From ‘Country Bumpkin’ to World Traveler
Visiting a room in the home of Rosalyn Pursley, 69, Port Hudson, is like taking a trip around the world.
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Endangered green turtle migration mapped
Cruising the eastern Pacific is everyone's dream, but the green turtle, the only herbivore among the sea turtles, seems to have it made in one sense. The invaluable Gorgona National Park, not far from Galapagos, was used for the sampling of green turtles migration by snorkelling at night around the eastern reefs.
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Putting Sabah, Sarawak on the global map
INDONESIA was last year a hive of international diplomacy as it hosted back-to-back the annual Asean leaders' summit and the East- Asian Summit in Bali. Almost simultaneously, in Jakarta and Palembang, the Southeast Asian Games gathered top athletes and sports officials from the region.
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US author traces Rimbaud's mysterious Java journey
A locomotive from the Dutch period at the Tuntang train station near the town of Salatiga in Indonesia's Central Java province. Photo courtesy: AFP Old trains at the Tuntang train station near the town of Salatiga in Indonesia's Central Java province.
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U.S. author chases Rimbaud’s mysterious Java journey 130 years on
In 1876 French poet Arthur Rimbaud joined the Dutch colonial army, sailed to the Indonesian island of Java and then deserted and fled into the jungle.
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Review of Karma Kandara resort
The Gods must be going crazy… trying to figure out which holiday destination to choose when they come visiting Earth. There is God's Own Country and then there are a number of Islands of the Gods that they can choose from. If it be so confusing for the Gods, how are we mere mortals to decide?
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World-Roaming Web Site Tells How to Eat Like the Locals
Eat Your World, a new Web site, helps travelers find the local foods that define a place.
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Vayama Highlights Top U.S. International Travel Destinations for 2012
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. , Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vayama.com , the online travel agency that specializes in international travel, announces today its top 12 most sought after international destinations ...
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7.3 Quake in Sumatra, Indonesia Triggers Tsunami Alert
A 7.3 magnitude quake struck in the west coast of Northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, according to a report by the US Geological Survey (USGS). The 7.3 quake has triggered the issuance of a tsunami warning by Indonesia‘s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC). The tsunami [...]
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Life's a tag: 2012's most surprising holiday destinations - and the best time to visit them
January: Deluxe detox
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