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Executive summary by DarmansjahTOMTOM UPDATES NAVIGATION APP TomTom has launched a new version (v1.11) of its Navigation app for iPhone and iPad. Customers with an older version of the app can download...
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Make it HappenFancy experiencing life in the Arctic or even becoming a reindeer herder yourself? Then wrap up warm and join a Sami tour in far northern Sweden. Our guide shows you how to do it, where...
View ArticleThe Long journey Home
Executive summary by darmansjahA CRY goes up from the forest. A snowmobile shoots out onto the frozen lake, skirts the trees and disappears. Nasty the Lapp dog – two pointy ears protruding from a mess...
View ArticleReykjavik, Iceland
Executive summary by darmansjahBest For ViewsSkulpturinterior is puritanically plain. For a view of the city, take a lift up its 75m-high tower (00 354 510 1000; hallgrimskirkja.is; skolavorouhot;...
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Seattle’s Industrial RevolutionExecutive summary by darmansjahEVEN AS downtown Seattle goes increasingly sleek, bohemia lives on in Georgetown. Wedged between railroad tracks and Boeing railroad tracks...
View ArticleTales of the Weird and Wonderful
Executive summary by darmansjahWITHOUT A HINT of embarrassment or irony, June of Boca Raton, Florida, explains that her toaster is possessed by the devil. How has she comes to such a conclusion? “I...
View ArticleThe Truth About Bedbugs
Executive summary by darmansjahIT’S BECOME A RITE OF SUMMER for the talking heads on the local news programs: a hysteria-including hotel bedbug epidemic story. The teary tales of vacations ruined, the...
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Is that your elbow in my ribOrigian text by Christopher Elliott; Executive summary by darmansjahFlying can feel like torture. The bone-dry cabin air is recycled. Spaces are ridiculously cramped....
View ArticleOlympus tough TG-2 iHS
executive summary by darmansjahcrushproof, shockproof, freezeproof and waterproof. Also you can bring back actual proofOLYMPUS Demand more than durability with the OlympusTough. It’s not enough to have...
View ArticleMYANMAR, BHUTAN
Festival FinderExecutive summary by darmansjahHere’s the rare journey that pairs two of the world’s best preserved cultures. Tag along with Asia pro Denise Gogarty to experience traditional ceremonies...
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Green Isle Road TripExecutive summary by darmansjahThis coastal ramble has your small group cruising the southwestern countryside in custom 4x4s, with stops at quintessential Irish towns like...
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For the BirdsExecutive summary by darmansjahFOR all the buzz touting it as the next Costa Rica, Nicaraguahas yet to attract mainstream tourists in droves. But this itinerary shows off its potential as...
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The Cream of CrimeaExecutive summary by darmansjahONCE the fashionable haunt of the Russian tsars, the Crimean Peninsula is being rediscovered by travelers. This itinerary hits all the high notes: a...
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Call of the SeaExecutive summary by darmansjahHOPPING a freighter to circumnavigate the globe may sound romantic, but consider that typical cruise amenities are few (no casino or evening shows), digs...
View ArticleWhere the buffalo roam
Original text by Jenna Schnuer spent six and half months driving across-country last year-and is already planning a repeat trip this year; Executive summary by darmansjahThe plains? Hardly. A solo...
View ArticleTRINIDAD, VENEZUELA, GUYANA, PANAMA
Kings’s RoadExecutive summary by darmansjahFIRST forged by Indians and later cobblestoned by the Spanish in the 1500s to move Inca gold to galleons bound for Spain, El Camino Real connects the Pacific...
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The Shire and MoreExecutive summary by darmansjahSome thrill-seekers never leave the South Island, but the less trod North Island has its share of Kiwi magic, too. This multisport romp takes you...
View ArticleSydney Opera House
Executive summary by darmansjahTHE BILLOWINGOpera House was a gamble when it started. Literally. Costs were estimated at $7 million, but the building’s final price tag came to $102 million, with the...
View ArticleTravelodge.Com Stay close to adventure
Stay close to adventureBehind every great adventure is a great night’s sleepIf adventure is in you, Travelodgeis for you. Book your next stay at one of over 440 hotels and enjoy free internet, free...
View ArticleJust one lens for every moment.
18-270mm all-in-one Zoom LensExecutive summary by darmansjahYOU’RE not just taking pictures – you’re creating memories. The versatile Tamron 15x all-in-one 18-270mm lens effortlessly zooms from wide to...
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