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2004

Nature's Glories: Wild and Tamed

Do We Need Nature?

   1. Paris' Luxembourg Garden
   2. Scenery and Greenery: Ireland's Gardens
   3. The Glory of the Garden
   4. Gardens in the Cloud Forest
   5. Beautiful Gardens and Delightful Sites: Touring the Gardens of Ohio
   6.
Antebellum Southern Gardens
   7.
An Intrepid Tour of Belize's Wild Gardens
   8. Escalante Canyons Explorations
   9. Cambodia's Natural Beauty
 10. Winter Means "Eagle Watch" is on in Verde Canyon
 11. Beauty and the Beasts

The Rose Parade, Pasadena, CA
Boboli Gardens, Florence
Kew Gardens, London Suburbs

Pt. Reyes National Seashore, CA
National Parks and Conservation Association

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Cultural Vignettes

A Fistful of Rupees

   1. Belfast - the Writings on the Wall
   2. Shamanism, Caves and France
   3. The Secrets of Sicily
   4. Niger: Land of Desert and Dreams
   5.
Wisdom of the Sages
   6.
Indigenous China: A kaleidoscope of cultural color in China's Southwest
   7. Chinese Rx
   8. A Maori Welcome
   9. Mungo National Park: Australian Aboriginal cultural heritage
 10. Land of the Lightning Brothers - Travel with Bill Harney
 11. Tenejapa Homecoming
 12. "Peru - In the Arms of the Pachamama

Hornbill Festival, Nagaland, India
National Museum of the American Indian
Tombs of the Buganda Kings at Kasubi

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
DreamWeaver Travel

October,

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2004

Festive Foods

Cultural Ambassadors

   1. Recipes Index: Festive Foods
   2. Bûche de Noël
   3. Spanish Dessert Recipes
   4. Holiday Cooking, Texas Style
   5.
Festive Foods of Greece
   6.
Oaxaca: Cooking in "the most Mexican of cities"
   7. The Festive Feast of the Tzutujil Maya
   8. Chianti's Festive Recipes
   9. Sweden: Ice and Easy
 10. Cooking Tours in Italy
 11. Holy Mole
 12. "Tastes" of Life

New Orleans: A Crescent City Christmas
The Edible Journey Through China
Plantations from the Past: Cuba's Coffee Heritage

Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Cellar Tours

September,

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2004

Literature Tours for book lovers and others

Tourist or Traveler?

   1. D. H. Lawrence in Taos: Frontier Spirit
   2. The Literary Woman of Montparnasse
   3. Cane River Country: Creole Culture Inspires Generations
   4. In the Steps of Sherlock Holmes
   5.
Ireland - by book or by crook
   6.
Safari in Botswana: In Search of the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency"
   7. Introducing Your Family to British Literature
   8. Scotland's Bard: Robert Burns
   9. San Francisco's Literary Traditions
 10. John Steinbeck's Salinas
 11. The Saga of Jon the Story Teller
 12. Lake Iseo's Literary Past

National Book Festival
The Huntington Library
Kronberg Castle

Prince Edward Island National Park
Classical Pursuits

August,

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2004

Art and Creativity Workshops

Is Middle Eastern Travel Safe?

   1. Open Air Painting in Italy
   2. A Tuscany Art Workshop
   3. The Treasures of Oaxaca
   4. St. Petersburg: Mapping New Horizons
   5.
Mask Carving in Mystical Bali
   6.
Traveling with a Purpose
   7. Knitting and Weaving in the Andes
   8. Art in the Outback: The Hottest Show Around
   9. Harbour Island, Bahamas

Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire
The Walking Museums: Japan's "Living Treasures"
Portugal's Coa Valley

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
Art Workshops International

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2004

Ancient and Walled Cities

History's Most Famous Walls

   1. Angkor Thom, the Great Walled City
   2. My Favorite Walled Cities
   3. Walls of the Ville de Nevers
   4.
Royal Touraine France
   5.
Naxos: The Kástro of Ano Hóra
   6. Ancient Nicopolis
   7. The Ghosts of Mdina, Malta’s Silent City
   8. Ancient Sites of the Emerald Isle
   9. Can You Hear the Ancient Echoes of Verde Canyon?
 10. Fortress in the Clouds
 11. Machu Picchu Abandoned
 12. Fortified Cities of the Ancient Maya

Feast of Santa Theresa, Avila, Spain
The Maritime Museum, Piran, Slovenia

Masada: Legendary Stronghold of Judaism

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Ohio
MILA Tours

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2004

Travel, a benefit to local communities

The Rise of Eco-Tourism

   1. The Endangered Leatherback Turtle
   2. Don't walk all over them: Leaving a positive footprint in the Andes
   3. Maasailand Safari
   4.
With the great apes in the Pearl of Africa
   5.
Madagascar's Natural Wonders
   6. Tales of the Tundra
   7. Lords of the Arctic
   8. High Adventure in the Heart of Africa
   9. The Hidden Gems of Tanzania
 10. An African Adventure
 11. The Monarchs of Michoacan
 12. Crossing the Yucatan Peninsula
 13. XIXIM - A Prose Poem
 14. Eco-Ventures: Language and Volunteer Programs

Wildscreen 2004, Bristol, UK
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Yellowstone National Park

The Nation's Newest: Congaree, SC
Ker & Downey

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Music Festivals: Summer and Beyond

Get me outta here, now!

   1. Chamber Music on a Greek Island
   2. Austria's Summer Delights
   3. Music Festival Gems
   4.
Summerfest
   5.
Swiss Strains
   6. Irish Traditional Music on the Dingle Peninsula
   7. Cool, Crowd-Free Continent
   8. Sarawak Rainforest World Music Festival

First Seville International Music Festival
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Florence

Nahanni, Northwest Territories
Dailey-Thorp Travel

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2004

People-Powered Adventures

Why Japan Now?

   1. Fly-Fishing
   2. Kilimanjaro Peaks
   3. Middle Fork Magic
   4.
Montana's spectacular high wilderness
   5.
Walking to Machu Picchu
   6. Paddling the Sunny Side of the Alps
   7. Mountain Bike and Multi-Sport Adventuring
   8. Exploring the Swiss Alps...on Inline Skates
   9. Bicycling on the "Enchanted" Island of Gotland
 10. A Ramble Along the Amalfi Coast
 11. Victoria's Great Ocean Walk
 12. The Burma Road on Bicycle

Pedro's Mountain Bike Festival
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Great Barrier Reef

Isle Royale, Michigan
Guerba World Travel Ltd.

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2004

Moonlight and Magnolias

How to afford Europe this summer (a travel expert tells how)

   1. Alabama - Montgomery Museum recalls civil rights struggle
   2. Atlanta's Neighborhoods
   3. Beware the Buccaneer's!
   4.
The Cajuns and the Creoles
   5.
Literary New Orleans
   6. Natchez, Antebellum Gem
   7. The Last to Leave: Slaves and their descendants lingered at McLeod's
   8. Savannah, Georgia's First City
   9. Scary Savannah
 10. South Carolina - First Place in American History

Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival
High Museum of Art, Atlanta

Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Pride and Joy

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
RiverBarge Excursion Lines

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2004

Potent Potables

Online booking sites - a whooping 400% difference in rates

   1. Franciacorta: Italy's Sanctuary of Sparkling Wine
   2. Islay, Scotland's Whisky Island
   3. Scotland's Liquid Gold
   4.
Abraham Lincoln in Bourbon Country
   5.
Champagne
   6. Chinchón: Anisette in a portico square
   7. Ouzo and the Traders of Genoa
   8. A Brief History of Absinthe
   9. Tequila's History and Culture
 10. Cognac
 11. History of Polish Vodka

Mountain Moonshine Festival
Boston Beer Company Museum

Porto, Portugal

America's Next National Parks?
Distillery Destinations Ltd.

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2004

Warmer Places

Libya's Decision: Could it Open a Cross-Cultural Threshold?

   1. Galapagos Magic
   2. Secrets of Siam
   3. Little Palm Island
   4.
Ecotourism in the Yucatan
   5.
Winter in Greece
   6. Costa Rican Fire Drill
   7. Discover My Fiji
   8. A Caribbean Getaway
   9. Island of Steam Vents and Rainforest
 10. Caribbean Yacht Odyssey
 11. Madagascar

Carnaval in Rio
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Antigua - Guatemala's Former Capital

Big Bend, Texas
Charter Sailing