| AFRICAThe best adventure. The newest
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| | keno. Slot machines are known locally as
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| natural thrill available in South Africa
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| | "hungry tigers".The best place to
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| is the underwater shark watching. Four
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| | honeymoon. Macau's Pousada de Sao Tiago,
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| shark spotters at one time can spend
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| | avenida da Republica; became a hotel in
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| three hours in sturdy cages, watching the
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| | 1980-it was built 350 years ago as a
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| great whites circling in search of prey.
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| | fortress (the Fortaleza da Barra). Every
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| Contact Exotic Drive Tours, 45 Rosmead
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| | historical feature was preserved during
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| Ave., Kenilworth, Cape Town 7700The best
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| | the transformation, including the
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| Java. Kenya produces the best coffee in
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| | Portuguese marble, hand-painted tiles,
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| the world and is one of the world's
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| | ancient stonewalls, gentle cascades,
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| leading exporters of Arabica coffee. The
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| | hand-carved mahogany and even the trees
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| Coffee Board of Kenya, Mama Ngina Street,
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| | that shade the multi-level terraces.
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| serves the most tempting coffee in town,
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| | Overlooking the South China Sea,
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| as well as light snacks. A light snack
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| | enveloped in warm, salty breezes, the
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| consists of coffee, mandazi (fried dough)
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| | pousada is an ideal romantic hideaway,
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| and samosa (meat pie in the Indian
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| | perfect for a honeymoon. You could have
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| fashion as interpreted by Kenyan cooks).
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| | your wedding here too-small weddings can
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| Coffee was introduced to Kenya by the
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| | be arranged in the chapel (which holds
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| French Holy Ghost Fathers (who liked a
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| | only 15 people). The pousada is complete
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| good cup of coffee) in the 1890s. It was
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| | with restaurants, gardens, a pool and
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| developed in the region north of Nairobi.
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| | reading rooms-you never need to venture
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| African farmers were forbidden to grow
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| | beyond its grounds. The pousada has 20
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| coffee until 1954. It is now Kenya's
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| | rooms and three suites, starting at $125
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| main export crop (which causes problems
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| | a night.MEXICOThe world's grandest
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| when the coffee crop fails). The berries
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| | canyon-and most exciting train ride.
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| are handpicked twice a year. The second
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| | Chihuahua's Barranca del Cobre (Copper
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| leading export crop is tea. Today the
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| | Canyon) is four times larger and 300 feet
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| region around Limuru supports more than
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| | deeper than the U.S. Grand Canyon. Its
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| 100,000 African smallholders, who grow
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| | mountain peaks rise 10,000 feet and its
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| enough tea to make Kenya the
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| | valleys drop 1,500 feet. Until 1961,
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| third-largest producer in the world,
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| | when the Chihuahua al Pacifico train line
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| after India and Sri Lanka.CENTRAL ASIAThe
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| | opened, the canyon was inaccessible and
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| best travel tip of all for the countries
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| | known only to the isolated Tarahumara
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| ending in "stan" Don't forget to carry a
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| | Indians living in caves. The train line
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| roll of toilet paper with you. It is not
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| | climbs from sea level at Los Mochis on
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| yet common in Central Asia. Bathrooms
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| | the Pacific to 8,000 feet before
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| may be quite a shock. Potable water is
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| | descending to Chihuahua. It passes the
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| also a problem in Kazahkstan. Don't
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| | most spectacular scenery in Mexico-sheer
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| drink the tap water. And limit your
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| | cliffs that change color as the sun sets,
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| locally bottled mineral water intake,
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| | giant rock formations, deep gorges and
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| because it can be very salty. Bottled
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| | mountain peaks. You can catch the train
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| soda and juices are your best bet;
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| | every day in Chihuahua at 7 a.m. or in
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| they're plentiful. Drink boiled water
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| | Los Mochis at 6 a.m. The cost of a
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| when possible; carry a canteen with you
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| | one-way trip from start to finish is
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| and fill it with boiled water at every
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| | $80.The best place to stay in the canyon
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| opportunity. Carry iodine tablets for
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| | is the Hotel Cabanas
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| when none of the above is available and
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| | Divisadero-Barrancas, in Divisadero,
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| Lomotil just in case.CHINAThe old Red
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| | midway along the route. This rustic
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| Light district Until 1949, the area west
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| | log-cabin hotel is perched on the rim of
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| of People's Park, off Fuzhou Road, was
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| | the canyon and affords dizzying views.
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| the heart of Shanghai's world-famous
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| | Several Indian families live in caves
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| red-light district known as Blood Alley.
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| | nearby. These timid people sell
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| Before it was cleared out, it was
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| | handwoven baskets, wood carvings and
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| inhabited by thousand of opium addicts
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| | necklaces. Surrounding the hotel are
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| and prostitutes. Liberation Lane alone,
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| | trails that the Indians follow to the
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| then known as Meet-With-Happiness Lane,
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| | bottom of the canyon, 5,000 feet
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| had 34 brothels worked by more than 1,000
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| | below.The best place to hear the flutter
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| women. From 1949 until 1954, the
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| | of butterfly wings. A three-hour drive
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| brothels and opium dens were closed, the
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| | from San Miguel de Allende is the
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| prostitutes given new work and new
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| | colorful old mining town of Angangueo.
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| identities and the addicts
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| | And only an hour from Angangueo, up a
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| detoxified.MACAUThe best gambling tables
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| | steep, unpaved road, is the Monarch
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| in Asia-and the ugliest hotel in the
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| | Butterfly Sanctuary, now open to the
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| world. Macau is famous for its casinos.
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| | public. The park's 12,000 acres became a
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| The biggest is the Casino de Lisboa,
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| | protected area in 1986 in response to
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| avenida da Amizade, in the Lisboa Hotel.
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| | warnings from conservation groups that
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| The Lisboa is probably the ugliest hotel
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| | the logging operations threatened to
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| in the world, designed to look like a
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| | destroy the area's unique butterfly
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| roulette wheel, which it wears like a
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| | habitat and migration site. The
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| crown upon its head. The Macau Palace,
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| | butterflies seclude themselves in the
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| known as the Floating Casino, is a more
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| | abies religiosas (a type of fir tree) at
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| exotic place to gamble. This red and
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| | the summit of the 10,000 foot climb.
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| gilded Chinese boat is moored on the
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| | When you climb to the top, you are
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| inner harbor off avenida de Almeida
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| | overwhelmed by the noise created by the
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| Riveiro. Games include both those
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| | fluttering wings of 10 million
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| familiar to Westerners, such as blackjack
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| | butterflies.
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| and Chinese games, such as dai-siu and
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