25th December Christmas in Copacabana

25th December Christmas in CopacabanaWe had gone to bed so early that we ended up at 4am not by choice We pulled open the curtains and the views onto the lake even at that time were stunning. It was very strange not to be waking up with our families and not to have any presents. However Jake surprised me with my very own personalised selection box which consisted of 6 of
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Food and snack in Beijing (Beijing Travel guide)

Food and snack in Beijing (Beijing Travel guide)

By Xiang Liu

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Paid for a permit that’s no good

His travel agent sells him an International Driving Permit, but when Michael Elliott arrives in Grenada, he’s told he needs to buy a local permit. Should his agency refund the money he spent on the first permit? And what’s the deal with International Driving Permits, anyway?
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End of the semester

Irsquom officially finished with all school related work for this semester. Yesterday was a big event at the school called the English flea market. The kids and teachers all had to bring in toys and things to sell and the day was used to practice buying selling and bartering in English. I brought in teaching aids that were either no longer useful or which the kids had b
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Christmas in Amsterdam Day 3

In the morning we walked to Vondelpark for a breath of fresh air and to walk off the excesses from the day before and booked a 90 minute canal boat trip for 3.40pm. We retired to the American Hotel bar for Shah to have some dim sum whilst I had a glass of red wine to warm me up.We boarded the boat and it took us down the canals of Amsterdam but by the time we got to Centr
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Thailand Is The Land Of Smiles

Thailand is the land of smiles

You will no doubt have heard this said of Thailand and it is; by and large true, I say this with tongue in cheek because the Thais are a genuinely friendly people but…
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Trials of traveling with kids well worth it

It’s about the memories! Remember that the next time you’re tempted to scold your impossible, uncooperative preschooler in the middle of Walt Disney World, peck away on your BlackBerry poolside instead of jumping in and playing Marco Polo with the kids, or disown your teen who refuses to leave her hotel room, yet complains of being bored.
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Uganda

Monday At breakfast this morning I had the most succulent pineapple. It was a pleasant variation to add to the bland foods Irsquove been eating to keep from getting sick. The daladala picked up the Germans and I and we started our tour of Kigali. Our first stop was the mosque. This was my first time in a mosque. I was wearing a longer skirt so attire wise I was okay but t
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And this was supposed to be the day when we give our feet a break…

December 29 2008We broke our record for walking today. By late this afternoon my feet felt like they were about to fall off we had 33000 steps at that point. I had Matthew get us each a ticket for a short trip on the Ubahn because suddenly it seemed worth 2.30E a piece. Even with that we ended up with 36000 steps today. I told Matthew that next year before we take a t
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Tented camps take luxury under cover

Alice Temperley likes to camp. Which is why the British fashion designer, who escapes her London workshop to rusticate in a tepee on her Somerset country estate, was recently commissioned by One & Only Le Saint Géran to erect a similar structure on their beach in Mauritius.
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