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Budapest launches 'floating beach' on Danube river
Budapest - Budapest is famous for for its Turkish baths and open air pools, but this summer there is an unusual addition to the capital's bathing scene: afloating beach on the Danube river, right in the city centre. Mayor Gabor Demszky on Thursday pr...
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2009-07-09 ] Category : [
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Fluffy and Fido fly - new US airline for pets
Washington - Life isn't easy for pets that keep a busy schedule. There are visits with former members of the household who have moved far away. And sometimes pets have to meet up with their families when they go on vacation or attend an occasion away f...
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2009-07-09 ] Category : [
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Enjoy the slow pace of life in Florida's Fort Myers region
Fort Myers, Florida - One of the traditions guests observe in the restaurant on Cabbage Key island in south-western Florida is to sign their name on a one dollar note and tape it to the wooden roof beams. There are an estimated 70,000 dollars pinned ...
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2009-07-07 ] Category : [
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Travel tips, July 2009
Pretoria - A South African rail company is offering holidaymakers a 28-day trip across Africa by land, sea and air. The trip from Cape Town to Cairo is organised by Pretoria-based Rovos Rail. Travellers visit seven countries in nine stages by train, ship and airplane...
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2009-07-07 ] Category : [
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Hiking by the Rhine in Germany
Wiesbaden, Germany - The Rhine seems to take its time beside the Rheinsteig trail, meandering in sweeping arcs past gentle slopes and vineyards between Wiesbaden and Bonn. Now and then rugged cliffs narrow the course of its dark waters, which mirror ...
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2009-07-07 ] Category : [
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New superliner takes to the waves
Venice - A stylish new superliner with 225 luxury suites, a hilly, nine-hole golf putting course and a private diamond showroom has taken to the waves off the Italian city of Venice. The 198-metre cruiser was built at the T Mariotti yard in Genoa and...
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2009-07-07 ] Category : [
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Exploring the Pyrenees on horseback
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France - Time was when only farmers and smugglers knew the trails through the Pyrenees. The mountains along the border between France and Spain are still largely deserted today. There are lots of sheep, cows and horses, thoug...
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2009-07-07 ] Category : [
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Australia's camels: both bane and boon
Sydney - A treat for tourists in the Outback town of Alice Springs is an early morning camel ride with top cameleer Marcus Williams. In the business for 20 years, he takes some visitors out riding overnight and even lines up camel transport for weddi...
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2009-07-06 ] Category : [
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