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74 days on a felucca: New adventure on the Nile

Alex Harrison — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:20:13 +0000

In 1939, U.S. writer Willard Price traveled to Aswan, Egypt’s southernmost city. He hired a felucca, Egypt’s traditional boat with a lateen sail, and embarked down the Nile. Some 600 miles and two months later, a sandstorm flipped his felucca just south of Cairo and Price and his provisions ended up in the river. An [...]

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120 kph zip line to open in Wales

Alex Harrison — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:21:16 +0000

Europe’s biggest zip wire will open soon above a lake at an abandoned slate quarry in north west Wales. Zip World Snowdonia, which opens to the public at Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda on March 16, claims to have set up the longest zip wire in Europe. Visitors will don a wind and water resistant “flying suit” [...]

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Hardly anyone uses online review sites to select a hotel

Alex Harrison — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:20:02 +0000

TripAdvisor and other online review sites may not be as influential as first thought, according to the results of a recent survey to find out how people select their hotels. Just 2.9 percent of the 40,000 responders to the poll from Market Metrix named “Positive online review(s)” as a reason for selecting a particular hotel. [...]

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Wikivoyage: Will it impact travel industry?

Alex Harrison — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:20:06 +0000

The latest free online resource by the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikivoyage.org, officially launched on January 15 and already the site is attracting plenty of attention for the potential impact it will have on the travel content industry. Like Wikipedia and the other projects in the foundation, Wikivoyage is advertisement free, built collaboratively by global volunteers and [...]

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Harbin Ice and Snow World: China’s coolest festival, in photos

Alex Harrison — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:04 +0000

Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival The 29th China Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is on until February 25. Dates change every year, depending on the weather. There are direct international flights to Harbin from Hong Kong, Taipei, Nigata, Osaka and Seoul. Domestic airlines fly direct from Beijing and Shanghai as well as most [...]

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