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Travel Tips Enjoying The Sun
By Jay Bauder, Mon Dec 26th
How to Enjoy the Best Places under the Sun There are people who are fond of traveling. They like to go toplaces where they can recharge their souls, unwind, release thetension from work, and simply enjoy what life has to offer. And there are people who are more of the adventurous type whowould rather enjoy the day exploring the forest canopy in CostaRica or discover the beauty of the wilderness of Siberia.
However, whatever adventure most people would like toexperience, it is always best to observe safety measures andprecautions so as to avoid risk or perils of traveling tounknown lands. Here's a list of tips for adventure travelers, whether they wantadventures that are more inclined to wilderness or just thetypical family adventure most people would love to experience: 1. It is best that people should know what the type of traveladventure they are getting into. Adventure may provide the kind of adrenalin rush mostadventurers long to experience every time they get out of theirterritory. It is the feeling of newness and uncertainty on whatwill happen that gives them the satisfaction and gratificationthat they need. However, it is still important for them to know what they aredoing. After all, traveling always involve risky activitiesespecially to those who are set to gain adventure experience. 2. Have a fixed set on the adventure
Travel experts share bargain-hunting tips
Los Angeles Times Travel Show: Experts from Travelzoo, LivingSocial and JohnnyJet.com share strategies for stretching vacation dollars.<br/><br/>If you don't know where you're going on vacation this year, you may not be indecisive. You might just be a bargain hunter.
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Romantic getaways
A vibrant street life, stunning visuals, food and drink that sweeten your lips. The world's most romantic places seem to share these traits. But there is something more: a sense of style and spirit, a pace that's almost musical. Here's a list of ethereal places -- some expected, some not -- that can easily capture your heart.<br/><br/>Berlin: Put Berlin next to Paris and you have both sides of the coin: romance, which occasionally appeals, and eros, which never fails. "Berlin is sexy," said the German capital's openly gay Mayor Klaus Wowereit, and it's been that way since the iniquitous Weimar Republic of Marlene Dietrich and cabaret, when only verboten was a naughty word. Recent influxes of German hipsters and clued-in foreigners are (as the song says) "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" with Berlin's outré art scene, drinking in all-night bars where mind-numbing absinthe is the poison of choice, and dressing in provocative Weimar styles for Bohème Sauvage, an on-going series of nightclub parties with dancing to hot jazz, backroom poker and floor shows featuring scantily clad performers of undetermined sex.
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Hollywood finds romance in travel
On a train 'North by Northwest' and others, on a bus in 'It Happened One Night,' in Italy in 'Roman Holiday,' in Bali in 'Eat, Pray, Love' — love is all around.<br/><br/>Love is always lovelier some place other than home. Well, at least in the celluloid universe.
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Indy tips for Super Bowl visitors
OK, you somehow scored Super Bowl tix. Congrats. Shouldn’t everyone’s uncle be a regional fleet manager for Ford?<br/><br/>OK, you somehow scored Super Bowl tix. Congrats. Shouldn’t everyone’s uncle be a regional fleet manager for Ford?
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Cooking up gourmet adventures across the West
A guide to the hotels, resorts and other locales in the West that offer travelers hand's-on cooking lessons.<br/><br/>Cooking classes are sprouting like shiitake mushrooms across the West, often in gorgeous locations. For travelers who want to plan their gourmet adventures, we've found restaurants, hotels, lodges, resorts and culinary academies where they can improve their home-chef skills with hands-on lessons, demonstrations or tutoring by noted chefs.
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12 places to visit in 2012
From historical celebrations to Oregon wines to a diamond jubilee in Britain to Warhol in Arkansas, here are a dozen places to explore and enjoy.<br/><br/>New Mexico: This year, New Mexicans mark 100 years of statehood. But much of the state's appeal stems from its human history that goes back much further. (In 2010, Santa Fe celebrated 400 years of cityhood.) Explore here: the adobe architecture and art galleries of Santa Fe; the vintage signage along old Route 66; the lingering hippie vibe of Truth or Consequences. Don't forget the Lightning Field, an art installation outside Quemado where (for $150 to $250 a person) you spend a summer night in a wood cabin and wait to see if lightning will strike one of the 400 tall steel poles outside your door. Even if there's no strike, the sky puts on shows at sunset and sunrise that will leave you in awe.
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Travel updates for 2012
Here are a dozen travel-news tidbits that will make you a better informed consumer in the new year. <br/><br/>Think of what follows as a travel tapas buffet — tidbits that just might whet your appetite for more. Here are a dozen pieces of information for the 2012 traveler.
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Cruises: Drinking in the ambience aboard Rotterdam VI
With a more traditional vibe than other liners, Holland America's Rotterdam makes for smooth sailing.<br/><br/>Rarely has a city been as in love with a shipping company as Rotterdam, Netherlands, is with the Holland America line.
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Smaller legs of world cruises can be a deal
If you can't take a full world cruise, a smaller segment can still be filled with adventure and cost a lot less. These days only a fraction of passengers are there for the long haul.<br/><br/>The British couple — she in a long black dress, he in a traditional tux — leaned against the elevator's polished wood paneling as they headed back to their cabin after an evening performance in the main showroom. Embarrassed at my casual clothes and running shoes, I stammered, "We decided not to dress up and went to the buffet instead of the main dining room."
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A big question mark hovers over the cruise industry
Cruise lines were ready for a busy year, with continued deals, expanded river jaunts and hot new locales. How the Costa Concordia disaster affects the industry is still unknown.<br/><br/>The first quarter of 2012 was supposed to be a sweet spot for passenger cruise lines. Wave season, as it's known, marks a time when cruise companies and travel agents roll out deep discounts on cruise vacations and rack up lots of sales.
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