I had reached my next destination - Pier 21, Canada's immigration museum. More than a million immigrants came through its doors between 1928 and 1971. Pier 21 is one of Canada's most fascinating museums.
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After all this excitement I was back on the road and enjoying my drive eastwards. The weather improved from a cool drizzle to overcast skies, and it was looking like I might even get some blue skies later today. The Lighthouse Trail hugs the southern Nova Scotia shoreline while Highway 103 pursues a straighter trajectory inland.
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Franschhoek is a cultured wine valley and considered the food and wine capital of South Africa. Accordingly, the Franschhoek/ Cape Town/ bed and breakfast/ B&B and Franschhoek/ Cape Town self catering establishments have responded by upgrading their places to offer you luxury and comfort. Staying in Franschhoek, you can enjoy a leisurely walk to most places - restaurants, the chocolate factory, quaint book shops, etc. The benefit and beauty of the Cape is that most places are within easy and ...
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Adventurous trips are second most popular travel destinations. Thrill and real time challenges in the trips satiate the imaginative minds of young people. Jungles, mountains, rivers and sea are most admired adventurous destinations. Adventures offer different level of difficulties and so special skills and safety measures are needed.
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In addition to last night's walking tour of Yarmouth, I had now got a good idea of Yarmouth's Victorian architecture. Now it was time to delve deeper into history, so I embarked on my visit of the Yarmouth County Museum and Archives.
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I am always interested in the people behind the destinations, because the people are really the key factor in any hospitality experience. So with my suitcase packed and stashed safely in the car, I sat down with Don and Gail Wallace, owners of the Lunenburg Inn, to find out more about their personal story.
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It is my personal opinion, as someone who has lived in Bali for six years and heavily involved in tourism businesses, toward European Transport Commission statement on their plan to bar Indonesian airliners.
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DRUM! was originally conceived as a 45 minute tourism promotion piece as the main stage show at Tall Ships 2000, a special racing event that featured sailing vessels from all over the world. In 2004 DRUM! was turned into a full-length production and performed for ten nights in its specially designed theatre at the Halifax waterfront.
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Want to attend the violet festival in France? See the blue poppies in Bhutan? Or view the carpet of wildflowers in Namaqualand, South Africa? Then you need to know when these flowers bloom in those locations. Researching bloom times for your next trip is the pivotal point of including flowers in your itinerary. It's the "when" of destination research and it is more than just which hemisphere and what season.
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To walk through Barcelona's old city is a daunting task - it almost takes you back to medieval times, especially Barri Gotic, which is the Gothic quarter. Personally the idea of Gothic has never been appealing to me, but as I stood in front of the Sagrada Familia church I couldn't help but take my time to look at the detail.
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