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travel
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Jon Freer's City Guides - York
by Jon Freer
York sits at the converging point of two rivers, the Foss and the Ouse. These rivers stretch through the centre of the city and the riverbanks offer a lovely place for a respite after exploring the city.
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Graz: Austria's hidden Gem
by Pamela Hruska
The mix of modern and historic design works amazingly well, and sets a tone for the visitor. This tone is one depicting elegant old culture that accepts the modern and new, and that strives to continue to develop a future of unmatched enriching charisma that pushes usual, ordinary limitations.
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springsix: electronic music utopia
by R4NT
The combination of venues and music is what makes it electric. I can barely digest it thinking back to it. It is four filled days of perpetual events. It is huge. The list of artists and shows is extensive.
2005
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The adventure of Thailand
by David Gluzman
This place looked awesome, beautiful beach, beautiful restaurant / bar and great little bungalows to sleep in. All within a stones throw of the beach. We could easily spend the rest of trip here.
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Why I can't play video games anymore.
by Steve McGrath
He knows all the calibres the stats magazine sizes, types of scopes manufacturers, accuracy, damage and so on. He is 8 and he is in grade 3. What do you know in grade 3? Geography? History? Math?
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The Royal Tyrell Museum
by Ian Harding
There are dinosaurs on street corners, sidewalks, besides the grocery store, everywhere. In fact, Drumheller even has the world's largest Dinosaur.
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Air Canada: A Review
by MaxPower
Anyone who has followed R4NT for a while will know that I keep close tabs on the operations of Air Canada. Generally speaking my opinion has not been complimentary...
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Kingston to Calgary
by Ian Harding
With first-round plans to move to Vancouver and meet up with a college buddy, I finally managed to convince a close friend of mine to ditch his crap-hole job and come with me.
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A Visit to a Nation's Capital
by MaxPower
What is really great is that you can even get a tour of the heart of a democracy. I can't speak for all nations but I know that in England, the US and Germany you can not get full-fledged tours..
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A Cultural City Break in Ottawa
by Beauty
The Group of Seven paintings were a highlight for me, and the National Gallery of Canada has the most comprehensive collection of these paintings in the world.
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Santa Cruz & The Monterey Peninsula
by MaxPower
There are also some excellent wineries in the area, especially up Carmel valley which won't be as crowded as the "super-wineries" of the Napa Valley area...
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The Cost of War
by Steve McGrath
Almost all of these revelations occurred to me over a couple weeks driving around Abadan Iran, an area that was the center of the Iran Iraq war 18 years ago. Over a million people died in that war.
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Make Prince Edward Island your next vacation destination
by Beauty
One specific area that is likely to be overlooked is the Canadian Maritime Provinces. Surrounded by so many travel options in North America and beyond, PEI is easy to miss, but this small island is truly a gem.
2004
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10 Days in la Pura Vida
by David Gluzman
It was high time to pack up some shorts and head out to experience Central America! Backpacks and plane tickets only.
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Air Miles Expose
by MaxPower
Do you collect Air Miles? The Miles with the little blue card that you get (on average) 1 mile for every $20 you spend at a participating retailer?
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Air Canada Sucks...?
by MaxPower
Bashing Air Canada is a national hobby, if not just for the customer service but also for their appalling lack of business know-how.
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Canada as a Tropical Paradise
by MaxPower
The Turks & Caicos islands would like to be annexed by Canada and they have been waiting for it to happen since 1988!
2003
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Steam Whistle Brewery (Toronto)
by David Gluzman
Bottoms up Sure Toronto might be expensive *cough* CN Tower *cough*, but all you need is about $5 and a pint of beer to have a really good time. Funny enough go…
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Ontario Science Centre (Toronto)
by MaxPower
Kids going ape The Ontario Science Centre advertises 'Discover how much fun science can be' and it definitely delivers, to a point. The OSC is a classic example…
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New Sky Restaurant (Toronto)
by Maxpower & Beauty
MaxPower : How do you choose a Chinese food restaurant in Chinatown when there are about 50 in a 5 block radius? You look for the one that is packed with Chines…
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Royal Onatrio Museum (Toronto)
by MaxPower
In spite of suffering from a slight case of museum fatigue, the intrepid reporters from R4NT made their way to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) at about 3 o'clock…
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The Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto)
by Beauty
Degas at the AGO The R4NT crew walked to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) after visiting Toronto's famous CN Tower. We entered the lobby of the Gallery and foun…
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Toronto: Black Bull Tavern
by R4NT
Maxpower : The Black Bull Tavern has a lot of potential, I have walked by it many times and commented on its good location - Queen Street West - and their histo…
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CN Tower
by Pamela Hruska
When one thinks of Toronto, the image of the CN tower is surely a forerunner. Boasted as 'Canada's Wonder of the World', it is an impressive 553.33m high tower…
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New Zealand: Head Over Heels!
by Pamela Hruska
After being lost, tired, hungry, staying in a circa 1900's prison cell like hostel, and quite affected by the stench - my friend and I took on one last adventure on our way south..
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The Six Best Museums in London
by MaxPower
Not everyone has the chance to go to London; however, everyone should try to go at least once if only for the museums. London has over 200 museums which attract…
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Iran shirt shopping
by Steve McGrath
Iranians are so happy to meet travelers. You quickly attain celebrity status. It is great, yet it is overwhelming. Everyone is so nice all of the time it is impossible to get any freedom to do anything. It sounds strange and it is..
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Tourist vs. Traveler
by Steve McGrath
Well intentioned and inspired as I might consider myself. I am still a tourist. I take photos of everywhere I go. I visit the beautiful places. I see some of the other places, I meet locals but I can not become a one..
