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Alright, so my boyfriend and I are backpacking for 2months around Europe this May/June09. I realize that most of the people on this board aren’t of the backpacking variety, however I have found tons of helpful information on this site …

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We know we must have that validated the day we travel , not sooner, or else it will expire before we are finished traveling . So this is my question…Do we just show up @ the train station the day we’re ready to travel , have the pass …

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Morocco’s dazzling mosaic of Arab and Berber cultures—with a dash of African and European influence—is at once strange and romantic, alluring and disconcerting. It’s little wonder that Morocco has regularly drawn seekers of the exotic. …

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Struggled through the day tying up loose ends at work so that I can take a week off trouble free. We haven’t really planned anything other than we’re driving up to the lakes Monday and putting our heads around the door of Alan and …

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Of course, for most Americans, there’s not much summer vacation to begin with. The average American employee gets a total of 14 days off each year. If you want to take a few of them around Thanksgiving, between Christmas and New Years, …

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That being said, train travel in Switzerland is not cheap. Please note that if you are planning any stays in Gimmelwald, Murren or Wengen, no tourist cars are permitted in the villages. There is parking in Lauterbrunnen, however. …

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Just ordered one of the superlite compact 25 mats from www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk for £29.99 P&P free. I’ll pop them straight on the scales to see whether the reported weight is as low as they claim.

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Well, I think it was a success. Good to meet up with faces, old and new. The rain could have been worse and at least it didn’t rain all the time. In fact, Saturday evening was so nice that I returned from the pub after only one pint to …

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Dartmoor - bloggers’ weekend

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NEW Michelin Travel Guide France … NEW Green Guide New England, 12e … NEW Green Guide New England, 12e … … NEW Michelin Travel Guide Alsace-Lorraine-Champagne … NEW Michelin Travel Guide Great Britain … NEW Michelin Travel Guide …

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A 2-day circuit of the fine and remote Cwm Eigiau hills from Dolgarrog, visiting a new Dewey top Moel Eilio and the splendidly rocky summit of Craig Eigiau and returning via Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Llyn Cowlyd. …

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… first became affordable, but in those days, although they were fine for general computing tasks, they weren’t nearly as good as a high quality CRT for processing images with Photoshop, which is my main usage for backpacking photos. …

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Paris, June 29 (Xinhua) With the number of travellers expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2020, the world’s tourism industry has begun to worry about its impacts on nature and local culture, according to industry watchers.

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The six-month campaign will enlist “local comedy heroes” such as John Cleese’s Basil Fawlty, Jennifer Saunders, Lenny Henry and Laurel and Hardy to boost visitor numbers, officials from the VisitBritain tourism

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This is the best site for train schedules: click here Only town/city names are needed.

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Well it’s coming round to the holiday season and id you haven’t already booked your summer vacation , maybe it’s worth checking out destinations a bit closer to home? Once upon a time not so long ago our first thoughts at holiday time …

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RIP the fabulous Montrail Stratos - now sadly discontinued. After the liner in my last pair failed on the Wolds Way trek, an exhaustive internet search (ie searching until I was exhausted) of retailers failed to turn up any stragglers …

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A short circuit of fells to the south of Loweswater. The forecast had predicted the best weather in the NW and it stayed dry, though very dull most of the time and surprisingly chilly in the wind. We encountered only a handful of people …


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