One of the most famous desert cities in the world, Dubai has been taking the world and the holiday market by storm. Just five hours from Europe, the city is home to tall building, excellent shopping and an excellent infrastructure. Dubai caters for people looking for an opulent destination and a luxurious city. With hundreds of things to do and see in the city, travellers to the region are treated to an array of adventurous and interesting activities. If you [...]
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13Dec
2011
2011
Visit Cyprus, Birthplace of Aphrodite
Cyprus is an island in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, and the legendary birthplace of the goddess of beauty and love, Aphrodite (Kypris in Cyprian). The goddess was said to have emerged fully grown from a foaming sea, and ancient portraits depict her posing on a giant scallop. The goddess is recognised nowadays by “Anthestiria” or spring flower festivals, which celebrate spring and the rebirth of nature. Parades of people carry fresh flowers in the south west city of [...]
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7Dec
2011
2011
Jamming in Jamaica
Jamaica is a wonderfully laid-back island in the Greater Antilles, surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. Its neighbours are Cuba, Hispaniola, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and it was a Spanish, English and British colony until independence in the 1960s. Arawakan-speaking locals named the island Xaymaca, meaning “Land of Springs”. This is accurate, not only because of Jamaica’s long rainy season, but because the island is also considered to be a watershed. A watershed is a drenched area of land that [...]
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