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Bathing at Dawn in Saturnia, Tuscany

Steam rising from Saturnia hot spring

It's best not to argue with a local. If one tells you that you must get up at half past five to drive for an hour so you can have a bath, your best course of action is to believe them. Sabine said we needed to be there at daybreak [...]

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Posted by Pam Mandel on January 7th, 2005 in Articles.
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Vietnamese Mountain Butt Sledding

Looking down on Paradise Lake from the mountain

Poinsettias and fishermen at Paradise Lake

An Exhilarating Day near Da Lat
I climbed a mountain today. Probably the oldest, fattest American ever to climb it, and I can hardly believe I did, but I did.  We have pictures and videos to prove it.
We signed up for the "easy" trek [...]

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Posted by Steve McAdoo on January 5th, 2005 in Articles.
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News Flash! Foreigners Stricken with Tropical Fever

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Posted by Doug Dosdall on January 4th, 2005 in Articles.
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Tortugas Marinas Retoman Territorios Perdidos en su Lucha Contra el Hombre

Read this article in English. Locación: Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
Por Orlando Jiménez, Biólogo. Fotos porJames Tracy.
El pasado 28 y 29 de diciembre fui testigo de unos de los eventos más bonitos y conmovedores que cualquier ser humano, con un poco de amor por la vida, puede experimentar.
Me encontraba en La Playita, si [...]

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Posted by Orlando Jiménez on January 4th, 2005 in Articles.
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How to Gather Roses in the Winter: New Year’s in Paris, 2005

Text by 22, Notre Dame photo  by Uschi Gerschner.
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Look out of the window of the subway train on New Year's Eve, on the line that is above ground, and look. Look like you have never looked before. Look like you will never look again.
Don't ever forget what you see by metro stop BarbËs-Rochechouart. For [...]

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Posted by James Purpura on January 4th, 2005 in Articles.
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The Top Ten Travel Blogs of 2005

You've been waiting (haven't you?) for the Top 10 Travel Blogs of 2005. Top being based solely on traffic volume which in turn is based on how many of you were grabbed by the headline (or picture of shirtless boys in some cases) and clicked on the link or forwarded the link to friends by [...]

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Posted by Doug Dosdall on January 2nd, 2005 in Articles.
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Sex and the Single Tico

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Heading to Costa Rica on vacation? Well there are a few things you ought to know. First thing: Ticos (thatís how Costa Ricans refer to themselves, a helluva lot easier than sayingCostariccenses) are damn guapo (cute). Somewhat more European looking than Mexicans since thereís [...]

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Posted by Doug Dosdall on January 1st, 2005 in Articles.
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Sea Turtles Retake Territories Lost in Their Fight with Man

Lea versión en español. Location: Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
By Orlando Jiménez, Biologist. Translation from Spanish by 17. Photos byJames Tracy.

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Posted by Doug Dosdall on January 1st, 2005 in Articles.
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Medieval fantasy: Steyr, Austria

Last year when Christian and Sabine tried to take us on a little walking tour of their nearby city, Steyr, it poured with rain. Instead of sightseeing, we ate cookies and read books to their little girls and frittered away the afternoon in a gemuetlich (cozy) way. This year we did that too, but in [...]

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Posted by Pam Mandel on December 30th, 2004 in Articles.
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