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		<title>Iceland: Drangey Island, a puffin paradise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the islands around Iceland are volcanic in origin.  So, too, Drangey, a 180 meter high steep-cliffed, tuff-stone blob of about 20 hectares in diameter, that is the remnant of a 700,000 year old volcano dominating the Skagafjoerdur fjord in the north of Iceland.  Now uninhabited (except for a small cottage for bird catchers), it [...]


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		<title>Iceland:  Hotpooling with heroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the north west region of Iceland was only permanently settled by Norwegians in the mid 19th century, a natural hot pool located about 18 km north of the town of Saudhakrokur was already mentioned as being enjoyed by the great outlaw hero Grettir, protagonist of Grettis Saga, one of the famous Icelandic sagas from [...]


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		<title>Iceland:  Surprising Sauðárkrókur</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pronounced Saudhárkrókur or Sauthárkrókur it literally means sheep-river-hook and refers to the place where the river Sauðá meets the ocean.  The sand on the river banks is of the finest quality, super fine as any sand found in the Caribbean, only it demonstrates its volcanic heritage by being dark grey in color. Nowadays Sauðárkrókur is [...]


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		<title>Iceland: Akureyri Botanical Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just 100 km south of the Arctic Circle, Iceland’s second largest town Akureyri (pop. approx. 20,000) boasts a mostly ice-free port and one of the most charming Botanical Gardens I have visited so far.   My visit at the beginning of August coincided with the explosive bloom of thousands of delphiniums in a rainbow of blue [...]


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		<title>England: Chelsea Flower Show 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imaginative display of one of the nurseries Related posts:A night out in Buenos Aires Where did the day go? The world of cruises


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		<title>France: Château de la Barre</title>
		<link>http://travelswith.zen-aida.com/2010/05/accommodation/france-chateau-de-la-barre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 15:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Loire region of France is world famous for its castles.  Château de la Barre has that something extra:  from the minute you turn into the park and its curving road, past the gate-keeper’s lodge, past the sheep grazing under the centuries-old cedar of Lebanon, the imposing plane and walnut trees, and arriving at the [...]


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		<title>Berlin: Cherry blossoms replace barbed wire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 21:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The death trail that once marked the Berlin Wall is alive and well ... with cherry blossoms.  Every year around the beginning of May, over 1400 cherry trees burst into bloom along this stretch of the erstwhile mined no-man’s land. Now it fills visitors with joy instead of dread. This wonderful display of blooms got [...]


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		<title>Thailand: Spending a day with tigers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 12:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poachers had killed the female tiger but left the new-born cub to fend for itself.  Passing villagers found it whimpering in the bush and decided to take it to the newly established temple near Kanchanaburi, Thailand.  Little did the Buddhist monks realize that they were embarking on a unique venture in 1994 with that very [...]


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		<title>Honeymooner&#8217;s paradise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honeymoons – what a wonderful time to explore a new country!  And New Zealand is a place that offers it all:  beaches, mountains, hot springs, culture, adventure.  I don’t want to sound like the official tourism marketing agency, but it is true, this country does offer everything to honeymooners of all ages, by the way. [...]


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		<title>South Africa: Tenikwa Center for &#8220;Lesser Cats&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you, like most people who speak Spanish, think that “caracal” is a misspelling for “caracol” (snail)?  Well, it isn’t.  A caracal is one of the endangered wild cats of South Africa, about the size of a cocker spaniel dog, with beautiful face markings and big, dark ears, very shy and, unfortunately, fast becoming rarer [...]


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