Author: Anje Vela
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Travel Tidbits – Sail away on the African Queen of movie fame
A Lofty Retreat From Sweltering Shanghai Only three hours from Shanghai, Moganshan is home to a handful of resorts that build upon the natural beauty and intriguing history of this region… New York Times The Best New Hotels of 2012 41 reporters roamed the globe, bedding down-anonymously-at 172 new hotels in 49…
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Sea Kayak up close and personal with Killer Whales – Adventure giveaway!
How would you like to join Terry & Nancy Prichard on one of their award winning tours in Johnstone Strait? You can! In cooperation with Sea Kayak Adventures we are offering one FREE space to a lucky winner to join them this summer. You would need to fly or drive to Vancouver Island and the…
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Sea Kayak Adventures with Killer Whales
Terry & Nancy Prichard, owners and operators of Sea Kayak Adventures, Inc. have been leading quality tours since 1993. This July they will be kayaking with a group in the Johnstone Strait. Johnstone Strait is known for the number of orcas (killer whales) that return to the area to feed on the salmon. So your…
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New Orleans Jazz Fest LIVE
Tune in May 4-6, 2012 to watch Jazz Fest streaming live from New Orleans on See it LIVE here: youtube=http://www.youtube.com/jazzfest?feature=ticker
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unfocused – Golden Gate Park
A walk through Golden Gate Park, its length is about 4.5 miles and before it was transformed it use to be sandy, shore dunes. While there you can visit a few attractions, such as the Golden Gate Park Carousel, de Young Museum, Japanese Tea Garden, California Academy of Sciences, Conservatory of Flowers, Strawberry Hill, Strybing…
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Riverboat cruising returns to the Mississippi with American Queen
By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY As the American Queen paddle wheeler steams toward the city early one morning last week, all eyes turn toward Richard and Suzanne Martinez, who are strolling onto the boat’s forward deck resplendent in antebellum finery. She’s a sweet Southern belle in hoop skirt hoisting a floral parasol. He’s a riverboat…
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Spirit ups fees for some carry-ons to $100 per bag
By TERRY MAXON of The Dallas Morning News The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported this week that average airfares on domestic flights jumped 10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the same period in 2010. That’s the biggest year-over-year jump tracked by the bureau, which has numbers back to 1995. The bureau said…