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| India: Real beauty underestimated |
| I went on my first trip to India with a whole bagful of pre-conceptions. It was going to be noisy? Check. Hot? Check. Crazy? Check. And I was going to eat my body weight in spectacular curries? Check. But what I wasn't prepared for... |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 12:00 p.m. |
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| Best of times, worst of times |
| The Sunday Star Times ask Escape readers share some of their best - and sadly worst - hotel experiences. |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 11:53 a.m. |
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| Buenos Aires: Over-run by the furry masses |
| The bald, short hotel receptionist in Buenos Aires was having a bad day, or if he wasn't he was certainly determined to make sure all his guests did."You'll have to wait," he barked at me. As my only sin at this point was simply... |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:30 a.m. |
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| Florida: Attractions for all tastes |
| A theme park built with millions of Lego bricks, a cheetah habitat with a zero-to-60 mph (96 kph) roller coaster at Africa-themed Busch Gardens, and the first new killer whale show in five years at SeaWorld Orlando are among the big... |
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Published: Sun, 29 May 2011 12:00 p.m. |
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| Would you pay $10 to check in at this airport desk? |
| Budget airline Jetstar is set to charge customers extra to check-in with a human being.The Qantas subsidiary will impose a flat fee for customers on domestic flights on both sides of the Tasman from November. The fee has yet to... |
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Published: Sun, 29 May 2011 09:41 a.m. |
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| A dose of Waikato culture |
| Allow a few hours to saunter through the Sculpture Park and Arboretum at Waitakaruru - one of the Waikato's treasures. A little over two hours' drive from central Auckland, the park is about 16km from central Hamilton. Park owners... |
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Published: Sun, 29 May 2011 05:30 a.m. |
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| Bay of Islands: Forest to the sea |
| If you fancy dreaming of big fat wetas, then take a guided night walk with Adventure Puketi.We saw dozens of the infamous insects tucked up in sheltered spots on trees and rock walls in the Puketi Forest. The giant carnivorous... |
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Published: Sat, 28 May 2011 12:00 p.m. |
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| Ask Lonely Planet: Fitting tour for 20 somethings |
| Four of us in our late 20s would like to tour Italy and Greece for three weeks. We'd like to visit a range of places, from the Bridge of Sighs, to the Vatican, to the Oracle at Delphi. We'd also like a quiet beach to sunbathe on.... |
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Published: Sat, 28 May 2011 10:00 a.m. |
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| Gruelling journey 'definitely a oncer' |
| Struggling with typhoid in 50-degree Celsius heat and with 150 kilometres to pedal was the closest Wellington mountainbiker Lindsay Gault came to throwing in the towel on a 12,000-kilometre journey through Africa. |
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Published: Fri, 27 May 2011 11:06 p.m. |
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| Toronto's 'culinary cocktails' |
| Headed to Toronto? I hope you're hungry. And thirsty. And hungry again, because Canada's largest city is bursting with "culinary cocktails," drinks that bridge the bar and the kitchen. |
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Published: Thu, 26 May 2011 07:30 p.m. |
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