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I Heart My City: Jennifer’s Abu Dhabi

February 8, 2012
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I Heart My City: Jennifer’s Abu Dhabi

Jennifer Garcia-Alonso is co-founder of The Purple Passport , a web-based collection of chic, one-stop-shop guides to experiencing the world’s cities in style. She is a New Yorker who has been living in Abu Dhabi , the capital of the United ...
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I Heart My City: Jennifer’s Abu Dhabi

February 8, 2012
By Island Tips
I Heart My City: Jennifer’s Abu Dhabi

Jennifer Garcia-Alonso is co-founder of The Purple Passport , a web-based collection of chic, one-stop-shop guides to experiencing the world’s cities in style. She is a New Yorker who has been living in Abu Dhabi , the capital of the United Arab Emirates, for the past three years...
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Behind the Lens: Macduff Everton in Japan

February 7, 2012
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Behind the Lens: Macduff Everton in Japan

Chiiori guest house in the Iya Valley of Shikoku Travel photographer Macduff Everton has been around the world to cover stories for National Geographic Traveler magazine. His most recent assignment took him to the island of Shikoku in Japan for a January/February...
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Set in stone: a luxury villa in a quarry on the Egadi islands off Sicily

February 3, 2012
By Island Tips

It sounds like a gimmick, but a luxury villa in a Roman quarry on a tiny island off Sicily makes inspired use of its setting Beds in concrete sewer pipes, converted prisons and factories, hotels made from ice or old railway carriages ... over the last decade or so the travel industry has...
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Super Bowl XLVI: So Far, So Very Good

February 2, 2012
By Island Tips

Today marks day seven of Indianapolis’ 10-day Super Bowl party. And boy, has it ever been a party. The bulk of visitors have yet to arrive in Indy and we’re already working our way into the records books. Opening weekend … READ
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Cool Winter Gardens of Wales

February 1, 2012
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Cool Winter Gardens of Wales

During our last trip to Wales, my family and I bundled up to explore four cool winter gardens: Chirk Castle, Penrhyn Castle, the National Botanic Garden of Wales, and Aberglasney House and Gardens. These gardens are a great way for travelers of all ages to enjoy the stark beauty...
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Upcoming travel blogger conferences for 2012

January 30, 2012
By Island Tips
Upcoming travel blogger conferences for 2012

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Business , Festivals and Events , Food and Drink , Blogs , Photos , Africa , Asia , Europe , North America , Oceania , South America , Antarctica , Italy , Switzerland , United States , Hotels and Accommodations , Books , Transportation ,...
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Birdbooker Report 207 | @GrrlScientist

January 29, 2012
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Birdbooker Report 207 | @GrrlScientist

Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes books about extinct birds, frogs of Australia, and New World flesh-eating plants that have been newly published in North America and the UK Books to the ceiling, Books to the...
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Swimming with dolphins on Kangaroo Island

January 27, 2012
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Swimming with dolphins is a must-do on many people's bucket list, and it's easy to achieve on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Swimming with dolphins on Kangaroo Island by Linda Martin was originally published on Indie Travel Podcast ( find in iTunes ). ...
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I Heart My City: Matt’s Washington, D.C.

January 25, 2012
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I Heart My City: Matt’s Washington, D.C.

Hello city-lovers! Today we’re exploring our own backyard with an  I Heart My City guide to Washington, D.C. Today’s tour comes courtesy of travel blogger Matt Long, Editor-in-Chief and creator of LandLopers.com and co-host of the D.C. Travel Tweet Up (In...
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