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Finely tuned athletes need not apply, for the Marathon du Medoc is one race where fleetness of foot is a disadvantage, as the last thing anyone wants to do is actually win. That would be a grave mistake, for this bibulous ...

Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront is the departure point for one of the city's essential activities - the 12-km (7.5-mi) ferry trip to Robben Island, for centuries a safe dumping ground for those deemed undesirable by the authorities, from Muslim ...

Internet Finally, after two years of wait, Hornbill Festival Nagaland is all set to light the state of Nagaland, India. Hornbill Festival started in 2000, and this year it will be in its 23rd edition. People travel from all across the ...

Everyone who visits the Bay City should take a journey on one of the famous streetcars, which have a long history. The first streetcars (technically cable cars) capable of handling San Francisco's steep hillsides were introduced in 1873 and were an ...

The most memorable part of traveling is the beautiful journey we take to reach one place to another. There are different modes of transport in the world including ships, flights, and roads, but the experience which comes with Trains is not ...

Stand by for a tall trail - the Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) that ranges in elevation from a mere 1,900 m (6,240 ft) at the outlet end of Lake Tahoe to an altogether more impressive 3,100 m (10,175 ft) at Relay ...

In the far north of Japan; off the northwest coast of the island of Hokkaido, lie two smaller islands famed for their natural beauty, abundant wildflower and hiking trails. The islands of Rebun and Rishiri form part of a national park, ...

California Zephyr is one of the world's most scenic train journeys (Chicago to San Francisco by rail); sheer heaven for the scenically minded. It covers 3,925 km (2,440 mi) from Chicago to the Pacific coast, traversing Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, ...

According to Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, the Kornati Islands were made by God as his final act of creation out of 'his tears, the stars, and his breath. The sublime beauty of this labyrinth of 147 islands, islets and reefs ...

The reality of Majorca belies its reputation as a high-rise hell of commercialized tourism. Apart from the narrow coastal strip along the Bay of Palma and the grim east coast resorts, the island is startlingly beautiful particularly in the Serra de ...

South-east of Rio de Janeiro in the Agra dos Reis district of Brazil lies Ilha Grande, a long mountainous ridge emerging from the turquoise sea. There are over 360 islands in the bay, their forested slopes leading down to some of ...

Opened in 1930, and considerably redone in 1998 when fresh cars and dual cabling were introduced, the Table Mountain aerial Cableway has ferried more than 15 million people to the summit, a picturesque ride which offers incredible vistas of Cape Town ...