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Airport hotel Heathrow to – where? How about a European city break? But where to go? Madrid Madrid buzzes with bars, entertainment, and a night life that lasts until morning. Wander along the Gran Via, a boulevard of belle epoque facades, or relax in green Buen Retiro Park. Haggle at the centuries-old El Rastro market, and congratulate yourself on your purchases over a cerveza in elegant Plaza Mayor. Make time for the Prado art gallery, a treasure house of work by artists such as Velazquez, Goya, Titian, Bosch, and several Flemish artists. Berlin The lively city of Berlin has always embraced art and culture.…

Vacations are known to release the risk taker hiding within our pragmatic personalities. We let our hair down – and, with absolutely no experience – grab a bungee cord and hurl our aging bones into a cavernous opening below. Surviving the death-defying feat, we immediately dash off to a sidewalk café, ordering a batch of deep fried scorpions, proving that our brains escaped during the fall.  There are other foods, spices and beverages that exotic and common that should be avoided when vacationing in the U.S. and around the world. Exotics That Can Cause Illnesses What is considered a delicacy…

All cities are built for somebody.  Hong Kong for bankers.  Paris for lovers.  New York for hustlers. And Bangkok for shoppers.  Not everybody, though, is built for all cities.  Which is why, I imagine I’d be about as successful as a shopping hound in Bangkok as a godly bhodromohila in a bawdy, burlesque bar.  With weekly grocery runs accounting for my only real (and regular) retail experience, even the prospect of swapping long hours at my desk in Delhi to window shop at some of Southeast Asia’s (and the world’s) best malls feels like an exercise in unfair trade practices. …

It’s a sunny, humid, post-lunch afternoon in Bali and I decide to tear myself away from the addictive, air conned comforts of my hotel.  It takes some doing.  There are several magnetic reasons for remaining within the premises of the newly opened Le Meridien from Starwood Hotels and Resorts in Bali’s Jimbran area – there’s the wonderful, lagoon-shaped salt water swimming pool attached to the chic room, the luxurious spread of food, the intimate interiors, the endless founds of fine wine and champagne  and, correspondingly, the company of lovely women.  But like Milan Kundera’s Jaromil felt about life  (did he…

Guam, an unincorporated territory of the U.S. in the western Pacific Ocean, is home to about 160,000 residents and has a rich culture created by its native inhabitants and modern society that includes people of many different ethnicities and backgrounds. Learn 7 interesting facts about this jewel in the Pacific below. 1. On the same day in 1941 that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, they also managed to invade and capture Guam. Though the Japanese reign over the small Micronesian island was relatively short (1941-1944), the Japanese forces subjected the local people to extremely poor treatment and forced…

Long before the “green” movement, recycling, environmentalism, and ecotourism became popular, the ancient Polynesian cultures of the Hawaiian Islands had developed and practiced the concept of Malama ‘Aina, which basically encompasses a deep love and respect for the land and surrounding environment. As such, native Hawaiians practicing Malama ‘Aina placed great importance on the conservation of land and natural resources for future generations through various methods of sustainability. Today, the tradition of Malama ‘Aina continues throughout the Hawaiian islands, particularly on Maui, where ecotourism has blossomed into a multi-billion dollar industry. Below we’ll take a closer look at some specifics…

Millions of weary passengers are finally discovering convenience today with online airline ticket booking. With hundreds of carriers streamlining their computerized systems, it takes just minutes to purchase a ticket from anywhere with access to the internet. Buying tickets online may also come with several benefits, including cheaper fares, a variety of routes and carriers to choose from and greater customization. But, like most services offered through the internet, extreme caution is often urged by well meaning travelers, and you may therefore find yourself debating the option of simply hiring a travel agent to take care of things for you.…

When people go overseas to another country like England, they have a list of things they plan to do like see the sights or go shopping. In the London area, there is a place in the inner city called Marylebone High Street, and in this area there are all kinds of things to do like go to the theater, eat, go to special events, and shop. Shopping can be a lot of fun especially in a place like High Street that has a variety of different places to go to. The Different Options High Street Offers Typically, when people go…

1. Surise from Gunung Bromo INDONESIA One of the finest places in the world from which to watch a sunrise is also one of the most accessible and climbable active volcanoes anywhere.  Gunung Bromo simmers in East Java, its landscape other-worldly in its beauty.  Visitors begin their climb up 253 stone steps carved audaciously on the slope in the middle of the night to arrive, panting but esctatic, to a magnificent play of colours on the top  Down spreads over the Laotian Pasir ‘sea of and’, the dramatic vistas of the Tengger massif and Bromo’s hissing crater, all of which…

We all want to experience the best of any destination; to see the must-see sites and get to know in person everything we’ve heard about it in the past. Every place has a certain things to do, places to stay and ways to travel that will really allow you to get up close to it, and in the British Virgin Islands the thing to do is travel by boat. The region is a sailing paradise of crystalline waters. It has even been dubbed the cruising capital of the world. Friendly islands with short passages between them, comfortable winds and currents…