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South Africa’s Blue Train

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by BCAA.

Erik, my butler, is escorting me to my room with the kind of understated grace found in noble families. He stashes my bags; explains the intricacies of the electronically controlled window blinds, the telephone and the television (which can be used to watch in-house movies or documentaries about the areas the train traverses), and shows me where to place my shoes for polishing and my clothes for ironing. And, oh, yes, if I want anything, anything at all, I have only to ring.

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24 Hours: Shanghai

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Jim Sutherland.

From May to October 2010, China’s biggest, busiest and flashiest city is hosting what promises to be the biggest, busiest and flashiest World’s Fair ever. The only problem may be determining which neighbourhood crowded with pedestrian throngs and architectural marvels is the fair site and which is just Shanghai. Pudong, for example, an area of town conceived in the 1990s, rivals anything the fair’s designers have come up with. And that’s saying something . . .

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Vancouver to Seattle: The Amtrak Special

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Rob Howatson.

Ammtrak’s two-train schedule is the only way to provide a schedule that’s amicable for both southbound and northbound travellers – at least those who want to spend a night in either city and have some fun.

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Gone Newfie

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Sonu Purhar.

The Rock boasts more culture than most visitors can absorb — unless they are embedded

by James Glave

“If you’re extra lucky, you’ll get yourselves invited to a kitchen party,” Terri Shea told Elle and me in the days leading up to our Newfoundland vacation. “Friends and neighbours get together and play instruments and sing and tell [...]

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