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| South America: So Machu more |
| Paddington Bear came from "darkest Peru". What a fortunate fictional character he is. Peru is a bewitching country where the people are warm, the Kiwi dollar goes a (relatively) long way and the sights just keep on coming. There's... |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| My Auckland: Te Atatu Peninsula |
| We'd lived in Sandringham for six years and Kingsland before that, but when we got engaged we decided we wanted to have a house before the wedding in November.I was in Amsterdam for work when Sharde called and said 'I've found... |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| New York's secret origins |
| Any time of day, New York looks like a comic. Every block of Manhattan tells part of the story, like illustrated panels on the page: Superman soars over Midtown's skyscrapers, Batman lurks on the rooftops of Gothic buildings, the Spirit sulks in the shadows of the Lower East Side and Spider-Man's girlfriends plunge to almost certain deaths from the borough-spanning bridges. |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Postcard: 48 Hours in Cooperstown |
| Until someone writes an opera about Babe Ruth, opera and baseball might seem like an odd couple, but one small town in upstate New York offers both - and more. |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Tourist treat: Berlin's famous toilets |
| For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences. |
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Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Invercargill: Blast from the past |
| Invercargill has a sense of humour; it must do. The city turned a film - The World's Fastest Indian - into an annual festival that pulls punters from as far afield as Japan, the US and the UK. During one week in November you can... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Hot deals: Hong Kong special |
| House of Travel has Hong Kong packages from $1599 each, including return airfares from Auckland and four nights in four-star accommodation. From Wellington $1899 each, from Christchurch $1959. Valid for sales until September 10 and... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| North Shore: Over the Bridge and far away |
| The Bridge is the illusory key. The sprawling seaside city on the North Shore is connected to the Auckland isthmus by this eight-lane vehicular link. It is "The Bridge", that steel and tarmac umbilical cord, that provides proximity... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| The no baggage challenge |
| How would you cope travelling without luggage? Rolf Potts has set himself the mission of finding out. |
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Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00 p.m. |
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| The ultimate Oktoberfest guide |
| As far as wedding parties go, the one between Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen in October 1810 takes some beating. |
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Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:50 p.m. |
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