Posts Tagged ‘ winter ’

Everybody knows about the world class theme parks in Orlando, Florida—Walt Disney World, Universal Orland/Islands of Adventure, and SeaWorld/Discovery Cove/Aquatica are just the main attractions—but what about the theme parks in other parts of the Sunshine State? Outside of Orlando, Busch Gardens Tampa...
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Act like Tarzan and Jane, from the woods of West Sussex to the jungle of Costa Rica West Sussex You Tarzan? You'll think so when you stay at the new treehouse room at Castle Cottage, near Fittleworth, which has a leopard print bedspread, furry...
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Once the king of Britain's resorts it is now better known for drunken stag bashes and ballroom-dancing OAPs. Now it's bidding to be a Unesco world-heritage site. Why? There is something strangely compelling about Blackpool's Tower Ballroom. I've been struggling to capture essence-of-Blackpool, ...
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Photo: Ted Topping Vancouver is still basking in the afterglow of the 2010 Winter Olympics and one of the best remnants of the Games is the public art that now decorates the city’s parks and buildings. For the next few weeks, Jaunted's Vancouver Embed Tuija Seipell of The Cool...
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While the first family has enjoyed several unique vacation locations , we think that they really want to go to Cuba this winter. President Obama seems eager to open up the travel channels between the United States and the island nation, and it might just happen before...
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We love escaping to an island paradise in the winter, but baring our winter-white thighs for the first few days on the beach is downright embarrassing. But these days, there’s a cure for everything: And now we can get our savage tan at the airport, sparing us the...
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Wrong Way Round - Dodging The Winter
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Helsinki blossoms if you take time for a walk. I came upon the flea market — a square filled with folding tables stacked with stuff. The days are long gone when Helsinki flea markets were full of treasures sold by desperate Russians from just over the border. This was just stuff...
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This time last year, I was knee-deep into a Hawaii fact finding mission. To celebrate Hawaii’s 50th anniversary as the 50th US state, I published 50 interesting facts about the Aloha State. It was a fun learning experience. Since it’s a year ...
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Below, Worldhum chose the top 100 celebrated travel books of all time. 1) A Dragon Apparent, by Norman Lewis (5, 7) 2) A House in Bali, by Colin McPhee (4, 11) 3) A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway (4, 6) 4)...
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