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Volcanic Dramas

A Tramp Abroad: Psyching Low-Cost Fares
 

   1. Mt. Vesuvius
   2. Santorini's Volcano
   3. Yellowstone National Park is a Volcano
   4. Fire Fights In The Ring of Fire
   5. Rim Shots
   6. Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands
   7. Volcanic Iceland
   8. Costa Rica - Nature's Wonderland

Pacifying The Goddess Of The Volcano - Fugiyoshida, Japan
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

American Museum of Natural History

November,

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Past War Zones - Tragedy to Tourisim

UNESCO Reports on War Damage in Lebanon
 

   1. Gettysburg Tour on Horseback
   2. Irish eyes smiling in Belfast
   3. The Chateau of a Gunman
   4. Lawrence of Arabia Came This Way
   5. Behind Libya's Green Door
   6. Ohrid, Macedonia: The Pearl of the Balkans
   7. The Battle at Slavkov
   8. Verdun, A Voice From The Past

   9. Vietnam's tortured history

Secret City Festival, Oakridge, TN
Khmer Helping Khmer
- Landmine in Siem, Reap
The Old City of Dubrovnik - Triumphing Over Destruction
Valor Tours, Ltd.

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Gourmet Getaways

   1. The Veneto's Culinary Cycles
   2. Eating My Way Thorough Vietnam
   3. My Tuscan Shopping List
   4. Chef à l’orange
   5. Italy - A Chocolate lovers Paradise
   6. From the Argentinean Asado to the Carmènere in Chile
   7. Greek wine unlike any other—Sclavos Wines
   8. The Wines of Friuli- a tale of three grape varieties

Zap Zinfandel Festival
Museum of American Glass;
Glass, Glorious Glass
Royal Saltworks Of Arc-Et-Senans
Les Routiers Ireland

September,

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Amazing Architectural Masterpieces

2006 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most endangered Sites

   1. Pablo Neurda: The Architect and His Houses, Thirty Years Later
   2. Art and Architecture of Modern Spain
   3. Cordoba and its wonder, the Mezquita
   4. Germany's Magnificent Castles
   5. The Pantheon: Rome's Masterpiece
   6. Santorini's vaulted-cave homes
   7. Mud brick mosque of Djenne, Mali
   8.
Red Fort, Delhi
   9. Deco Down Under
 10. The Story of the Pilgrimage in Natchez, Mississippi

Block Architecture Festival: A Celebration of Civic Pride
The Trulli of Alberobello;
A Living Architectural Museum
Victor Horta:
A Legacy of Art Nouveau Architecture
National Trust Tours

August,

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Magical, Mystical and Miraculous tours

Reflections on Afghanistan

   1. Hidden Haunts of Donegal, Ireland
   2. Glastonbury, England
   3. The Way of St. James
   4. Jewish Catacombs: The Heritage of the Dead Reconsidered
   5. Bhutan - Shangri La Does Exist!
   6. Lhasa: Heart of the Mysterious Land of Tibet
   7. Introduction to Pilgrimage Places of India
   8.
Pilgrimage to Chimayo
   9. New Land is Born, Old Tales are Old in Hawaii's National Parks

Thaipusam: Not for the Squeamish
The Miraculous Staircase - Loretto Chapel
Copan:
Achievements of the Maya Inscribed in Stone
Circle Research Tours

July,

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"Water, water, everywhere..."

UN agencies help world's tourist resorts adapt to climate change

   1. The "Pizzly" Bear
   2. I Haven't an Ocean
   3. James Cook - Endeavoring Explorer
   4. Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean
   5. Off to the Isles of Zanzibar
   6. Jammin' In Jamaica: An Insider's Guide
   7. Costa Rica Scuba Diving and Adventure
   8.
Unexpected Paradise: Tobacco Cay, Belize
   9. Shark Alley
 10. From The Top: Snorkeling

Amelia Book Island Festival
Japan's Pearl Museum
Brazilian Atlantic Islands:
Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocass
Adventure Center

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Performing Arts and Cultural Festivals

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

   1. Music in Paradise
   2. Asia's Festivals Celebrate Life
   3. Austria Celebrates The Genius
   4. Buenos Aires: Chasing the Tango
   5. Canada's National Arts Centre
   6. Opera Icons of Italy
   7. Living Festivals - Getting Into the Local Spirit
   8.
Maritime Festival Highlights
   9. St. Magnus Festival - Orkney Island
 10. Cultural Festivals - Papua, New Guinea
 11. Prague - a year round Music Festival!
 12. The Ring In The Spring - Copenhagen, Denmark

New Orleans Jazz Festival and Heritage Fair
The House of Juliet in Fair Verona
The Historic Center of Vienna

Act 1 Performing Art Tours Inc.

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Great Western Art Centers

   1. Paris: An Art Center for the World
   2. The Baroque Reloaded in Rome
   3. Art in the Country: Art Treasures of Southwest France
   4. Impressionism, a lively experience in Paris
   5. Spain - One Big Great Art Center!
   6. The Panel Competition: Origins of the Florentine Renaissance
   7. The "Last Supper" Florence Style
   8.
The Alpha and Omega of Art
   9. Tinos - the Cycladic island with a Canadian artistic connection
 10. The Artistic Heritage of Old Lyme
 11. Rembrandt 400: a Celebration of his Art
 12. Silver, the Art of Colonial America

Burning Man Festival
Musée Rodin in Paris
Dazu Rock Carvings

The Traveller

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Desert Folks

United Nations' International Year of the Deserts

   1. Meno A Kwena - A sanctuary in the Kalahari.
   2. Kalahari-an unspoilt wilderness
   3. The Red Desert, Wyoming
   4. Deserted - but not divorced
   5. Desert Writing
   6. Sounds of the Sahara - A Desert Festival
   7. An experience in the Gobi
   8. Mysteries Of The Taklamakan Desert
   9.
Israel's Negev Desert
 10. Peddling a Rickshaw in China's Taklamakan Desert
 11. River Rafting Journey through a Desert Wilderness
 12. From Nambe´to Española
 13. Road Trip: Laughlin - Chloride - Route 66 - Oatman
 14. The Canning Stock Route: The Loneliest 4wd Track In The World

Alice Desert Festival
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
M'zab Valley, Algeria

Desert Eco Tours

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Live and learn...a little or a lot!

When is a Googol not big enough? When it’s Google™

   1. A Literary Adventure: Discovering The Key West Literary Seminar
   2. My Life in Ruins, My Summer As An Archaeologist
   3. Florence Art Workshop
   4. Bread, wine and language in Florence
   5. The Origins of Tuscan Landscape
   6. Art Guided Awareness
   7. Chamber Music Workshops
   8. Painting Holiday in Provence, France
   9.
Adventures in Oz - Learning and Living the French Language
 10. Hypnotherapy Workshops in Malta

The Word On The Street - A Festival of Literature and Literacy
TheWilbur Chocolate Museum
The Plantin-Moretus Museum

Koine Center and Vinarium