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Gracias a una gentil invitacion de SP MEU DESTINO, Sao Paulo Turismo, www.spturis.com, tuvimos unos semana intensa en base a un programa especiamente preparado para nosotros donde hemos recorrido los principales puntos culturales y turisticos de la metropolis permanentemente asistidos por los organizadores. La ciudad se ha mostrado como una capital capaz de recibir un turismo calificado y seducirlo...

 

San Pablo, una de las megalopolis del mundo nos ha dado la bienvenida con sus museos, sus parq

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Get Lost, Go Local!

9008630271?profile=originalIt’s a personal belief so powerful that I sometimes find it hard not to be preachy. Or to ignore others’ lidded gazes, warily gauging me like I’m a circus barker purveying foul-smelling hair tonic. I really must therefore ask: Can anyone explain why many travellers roll their eyes when asked about the value of local or community-based travel (CBT)?

 

Is it that we can’t work around the same compost-rich uncertainty that also gives ecotourism a bad name despite the growing mass of evidence to the c

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Medieval cities between present and past


Do you remember the movie, "The life is beautiful"?

Some of the most important scenes were being filmed in my little medieval town, Arezzo!!

This could be one of the reason why a traveller could be interesting in  to come and see our beautiful town. If you want to find out more about Arezzo and its own four main valleys, I'm here for you!! Ask me and I will answer you  in a  short time.

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Ranthambore is known worldwide for its tiger reserves. It attracts a huge number of tourists each year for the same reason. There are many hotels in Ranthambore that suit the budget as well as tastes of all kind of travelers. Ranthambore hotels are broadly classified into deluxe hotels, luxury hotels, and budget hotels that are nestled in the middle of wilderness for all adventure seekers. These hotels provide peaceful and comfortable atmosphere and serve delicious food spanning many cuisines of

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Tourist arrivals up 47% in May


Tourist arrivals via air in May increased by 47.1 percent, as compared to arrival figures of May, 2010. According to Immigration Office at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), a total of 39,179 foreign tourists entered the country during the period.


With strong growth in May, total arrivals over the first five months of 2011 have reached 208,137, an increment of 22.9 percent as compared to figures of the same period of 2010.


All major markets recorded positive growt

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Pamoja Trust Farewell

March 29th 2009, 15:38

How much help we could really be would always be in question. They certainly didn’t learn as much from me as I did from them, although Alex had a queue of people wanting him to do to their computer what he’d done for others. But that was not reflected in their send off for us, which was more appreciative than I’ve ever experienced in my entire working life. We even featured in one of the songs they sang and danced for us. Four weeks goes quickly, but it’s long enough to dev

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9008627292?profile=originalI was there, January 11, 2007,  when the venerable Ritz-Carlton in Boston's historic Back Bay  was sold to the Taj Hotels and Palaces Of India, one of Asia's largest hotel company,

Bostonians, and much of the East Coast Establishment, cried "heresy."

A tradition and an emotional landmark was gone, sold to foreigners, for one  hundred seventy million dollars.

The Ritz was not just a hotel.  It was a  Boston icon, a place for High Tea, Martinis, a watering hole for "Boston Brahmins,"  the city's ru
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Review of Virgin Atlantic Airlines

 

 

I wanted to give my review of Virgin Atlantic on our recent trip from Orlando to Manchester England. I won the trip through Virgin Vacations and Visit Manchester.

I really liked the flight.It was a new Airbus and had a lot of video features to keep all the kids busy that were coming from Disneyworld.They also handed out some conveinent travel packs on the plane.The plane boarded early both ways and left ontime

It was nice to fly non-stop from Florida to Europe.If it wasn't for the Uk's departure
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Pamoja Trust, Nairobi

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Kids living in one of Nairobi's 183 slums

 

February 27th 2009, 12:30

The next Monday, just like the rest of you, we were at work for 9am. And, as working weeks do all over the world, they have flown by. As I type, we are approaching the end of our four weeks. During that time, we have been privileged to see both how the trust works and the good that it does, as well as being exposed to what doesn’t work so well, i.e. the problems associated with unreliable power supplies, poor internet connections

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A Trip to Manchester, England

I won a  free trip to Manchester through Virgin Vacations and Visit Manchester.They really were wonderful.I also have looked at Virgin Vacation's prices and they are good even if I had to pay.Visit Manchester has been great and really does a good job of promoting their city. It's good to see people proud of their city and welcoming.

I really was  impressed with Manchester on our recent trip.Not only does the city have some world class attractions but most are free and there is even a free local b
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“Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.” – Patricia Fripp. Many people consider the spoken word as the main mode of communication around the world. We forget that non verbal communication also forms a large part of what we are saying to the person we are communicating with. Different gestures mean different things across the world, what is acceptable in your home country like for instance handing someone an item using your left hand, may be consi

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Hi Everyone!!

I'm very pleased that in my town Arezzo there will be for the fourth time, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. More than 60 young artists took part in summer training program for singers, pianists, instrumentalists who started in the nearby town of Arezzo on June 10.
The last two concerts will be realized in beautiful locations, such as the "Museum of Medieval and Modern Art" on July 03 and in "Piazza S. Francesco" on July 04.

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Whistling Thorns

February 27th 2009, 12:00

My face wasn’t much better when I woke up the next morning. What wasn’t peeling off was red and raw and I was in a bad mood so I didn’t say much as Francis drove us out of Nairobi towards the Ngong hills, past the towns of Kiserian and Rongai Ongata, to the small holiday resort that is Whistling Thorns. It’s named after the acacia trees that populate the surrounding landscape. Ants make holes in the seeds and, as the wind blows, it causes them to whistle. Acacia trees al

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Tour to Discover India

India is one of the most lovely nations on earth. It really is exceptional in quite a few ways be it geography, culture, traditions, beliefs, festivals, food and people today. India is blessed with superb flora and fauna and it has the charm to attract millions of tourists to India. There are various Romantic Getaways India, which might be actually mesmerizing and memorable. It has a great number of alluring things to show towards the discerning visitors' suitable from the remains of Indus valle

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My family have just had a perfect trip in Hanoi, Vietnam

 

My children got 3 weeks for summer holidays. We decided to travel to Vietnam. After reading very carefully the information on internet. We would like to travel to Hanoi and Halong bay for the trip.

We search and found a list of 5 hotels in Hanoi which have a Family rooms that can suite for 4 people as my family (01 couple and 02 children). We tried to contact to all and very satisfied with Hotel Hanoi Imperial. The sales Manager (Ms. Diep)

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Hong Kong’s no. 1 Tourist Attraction has queues, bloody great big queues.       

The Peak Tram is a wonderful way to travel to The Peak for first time visitors and even for jaded old lags such as myself, I never ever get tired of it.

Which brings me to the subject of queues.
9008625666?profile=originalBecause The Peak is the no. 1 attraction in Hong Kong and the Peak Tram is the best way to get there, naturally queues form which can be a bit of a bugger in hot and humid weather, the number of ticket options do not help matt

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Nairobi: Circumcision

February 25th 2009, 18:00

Back at Jane’s, we sat down for a soda and a chat with Bill (but not before I’d gone to the bathroom and doused my face liberally with Dettol, there not being enough ice cream). When, in his first email to me back in London, Bill had said, “My culture is circumcision and I hope you will enjoy it,” we’d assumed there had been some sort of communication breakdown. But as we sat with him in the sitting room while he told us about his culture and traditions, we realised ther

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Is It Safe to Travel to Greece?

In the face of protests over the looming austerity bill that has been deemed "harsh" and "ineffective" by Greek citizens, many travelers are asking themselves whether it is safe to travel to Greece. And while some are deciding the answer is “no”, even more are going ahead with their travel plans. Indeed, Thomas Cook reported last week that summer bookings for Greece are 13% higher than a year ago. photo
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There is no pretending that the images and video footage coming out of Athens righ
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santiago-300x210.gif?width=200Setúbal organizes once again the Sant´Iago Fair from 23 July till 7 August in Manteigadas. 

 

This is an event with lots of activities, music, exhibitions , stands with local products, Portuguese traditions, among many other things you can do. In 2010 , sold more than 360.000 tickets to this annual event. From Portuguese to Chinese , English to South Africans, people from entire world went to Sant´Iago fair. More information

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