Archive for March, 2007
- Travel to Timbuktu
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Timbuktu is a place of legends. Its remote location in the remote Tombouctou Region in Mali has conquered up images in travelers’ minds for centuries. Established by the nomadic Tuareg peoples in the 10th Century, Timbuktu grew to become a center of Islam in Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. The legacy of this [...]
- Lead the way to Sao Paulo, Brazil
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“I am not led, I lead.” That is the motto for Sao Paulo, Brazil and it is a fitting one. The city leads the way in the Southern Hemisphere with more than 11 million residents, a cultural scene that is unrivaled in Brazil and more than 12,000 restaurants that draw upon its rich cultural diversity. [...]
- Pop a Cork in Ireland
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A city that is named after the Irish word for “marshy place”, Cork, Ireland is much more than a swamp masquerading as a city. It is the second largest city in Ireland behind Dublin with 380,000 hearty souls living in Cork proper and in some people’s minds it is the true capital of Ireland. For [...]
- Free Flights to Germany
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Nothing in life comes free, but Ryaniar comes close to it. Everyone’s favorite cattle car discount airline is offering free flights to Germany from London Standsted. Those free tickets also come with taxes, fees and charges that do not exceed £25.10 and they exclude travel dates that are holidays, school breaks and major sporting events. [...]
- Go Card USA
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The enormity of the United States can be overwhelming when you travel from one coast to another. The country seemingly goes on forever with one state following another until eventually, days later, you run out of land and encounter the sea wondering how so much territory could belong to one country. Just like the land [...]
- Cheap Flights to Chennai, India
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The artist formerly known as Madras, Chennai, is the fourth largest city in India. It also is the home of India’s automobile industry and has been dubbed by some as the “Detroit of India.” If you have ever been to Detroit you’ll understand that this isn’t the most flattering of comparisons, but fortunately for Chennai [...]
- Don’t be Shanghaied by Airfare to Shanghai
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In about the time it will take you to read this post another high-rise building will go up in Shanghai, China. Ok, that might be a case of hyperbole, but there is no denying that Shanghai is one of the fastest growing and fastest changing cities in a country full of fast growing and fast [...]
