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Ooc Om Boc festival warms up Soc Trang province
An art performance and an ethnic costume show presented by Hoa people in the southern province of Soc Trang as part of main activities to mark the Ooc Om Boc festival, concluded on November 1. The four-day performance attracted the participation of over

Top 10 Christmas holidays away
Wish upon a star when you take the family to Disneyland Resort Paris for Christmas this year. There'll be a festive parade led by Father Christmas himself, fairy lights along Main Street USA and a stocking full of fun at Walt Disney Studios with its

Nov 05, 2009 Travelocity Reports Pre-Olympic Bargains in Vancouver
Travelocity recommends visiting Vancouver before the crowds arrive and the prices go up for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Travelocity data found average hotel rates in the Vancouver area are a minimum of $100 less per night in January as compared to

Hotel review: An Inspector Calls at Dryburgh Abbey, Scottish Borders
This week finds our hotel inspector heading into the Scottish Borders, and holing up at the Dryburgh Abbey Hotel. The result? He doesn't like the chintzy feel - but he loves the food...

Strictly Tunisia: John Sergeant stomps across the land of raw heat, Roman ruins and fine wine
The ancient city of Carthage in what is now Tunisia was destroyed by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago. The people who lived there were regarded as deadly enemies of the Roman Empire. They were butchered without mercy and Carthage was reduced to

Judyth Piazza chats with Zach McKenna, St. Augustine Eco Tours
It is a combination of elements that make excursions with St. Augustine Eco Tours a world class experience. 1. The Environment - St. Augustine Eco Tour's Headquarters are located in the heart of an amazing estuary and surrounded by a 60,000 acre NEER

Halloween in Japan
It was only a matter of time. Actually, I'm surprised that it took so long. But undeniably, Halloween is catching on in Japan. After all, Christmas has become one of the biggest holidays of the year here and Valentine's Day is not far behind. And yet, in

Consumer rights: Holiday insurer's small print left my sister out of pocket
Q. My sister paid £74.79 for travel insurance for a trip around Europe. After leaving Budapest, all her travel documents (InterRail ticket, passport, health card etc), as well as cards, money, and photo cards were stolen and she was stranded. Her

Beirut is back… And it's beautiful
How the Lebanese capital went from warzone to 2010's most glamorous tourist destination A whole new road system has been built from Beirut airport to the city centre since the last time I visited. What's more, there are new, exciting roadside

Highland shelters get facelift and touch of comfort
Roughing it in a mountain bothy has just become a bit cosier Roughing it in a mountain bothy – the most basic form of overnight accommodation in some of the most isolated parts of the country – has just become more comfortable, thanks to an

Why Gordon swears by Tuscan cooking
The chef's newest project is a cookery school set among rolling hills just outside Siena Moments into our photoshoot, overlooking an absurdly glossy expanse of Tuscan hillside, Gordon Ramsay begins eating the props. These are: two dry breadsticks, one

Masterclasses: cooking courses with top chefs
Back to school with kitchen superstars RICK STEIN Although Stein doesn't actually teach the courses, he oversees the school in Padstow, Cornwall and is often around to give his thoughts, or join a residential group for a meal. Courses range from one to

Air fares may go up
Chennai, Nov. 7: India, as one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world, is going to experience a difficult time in the coming weeks following the price hike of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and the declared strike of Air India pilots.

Cool times in the Kroojah
Fed up with the German bloke aggressively instructing us to stay on the route and tired of even the seductive French tones of Stphanie, we had set the contraption to Australian English. You should hear Kelly trying to say Thohoyandou. We'd run the

My kind of holiday: Bhavna Singh
Where did you spend your last holiday? Christmas in my home city of Durban. What was the best thing you did while there? Relax and sleep, without an alarm clock to shock me awake. What was your best holiday ever and why? It was a trip to Cape Town a few

Aloha, Bournemouth! Hawaiian life thunders in
After a series of delays Europe’s first artificial surf reef is complete and promises to transform the image of Dorset Ed Chipperfield The first artificial surf reef in Europe is open for business. After months of delays which led to fears that work on

Why it's better to ski in Austria
AUSTRIANS were instrumental in developing Australia's ski resorts and, if you head to Thredbo or Mt Buller, you might get a little flavour of Austria. But these are ersatz versions of the real thing. In Austria, youll get genuine old alpine villages

Aussie expats chucking Old Dart
Experts blame gloomy economic conditions and tougher UK visa rules for record numbers of Aussie expats chucking in the Old Dart to return home. Record numbers of Aussies return from UK Expats see more opportunity at home Economy, UK visa rules to blame

Backpacker fraud 'an increasing problem'
Backpackers 'abusing visas'Stating they've worked in rural areasLying in order to stay longer in Australia BACKPACKERS are abusing a working holiday visa which allows them to stay in Australia longer if they have worked in regional areas. Deidre Russack,

A Scottish monastery retreat
Yoga retreats? Light- weight. Spa breaks? Mollycoddled. I am kneeling on a cold stone floor, surrounded by shaven-headed men in hooded white robes. The only light comes from four guttering candles that send shadows towering along the vaulted ceiling.

New York's top 10 new hotels
This year in Manhattan there’s been a bumper crop of hotel openings — and a few old ones getting a spruce up. We pick the top 10 Paul Croughton 1 Crosby Street If I had an eccentric, stylish and rich uncle, Crosby Street is exactly what his mansion

'Best job' a $2.5m lemon
Play hard, work harder...Best Job in the World winner Ben Southall at Daydream Island Tourism Queensland hailed it as the ''most successful tourism campaign ever'', a $2.5 million strategy that returned $390 million in global publicity. But the Best Job

Budget hotels struggling to accommodate demanding guests
Budget hotels, once known as places with narrow baths and beds, are transforming themselves by installing outdoor bathtubs, high-grade furniture and other distinctive services. The transformation reflects attempts to attract people on business trips and

Malibu cool
A longboarder heads down the beach near the Malibu pier on a warm summer day to join the crowds surfing at Surfrider Beach and the Malibu Pier. Surfrider Beach is one of the most famous surfing spots in the world. The first point produces some of the

Island makes words flow
His background as a New York Times rock music critic and Rolling Stone contributing editor made Neil Strauss the perfect candidate to write books with Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue and Dave Navarro. But few people expected that the intellectual, slightly

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