Virtual architect, urban planner, composer and photographer, Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimento is a Portuguese artist living in Switzerland. He has been selected to create a floating island city of the future in the Tagus River near Lisbon to extend …
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The Road to Siem Reap by Antonio Graceffo
The smiling boys formed a lined in orderly fashion, and waited patiently for their turn to punch me in the stomach. There were about five of them, but luckily the oldest was probably only about twelve.”Me next!” Shouted one boy, …
Submarine Touring by Nancy S. Tardy
Are you planning a Caribbean, Mexican or Hawaiian vacation? Consider signing up for the only chance that 99% of us will ever have to ride in a submarine. Currently operating at 11 major vacation sites (Aruba, Barbados, Curacao, Grand Cayman, …
Seventieth Birthday Trip To South America PART 2 by Ron Kapon
Part 1 ended as I flew to Santiago Chile. Brian Pearson, owner of Santiago Adventures, was waiting at the airport to drive me to The San Cristobal Towers, part of the Starwood Luxury Collection. Built in 1998 it is attached …
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Pacuare Lodge For Natural Adventures by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Our primary reason to go to Costa Rica was for a soft adventure trip to the tropical rain forest we had read about so enthusiastically. We chose Costa Rica Nature Adventures to plan our trip, and we are so very …
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MAKING A SPLASH IN ST. CROIX by Linda Vissat
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.; Bob and Sandy haven’t left the pool during waking hours except to refill the refrigerator with beer. Two hundred and ninety pounds of Bob jumped into the pool creating a wave, sloshed over the deck, and drenched …
Golden Gate Gripes by John Sammon
What do you do when you haven’t taken a vacation for years, and you’re so over-worked you can’t remember your name? Do something stressful. I’m being facetious. But not much. I wanted to go to the South Seas and become …
MUMBAI, INDIA’S RICHEST CITY
Welcome to Mumbai, India’s biggest, fastest and richest city. The moment you leave the airport this metropolis, perched on the edge of the Arabian Sea, will, quite simply, bowl you over. Here you don’t really breathe the air so much …
RIVER CRUISE VIENNA TO AMSTERDAM by Larry and Gail Taylor
My wife and I were up early that morning before the 7:30 announcement that the ship was getting underway. We dressed hurriedly and went to breakfast before we felt the engines shudder as our ship pulled out from the Rudesheim …
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Through Mongolia By Camel, Horse, Jeep by Leslie R. Adams
Nestled between China and Russia is one of the planet’s final frontiers, Mongolia, the old stomping ground of Ghinggis Khan. There are a mere four million people here and a million of those live in the capitol, Ulaan Bataar, a …
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