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Mount Chimborazo
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The climb up the glaciers to the summit of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador isn't considered highly technical. Technically, it is mountaineering, but how hard could it be, considering that I went to 20,600 feet the first time I used crampons and an ice axe? Okay, I had used them once for practice, on a sledding hill near my house. I climbed almost forty feet while people walked .....
Author: Steve Gillman
Date Posted: Aug 5, 2005
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Namibia: A Bountiful Harvest Awaits the Adventure Traveler
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Namibia is a largely arid country of stark rough-hewn beauty. The most vivid images are those of a haunting technicolor landscape of swirling orange dunes, shimmering mirages and treacherous dust devils. The apparent desolation is deceptive and plant and animal life and even man has adapted to this environment. The country is designed almost specially with the active and advent .....
Author: Andrew Muigai
Date Posted: Aug 5, 2005
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Mombasa & the Kenyan Coast- Where the Sun is Ever Faithful
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Kenya's 480 km coast is one of the principal attractions for visitors to the country. Every year, hundreds of thousands of sun lovers find their way here. Many are returning pilgrims who truly know that the sun here is ever faithful. Unlike other beach destinations, the visitor is served with much more than just sun and sand but is delighted to discover ancient coastal fore .....
Author: Andrew Muigai
Date Posted: Aug 5, 2005
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Best Florida Beaches
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Why choose a beach vacation in Florida? One good reason is because wherever you go in Florida, you're never more than 60 miles from the beach!
Florida is also easy to get to, the temperature is pleasurable year round, it offers good value for your money and that’s just for starters. So whether you are looking for a family vacation, a romantic vacation, a relaxing vacation .....
Author: Jolana Klobouk
Date Posted: Aug 5, 2005
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Florence in a Day
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Overflowing with history, art and culture, Florence is a city that’s very hard to do justice to in a single day. A visit to the Uffizi museum alone could easily eat a day or two into any itinerary.
If you’re fortunate enough to visit Florence for the first time, but unfortunate enough to have only a single day to savour the delights of this city, you will need to ensure that .....
Author: Suzanne Morrison
Date Posted: Aug 5, 2005
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Staying Mosquito Free While Traveling
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The last thing that any traveler needs is to be plagued by mosquitoes throughout their journey. Just as there are sure-fire ways to reduce the incidence of these pests in the home environment, definite steps can be taken to stave them off when you’re away from the home front. This is especially important in a society that’s been afflicted by the variety of diseases that are com .....
Author: Sarah Yee
Date Posted: Aug 5, 2005
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Self Confidence and the Way You Use Your Words
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The way we use language can have a huge impact on how we feel about ourselves.
By that, I don't mean what language we speak (English, French, Spanish, etc) but how we communicate with ourselves and with others.
We all have a constant dialogue going on in our heads and this has a strong impact on our self confidence. If our internal dialogue is negative, then we tend to .....
Author: Allan Cowley
Date Posted: Aug 5, 2005
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The Pyramids of Giza
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The most famous Egyptian pyramids to be built are the Great Pyramids of Giza, located in the outskirts of present-day Cairo. There are over 100 Egyptian pyramids of various sizes, and over 50 more in neighboring Sudan. However, the three Great Pyramids of Giza earn their fame by being the largest of these.
In the most popular pictures of the Pyramids of Giza, like the one sho .....
Author: Steven N. Ng
Date Posted: April 29, 2005
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Traveling to Europe with your Digital Camera?
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The Vacation Season is fast approaching and naturally you will be taking your digital camera along for the journey. After all your vacations are far and few between and it is nice to look back on those memories as you slave away at your job. However, when you travel with a digital camera, it is a completely different experience from that of traveling with a film camera. This is .....
Author: Doug Rogers
Date Posted: April 29, 2005
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Boston Vacations: Four Ways To Experience Beantown
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Boston is a great destination city for a vacation. There’s plenty on tap to see and do, and it’s an easy city to get around on foot. And you’ll find Boston vacations a refreshing mixture of old and new.
You can experience the start of the revolutionary war, take a bus on a river, and see a coral reef – and all before dinner.
The best way of getting around during Boston vaca .....
Author: Cliff Calderwood
Date Posted: April 29, 2005
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