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God-Awful Guides

Posted on 30. Sep, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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As we lurched through the chaotic traffic of downtown Kuala Lumpur, I realized with a sinking sensation that Shirley, my Chinese driver, had only a passing familiarity with the automobile. She savagely grinded the gears of her company’s Mercedes into submission and weaved between lanes like a drunken sailor, leaving a chorous of angry horns [...]

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The Healing Circle

Posted on 25. Sep, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Ascribing meaning to ancient monuments is a tricky business. However, that doesn’t stop archaeologists from trying. Take Stonehenge, for example. This enigmatic circle of pillars on England’s Salisbury Plain, has long fascinated and puzzled academics, as well as the thousands of wide-eyed tourists who visit the site each year. The landmark has been variously described [...]

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Travel Trivia Challenge

Posted on 22. Sep, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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1. The 1974 James Bond film “The Man With the Golden Gun” made the strangely shaped limestone islands of Phang Nga Bay world famous. Where is this bay located?
A. Thailand
B. Hawaii
C. Malaysia
D. Vietnam
2. According to a recent international survey of hotel employees, which nation has the most obnoxious tourists?
A. Germany
B. China
C. France
D. The United States

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Turtle Tourism

Posted on 11. Sep, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Each summer under the cover of nightfall, more than 30,000 female green sea turtles crawl out of the ocean and drag their 200-kilogram bodies up the palm-lined beaches of northeast Costa Rica–often the same ones on which they were hatched—and scour out a pit in the sand. There, grunting and weeping, they lay 100 or [...]