Bird watching, photography and nature hikes throughout Hong Kong
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The weather has been getting finer this past week and I find myself getting the urge to take a nice hike somewhere in Hong Kong. Mind you, I tend to get this sudden desire every few months but never seem to go beyond Dragon’s Back trail in Shek O (pictured above). The reason for this is that I don’t really know where to go to take these walks. I only know of the ones that I went on with my family as a child and don’t really remember much about them. This brings me to my post for the...
September 10th, 2009 | Jessy DB | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, bird watching, Family Friendly, hiking, History & Information, Outdoors & Recreation, photography, Tours
Verona’s San Zeno: Northern Italy’s Most Ornate Romanesque Church
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If you’ve ever traveled to Verona, chances are you visited Juliet’s House, the Arena to see an opera, and the main piazzas complete with giant hanging whale bone. But if you venture just out of the city center, you’ll find one of Northern Italy’s most extravagant churches…it’s like no other.
San Zeno was built in 1120-1138 and is adorned with an impressive rose window which symbolized the Wheel of Fortune with figures that show the rise and fall of human luck,...
September 10th, 2009 | The Venice Guide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, History & Information, Things To Do In Verona, Verona Churches
South Bronx Travelogue
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South Bronx Street Art
This is living street theater at its best brought to you by the Foundry Theatre! Called Provenance of Beauty, you take part by boarding a bus at 171 E. 121st St. between Lexington & 3rd Avenues in Spanish Harlem across the street from the Harlem Community Justice Center. Clamp on some headphones, and for 90 minutes eavesdrop on the voices, both live and recorded, of the South Bronx. As you travel this neighborhood’s streets, Bronx native Claudia Rankine’s...
September 9th, 2009 | Steve Mirsky | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Announcements, Attractions, barretto point park, Bronx, claudia rankine, culture, foundry theater, harlem community justice center, hunts point, provenance of beauty, south bronx tour, The Arts
New opening – the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum
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The Natural History Museum has acquired a new attraction. An amazing new building, with a smooth curving sufrace like a silk-worm coccoon or a weirdly lopsided egg or a huge sea-worn boulder, has gone up in South Kensington – a defiantly modern space against the neo-romanesque pastiche of the museum itself, it also manages to suggest natural forms, rather than the man-made world.
From the outside, all you’ll see is a glass wall – it’s inside this glass enclosure that the...
September 9th, 2009 | Andrea Kirkby | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, darwin centre, natural history museum, south kensington
Multicultural gethering at Lisbon historic centre – Septembre
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Wear a sari, cut hair on a Chinese or African hair dresser, dance like in Bollywood are just a few of the possibilities from 10th to the 13th of Septembre.
This is more than just a festival. The mixing of cultures that now form the whole Lisbon will bring photography, cinema, dancing, gastronomy and much more. The gatherings take place in the old part of town, contributing to the overall felling. Stores, restaurants, hair dressers, associations and recreation centres are just a few of the places...
September 9th, 2009 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Announcements, Attractions, culture, Events, festival, gastronomy, intercultural, international, music, News, Outdoors & Recreation, Performing Arts - Theater & Dance, Restaurants & Bars, The Arts
Five Favourite Ways to Enjoy Edinburgh in the Autumn
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As Edinburgh winds down into a slumber to recover from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival madness, it’s easy to want to just hide away in a cafe and await winter’s arrival. However, there’s five different places that I like to spend my time during autumn in Edinburgh:
The Water of Leith
Everyone knows I’m a huge fan of the Water of Leith and it’s one of the best walks one can do in Edinburgh. As the leaves turn colour and a chill fills the air, there’s no better...
September 7th, 2009 | Andy Hayes | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, autumn, fall
Plum TV Miami: Taking the City’s Pulse and Profile
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How local urbanites work, play and celebrate are all part of the broader picture that Plum TV Miami deftly puts together every week on local cable Channel 5. While most big cities may have some kind of daytime show on city happenings, the very plugged-in format and approach of this cable show in its various venues (aside from Miami, there’s also Aspen, the Hamptons, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Sun Valley, Telluride, Vail) marks it out as something unusual from our perspective...
September 7th, 2009 | themiamiguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, Events, News
September arrives with a great Jazz Festival – Lisbon
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The beginning of September comes with a promise of good jazz. The only Portuguese jazz magazine is bringing to Lisbon the second edition of Festival Jazz.pt.
Most of the action takes place at Hot Club, the oldest and main jazz club in town. From Thursday to Saturday there will be two concerts a day, one at 22h, the other at 24h. But it’s more than just another concert. Most of them will be the presentation of new work.
There’s also a great concert at Parque Mayer (map) with Joachim Kühn, Miroslav...
September 7th, 2009 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Announcements, Attractions, club, concert, Events, festival, jazz, music, News, night, Outdoors & Recreation
Fly high in a helicopter and see Hong Kong from up above at The Peninsula
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Here’s something that’s sure to send your senses soaring! The Peninsula Hong Kong is offering a selection of ‘High Flyer‘ packages featuring lunch, afternoon tea or a spa treatment, together with a spectacular helicopter ride across Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour.
The helicopter ride promises to give you a breathtaking view of Hong Kong with its oversized windows. Explore the city’s tallest skyscrapers, including a bird’s eye view of Happy Valley’s racetrack. This is your...
September 7th, 2009 | Jessy DB | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, Family Friendly, helicopter ride, Hotels & Places to Stay, spas, tea, Tours
Elitch Gardens Theme Park in Denver, Colorado
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Last Saturday my family and I were looking for something fun to do. Since we moved here, we hadn’t been to Elitch Gardens Theme Park [map] and the kids have been begging us to take them there. So, on the spur of the moment, we bought fall passes for all of us and have already used them twice. The fall pass was only $10 more than a regular ticket, so they have already paid for themselves.
I love theme parks. I always have and Elitch Gardens did not disappoint! The first day we went, we decided...
September 7th, 2009 | thedenverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, Elitch Gardens, Family Friendly, family friendly activities, theme parks
Santa Monica Pier Centennial Celebration
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On September 9, the landmark Santa Monica Pier will celebrate its 100the birthday in grand style with fireworks, entertainment, activities, and other frivolity.
100 years of welcoming visitors
The 1,600-foot-long concrete municipal pier opened on September 9, 1909. Originally constructed for sanitation purposes, it didn’t take long before the pier became a favorite hangout for the fishing community. Funseekers came in droves after imaginative entrepreneurs constructed a roller coaster, ballroom,...
September 7th, 2009 | M. L. Johnson | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, beach, carousel, celebrations, Events, Family Friendly, film sites, fireworks, movies, piers, roller coaster, Santa Monica
Top Five Things to do in San Diego in the Fall!
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San Diego in the fall is my favorite time of year. It’s still warm during the day but the evenings start to cool off. It’s back to school and ready for the holidays! Here are my top Five Things to do in San Diego in the Fall!
Bates Nut Farm [Map]
It isn’t October without a visit to the Pumpkin Patch at Bates Nut Farm! The Bates Nut Farm has become well known for its special events held throughout the year on the 100 acre ranch. You’ll love coming out and having a picnic...
September 7th, 2009 | The San Diego Guide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: air show, Attractions, autumn, bates nut farm, Events, Excursions, fall, Fall Fun, Family Friendly, festival, holidays, julian, oktoberfest
Wine Nights Fair 2009
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Vinos y Bodegas, Cosecha 2009 Wine Nights, the most important Fair for the Wine Industry in Latin America, will take place at the La Rural Exhibition Center on September 8, 9 and 10.
The Fair will offer visitors the opportunity to enjoy the most renowned wine labels from traditional and boutique wineries in Argentina. The wines awarded abroad will be presented at the Fair, as well as the new trends in wine consume.
For the past years Argentina has been positioned in the international wine market...
September 7th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, Buenos Aires, Events, fair, food and drinks, palermo, wines
The streets of St. Petersburg-2: Malaya Konyushennaya
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I continue my coverage of St. Petersburg’s streets. The city should be watched on foot, so I invite you to follow me in walking around its streets.
Today we’re in the very centre, on a walking steet that streches just from the main thoroughfare, the Nevsky prospect. It’s Malaya (Small) Konyushennaya.
Founded in late XVIII century, not much older than the city itself, it was called after the imperial stables. But there is nothing left today in the street to refer to the origin...
September 7th, 2009 | Ivan Stupachenko | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, Family Friendly, History & Information, the streets of St. Petersburg, Tours, walking streets
24 Things to do in Vancouver in September
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FESTIVALS
Sept 13 The Festival of Fields is a gourmet harvest festival and fundraiser to be held at UBC from 1- 5 pm Tickets $85 Cdn (purchase in advance) Proceeds go to the Farm Fold/City Folk Societ. The festival will connnect city folk and farm folk and chefs who will prepare and serve samplesof he best wines, brews and home-grown food from around B.C
Sept 17 -27: Global Comedy Fest. Various venues
Sept 20 4th Annual Chef Meets Grape (for wine lovers) Rocky Mountain Station 604-684-2787
to...
September 6th, 2009 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, Events, Family Friendly, festival, hiking, kayaking, markets, museums, Outdoors & Recreation, parks, Performing Arts - Theater & Dance, running, sports, The Arts, Tours
The Subway… Fast, Cheap and Reliable
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The subway (or metro) in Buenos Aires is one of the best ways to get around. It is known as “subte” (subterraneo, which means underground). Taking the subte is a fast, cheap and reliable way to get around Buenos Aires.
Though many of the main city sights are within walking distance of the centre, there a couple of places for you will need to use public transport. Subte is my favourite means of transportation in the city, and the main lines are always getting extended.
There are five...
September 5th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 4Filed under: Attractions, Buenos Aires, History & Informationi, palermo, plaza de mayo, subway, transportation
Take a trip on the new Canada Line!
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“Isn’t this cool!” my companion exclaims as the train whizzes along in the tunnel. We’re on Trans Link’s new Canada Line, heading for Richmond and YVR. We feel like kids on a carnival ride, the new transit line is that much fun!
We boarded at the Waterfront Station at noon, finding comfortable seats in the spacious car. There’s plenty of leg room and space for bikes and luggage. The ride to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) will take approximately 25...
September 5th, 2009 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: airport, Attractions, bus, casino, News, Shopping, Tours, train
Free Arts Festival Open House at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC
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Every year, the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts a free Arts Festival open house. this year, they are tying it in with the 14th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Festival.
This year’s line up includes:
The fabulous National Symphony Orchestra: Carnival of the Animals and instrument petting zoo.
From Australia, Polyglot Puppet Theatre: We Built This City encourages children to use their imagination and ingenuity to build a city out of thousands of cardboard boxes,...
September 5th, 2009 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: arts, Attractions, Events, Family Friendly, festival, Kennedy-Center, street preformers, The Arts, Washington DC
Jazz Festival in the Desert
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The Valley is attracting more and more great performers in the music industry. If you’re a jazz fan, consider the JW Festival in the Desert at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on Friday, September 11 at 7:00pm. Not only is it a great property, but they are offering hotel packages that along with the performance will include discounted room rates and other amenities. The new City North is across the street featuring The Kona Grill, Blue Martini Lounge and great shopping along...
September 3rd, 2009 | Heather Wright Schlichting | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, City North, concert, coupons & discounts, Desert Ridge, discounts, Euge Groove, Events, Food & Beverage, hotel discounts, hotel packages, Hotels & Places to Stay, jazz, Jeff Golub, Jeff Lorber, Jessy J, JW Marriott, music, nightlife, Phoenix, Shopping
Let’s Go to the Mountains: Tweetsie Railroad in North Carolina
... one of the oldest theme parks in America and North Carolina’s first) to the fact even though it has kept up with the time by adding different Attractions, Tweetsie Railroad hasn’t changed its central formula.
“Tweetsie Railroad is unique because it provides visitors the opportunity to explore the Wild West,” he says. “There’s fun throughout the park for everyone.”
And what fun it is. With the rides, perhaps someone in your family would like to take a spin on the Tornado...
September 3rd, 2009 | Apryl Chapman Thomas | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, Let's Go to the Mountains, Southern-Byways, theme parks, Things to See in North Carolina
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