to
yourself to check out the local New Mexico wineries to see which is the best wine for you.

When you visit the NM win

Like other areas of San Diego, La Jolla has a plethora of stores – but there’s one very special place in our community that I’m afraid you might overlook: The St. James Gift Shop, located in La Jolla's cultural district, under the bell tower of St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church    Read more...