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Dance Up the Nile River

For a peaceful getaway that allows you to read and laze in the steamy desert, hope onto a flatboat and slink down the Nile.  You embark from Cairo, which is a thriving metropolis filled with favorite franchises.  Evenings within the hotels lining the river entice lovers to take languishing walks a

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Blisters a Fair Exchange for Namibia's Breathtaking Beauty

I was 85km weary, had accumulated a five-days-layer of dirt and more than my fair share of bloody blisters after hiking five days through Africa’s largest canyon. And I was smiling. I had been warned that the hike would be arduous and the conditions sub-rustic, but I had not been advised of the st

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Sedona: A Secret under the Arizona Sun

I am six hours north from El Paso while the terrain changes from sand and cactus to more sand and saguaro cactus.  Red rock glistens in the sun.  Like a mound of clay placed between two hills, the rock waits for visitors.  As I approach Sedona there is a wow factor that is beyond sensation.  Who

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