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Before You Die: Highway 1
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Robin Lynam
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United States
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California
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Los Angeles
Drive from the Bay to LA down the California Coast. Seeing North America is all about road trips, and for my money the best you can take runs down California’s Highway 1 along the coast from the San Francisco Bay Area most of the way to Los...
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America in Micronesia
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Robin Lynam
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United States
The island’s strategic location for military forces has led at various times to occupations by the Spanish, the Japanese and the Americans. Each left their mark, and made their contribution to turning it into the truly bizarre place to visit...
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A Different Kind of Jazz Dive
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Robin Lynam
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Philippines
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Oriental Mindoro Island
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Puerto Galera
Given that Puerto Galera means in Spanish "a safe place for galleons" the conquistadors managed to sink a remarkably large number of them in the vicinity. As your fast outrigger boat glides through the Batangas Channel into one of the most beautiful...
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Macau after the handover
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Robin Lynam
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China
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Macau
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Macau City
When China resumed its sovereignty over Hong Kong three years ago the eyes of the world were on the former British Crown Colony. Just 18 months later, another former colonial possession only 60km to the west along the South China Coast, returned to...
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The Iguazu Falls
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Robin Lynam
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Brazil
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The South
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Iguazu Falls
See the Iguazu Falls in Brazil. Of all the awe inspiring natural phenomena of the world, nothing that I know of beats these extraordinary waterfalls for sheer and sustained excitement. You can stay and contemplate both the majesty of the roaring,...
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Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
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Robin Lynam
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China
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong City
Take A Stroll Around Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. Timing is everything. In the summer months the view is often lost in a haze, but from about October onwards if you take the historic Peak Tram - a 45 degree funicular railway - in the late afternoon,...
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Why Go to Hong Kong?
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Robin Lynam
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China
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong City
Because this former British colony is one of the world’s most exciting modern cities, Asia’s greatest melting pot, and the place where China meets the world. Hong Kong with its legendary pace and efficiency offers a unique confluence of cultures and...
