20th August 2008

Off The Beaten Path: Winter Activities In Jackson Hole

Author: Christine Harrell

The Jackson Hole skiing area is often considered one of the best skiing destinations in the nation. The advanced trails, backcountry thrills and multitude of winter activities make it the perfect place for ski bums and vacationers to hang. Besides the obvious ski trails and mountain resorts, the Jackson Hole skiing area has a lot to offer thrill seekers.

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20th August 2008

Allgäu-make Your Vacation Unforgettable

Author: Article Manager

Germany as a tourist destination has gained loads of fame all over the world. More and more people from all over the world want to visit Germany. This country is famous for its wide range of various riverscapes and river sceneries. The Rhine valley to mountain stream of Bavaria, which also forms a part of UNESCO world heritage site, is a great vacation destination of Germany.

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20th August 2008

China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region

Author: Tom Carter

“He’s from Pakistan.”"No, no! He’s Japanese.” A lively group of Uyghurs orbiting around me at the Hotan marketplace in southern Xinjiang were vociferously debating the nationality of the 196cm foreigner standing before them.

I am in fact a first-generation American of a hybrid Scandinavian-Mediterranean-Hispanic lineage, my dark brown features and unkempt travel whiskers often causing confusion amongst Asians who can’t quite place my nationality. Ironically, Han Chinese often mistook me for a Weiwuerzu someone from Xinjiang.

If there is one province unlike any other in the People’s Republic, it would have to be Xinjiang.

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20th August 2008

A London B&b Turns Stress Into Rest

by Landon Colins

You feel like an elastic human being, stretched in a million directions. The whirring of fax machines, ringing of cell phones, and tapping of computer keyboards keep echoing in your mind. From e-mails and text messages to bosses’ beckons, it seems like everyone wants a piece of you. Too bad you could not duplicate yourself like a photocopier; cloning yourself just might be the only way to finish all of your pending tasks. You have deadlines. You have reports to write. You have to play a round of golf with a client—but you hate golf! Your head starts pounding like a drum. Your muscles tighten up, and you feel like your whole body is going to explode like an erupting volcano or an inflated piece of bubble gum. You know what you need? It ’s not a clone. It ’s a London B&B!

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