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Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is Coming. Where to party besides Rio and New Orleans
Up to a month of festivities and fun. Mardi Gras is coming and there will be carnivals and parties in many places in the world. The best carnivals are the ones in Rio and New Orleans, but there are other places too. In Belgium: you can enjoy Ma
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JR, a steer with world-record-beating horns, could drive tourists to Queensland
JR is a Seven-year-old steer that was recognized as having world-record-beating horns and is believed to be a major tourist attraction for Queensland ranch in March and April, when the season picks up. His massive horn-span of 2.77m, a whopping th
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“Do this not that” New York City
Guest post by Laura Sometimes it’s better to here where to go from the locals. Here are four alternatives for tourist attractions in NYC. 1 - Instead of seeing the Empire State Building, go to the Top of the Rock The line to go to the top
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Bois-de-l’Île-Bizard Nature Park – Canada, Quebec – photo essay
I love nature and parks. I discovered recently a park in Canada called Bois-de-l'Île-Bizard Nature Park and I wanted to present it to you today through some photos from our friend Dan Mitea. Île Bizard is an island near the Island of Montreal in
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Visiting the Cosmodôme – Quebec, Canada – photos and some great news for this year!
Space has always fascinated people. We have so many books with adventures that take place on other planets, on space ships and so on. Man wanted to travel to the outer space – and he has reached the moon and hopes to visit other planets in the futu
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Enjoying a roller coaster in Las Vegas?
I must admit that when a friend of mine told me that she likes to go to Vegas for its amazing roller coaster ride (and the amazing sensations) I was a little bit puzzled. I mean Las Vegas and roller coaster? Wasn’t this city the city of casinos? We
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Top 6 most popular carousels in the world
When I say carousel I say childhood. I remember the thrill in riding one. And I have to admit I can hardly wait for my son to be big enough to ride in one – accompanied by an adult ;) I like carousels so much that I brought a souvenir carousel f
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Lachine Canal (Canal de Lachine) – Quebec, Canada
An island, an accessible park – an escape! Back in time, “The European explorers dreamt of finding a route from New France to the Western Sea and there on to China and hence auspiciously the region where the canal was built was named Lachine.�
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Photo of the week: Statue of Liberty, New York
Undoubtedly a symbol for almost anyone on this planet. Statue of Liberty - (Liberty Enlightening the World) – is, as we find out from Wikipedia too, a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bart
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Clubbing while in Vegas?
Traveling means discovering as much as possible a city, a country, an area etc. This involves trying local dishes, visiting different monuments, checking touristic objectives, but also noticing the way the locals live. The attractions and things t
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