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Sipping'n Snacking California Central Coast and Las VegasWhen planning a visit to our family in the USA, we decided initially to parachute into California and Las Vegas for some sipping and snacking and catching up with old friends. After all, flying to the east coast of the USA from our home requires...

In today’s world of USA Interstate highways, it’s difficult to imagine how things were back in the 1960s. The Interstate Highway system is officially known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, but usually just called Interstate Highway. The Interstate...

Harper's Weekly reported in 1857 that no engineer had yet been able to present a feasible plan for Central Park and that "it may not ever happen." Their pessimism was misplaced, as Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's Greensward Plan was approved in May 1858. By 1860, visitors were enjoying the magnificent...

Are you in the process of planning a vacation or business trip but don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for airplane tickets?   Do you want to know the best time of day to book a flight? Have no fear, “Fly for Free” is here! After reading “Fly for Free: Practical Tips you...

When you long for Emptiness. When you long for an End. You can find it it the Desert.In October 2011 a burnt out teacher decided to change his life. Benedict Beaumont quit his job as a secondary school teacher, flew to Delhi, bought a Royal Enfield Motorbike and drove through India.'Ambliss,...

**Explore Europe's most prosperous corner: a smorgasbord of Viking ships, brooding castles, and emerald fjords. With Rick Steves on your side, Scandinavia can be yours! Inside Rick Steves Scandinavia you'll find:** Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Denmark, Norway,...

Written by locals, Fodor’s New York City is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit to New York. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this travel guide will help you plan your NYC trip with ease. Join Fodor’s in exploring Manhattan,...

Plan a visit to the city that never sleeps... without losing any sleep! New York continues to be one of the top tourist destinations in the world- with more than 43 million visitors in 2006 alone. This book dispels the anxiety of planning a trip to such an enormously busy and exciting...

Interested in Japan's infamous and colorful sex trade? This guide to sex in Japan presents the in's and out's with extensive details and background information. Japan's Sex Trade offers a probing, step by step tour of the country's astonishing professional sex scene: salacious soaplands, hedonistic...

2012 Edition. With insider recommendations and full-color neighborhood maps that pinpoint landmarks, museums, entertainment, pubs, clubs, and hotels, this fab Little Black Book of London walks you through the best of the Royal Capital, with excursions outside London as well. Color-coded, numbered entries...

9000 Miles In A Knight relates the experience of Pearl MacHenry on her family's road trip across America in 1930. Pearl, her husband Rev. Ward MacHenry, and their four youngest children, ages 14 to 20, set off from Seattle, Washington, on May 18th in their Willys-Knight touring car. No heat, no radio,...

Prairie Avenue evolved into Chicago�s most exclusive residential street during the last three decades of the 19th century. The city�s wealthiest citizens�Marshall Field, Philip Armour, and George Pullman�were soon joined by dozens of Chicago�s business, social, and civic leaders, establishing...

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour is ready to explore when you are.Each...

For two months prior to the general elections in May 2009 NDTV anchor and TV reporter Sunetra Choudhary, along with her colleague Naghma Sahar, clambered onto a bus equipped with some Club Class seating, the requisite machinery to beam out live from the remotest parts of India, and a motley crew of...