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Share If you do one activity on your trip to Riviera Maya make it a visit to Tulum. Tulum is not only a charming, artsy town with a bohemian vibe but it is mostly known for the large ruins located there. When we walked onto the grounds I was blown away. I have seen plenty [...]
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Share Editors note: Hostelbookers has been kind enough to sponsor some of our stays during the Hazy Shade of Autumn Tour, so to give a little something back, we decided to help them get the word out about their splendid Christmas Giveaway. If you like surprises and prizes, HostelBookers have a thing or two in [...]
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Share Photo by George M. Groutas | Flickr Creative Commons So you say you want a revolution? Well here’s your chance to see where the revolution began. For pop music lovers there is no better place than Liverpool to see where the greatest masters of pop got their start. With so many Liverpool Apartments to rent [...]
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Share Everyone loves a little castle exploration on holiday and England has some of the best castles around! Northumberland is a top holiday destination in England and for good reason. It has miles of pristine beaches, plenty of sport activities from fishing to rock climbing and the Northumbria coast and country is designated as an [...]
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Share *Editors note: This is post is courtesy of AnyTrip.com. Living in a world filled with unbelievable places to visit, there is an immense amount of sights to see in every country. Amongst the many jaw-dropping spectacles, the following seven world renowned UNESCO heritage sites are particularly amazing and a must see on anyone’s round [...]
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Share My first time with a bidet was September 2010 in Venice. I had heard of bidets but never saw one. At first sight, I didn’t know what to make of the porcelain goddess. Fitted with a faucet and drain–like a sink with the lines of a toilet bowl–I stared at it for a [...]
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Share *To see the video in all its HD goodness, click the far right button on the right side of player to go full screen and then crank it up to 720p. Made for travelers by travelers. That could be the motto for this holiday apartment. Zumrut and her husband Hayri bought this apartment (and [...]
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Share If I had my way I’d never arrive in a new place after dark. Fès was no exception. What may be a tulip lined, bright and airy street by day, can turn sinister at night, if only in my mind. Disarmed by Fès’ modern train station, and the fact that we specifically booked a [...]
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Share “I am Michael,” our guide says with a straight face. ‘Hi Michael, I’m’…and just then he delivers his punch line. “Michael Jackson,” he says, smiling with a big grin. He laughs, we laugh and our camels keep smiling as we meander through a palm oasis, known as the Palmeraie, located about 15 minutes from [...]
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Share It is week 6.5 of the Hazy Shade of Autumn Tour and for the next 10 days (starting tomorrow) we will be visiting Morocco, in particular Marrakesh and Chefchaouen. We have partnered with Low Cost Holidays for a five day adventure in Marrakesh, where we will be riding camels, comparing a resort hotel versus [...]
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Share When Beth and Brooke, of Brooke vs. the World, decided they wanted to take the Bosphorus River Cruise offered by Get Your Guide, I said, “sure, let’s do it” and then went back to the tedious task of cleaning out my email inbox. At one point, I think Beth read aloud the details of [...]
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Share Playing with Mirrors at Wombats Hostel in Vienna. We are about five weeks into the Hazy Shade of Autumn Tour and we are excited to announce we picked up HostelBookers as a sponsor for some of our accommodation stays for the remainder of our journey!! As budget travelers, Beth and I have always been [...]
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Share Editors note: This is a guest post from Carley Hollis. You can check out her full bio below. The first time I travelled to Budapest, it was the middle of July and the city was hot, stuffy and stuffed with tourists and gap-year travellers alike. It was an interesting first visit to the capital [...]
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Share What do you get when you combine flight and dance? This stylish video from Air France, designed to be a “poetic metaphor for the magic of flight.” I got to say, I really like this video. But I’ve also been on a bit of a Dancing with the Stars (DWS) kick ever since I [...]
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Share Editors note: This is the first review of three about our stays with Roomorama. Stay tuned for Istanbul and Venice! I’ve got a raw onion half on the arches of each foot–a home remedy Beth read about, which is suppose to draw out the debilitating toxins from my body–as I lay in bed staring [...]
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Share Several days ago we had the opportunity to fly over Cappadocia in a hot air balloon as guests with Royal Balloon. To put it simply: we were blown away (pun fully intended). Going into the flight we knew the balloon ride itself was going to be amazing, but what we didn’t expect was the [...]
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Share A big reason we like WWOOFing so much is that it enables us to mingle with locals on a daily basis, experiencing regional cuisine, culture and customs, while giving back to the farmer and ultimately the community. Last year, on our WWOOF farm in Italy, we got to experience firsthand the labor of love [...]
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Share Istanbul is blowing me away. Actually let me rephrase that – Turkey is blowing me away. We spent a few days in Cappadocia hiking among the fairy chimneys, feeding stray cats and watching life unfold. We even flew in a hot air balloon! Fast forward to today where we are walking the streets of [...]
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Share My sister Bridgette has been bugging out for a Turkish rug for a long time. Now that we’re finally in Turkey I decided this would be a perfect time to find out what all the fuss is about and see if I could buy her one. Turns out I can’t because they are WAY [...]
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Share Oh boy, here we go again! We have left a country we’ve come to love (and got comfortable in) for a new foreign land. Three Brookes | By Booke Schoenman Beth and I are in Goreme, Turkey, and we couldn’t be more excited about our time in the country, which includes five days in [...]
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Share If you’re headed to the Riviera Maya in Mexico for a relaxing vacation, floating down the quiet, peaceful waters in the Si’an Kaan Biosphere is a perfect excursion to add to your itinerary. Si’an Kaan literally means Born In Heaven and as you roll up the serene coast you’ll see why. Everything is peaceful, [...]
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Share Editors note: So it just hit Beth and I (basically after receiving this guest post from our friends at HostelBookers) that Halloween is less than two weeks away. And just like the Greek Islands, we are closer than we have ever been to Transylvania. When we realized this, I saw Beth’s eyes light up, [...]
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Share Editors notes: This is a guest post from Peter Hanley. Beer festivals are by far one of the best reasons to travel anywhere. Just make sure that that anywhere is in Europe, because the number and range of beer festivals is unparalleled. Being so spoiled for choice makes it hard to decide which festival [...]
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Share Food & travel go together and Hostelbookers has got a pretty cool thing going on involving both! They’re making a pocket Backpacker’s Recipe Guide!! It will be full of easy, yummy recipes you can make in a hostel kitchen that will not only keep you healthy but keep your costs down and help [...]
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Share Thessaloniki, Greece | Hipstamatic Massachusetts, Mexico, San Diego, Massachusetts, Amsterdam, Serbia and now Greece. It’s been a fun, but busy month and now we find ourselves behind the 8-Ball (in terms of work) in Thessaloniki, Greece. So, we have chosen to forgo our original (and a bit challenging–financially and logistically) plans of island hopping [...]
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