Tips & articles
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Travel on a shoestring
23 July 2009
It takes more than hard times to keep a healthy wanderlust down, and our travel community is full of...
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Fly me to the moon: Planet Earth’s best unearthly landscapes
20 July 2009
How’s this for a space oddity? Forty years have passed since the historic Apollo moon landing,...
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Travel with children
17 July 2009
Does having kids mean that your travel bug has buzzed its last? Nope - not according to the Lonely Planet...
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Washington DC with children
17 July 2009
Visiting DC with the kids? You’ve come to the right place! Not only does US capital offer up valuable...
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Who’s your papa? The Hemingway Days Festival
17 July 2009
Got a love of literature? Think you can simulate a stocky, white-bearded man? Then pull up a bar stool...
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San Francisco with children
17 July 2009
Beaches, cable cars, carousels or penguins? We’ve narrowed down the best kid-friendly options in San...
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Burning Man: get your freak on
13 July 2009
Burning Man is more than a festival; it’s a Utopian society that springs up on the cracked terrain of...
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Top Santa Cruz beaches
09 July 2009
Los Angeles may have Baywatch, but where California’s beaches are concerned, Santa Cruz more than...
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Top 10 films about California
09 July 2009
If you go to the movies, you’ve been to California. It’s no surprise that Hollywood’s...
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California road trips
08 July 2009
California is the third-largest state in the USA, and you could easily spend weeks navigating its blue...
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Top 10 North American amusement parks
07 July 2009
Nowhere can you find so many family-friendly daredevil thrills (and gentler rides) than in the USA and...
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My kind of Fourth
03 July 2009
‘Oh, you’ve lived in Washington? I’ve been there. It was…boring.’ The conversation...
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America’s ice cream month
02 July 2009
Make no mistake: America is king of the cream. Alexander the Great may have broken from warfare to sample...
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Brooklyn breaks
01 July 2009
While its popular big sister Manhattan got all the dates, Brooklyn was left at home with a video and...
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Hawaii’s hush-hush getaway
26 June 2009
Beaches all to yourself, no queues at restaurants or attractions - welcome to Molokai’i, Hawaii...
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Five memorials to music legends
26 June 2009
Pop ultralegend Michael Jackson has died. We, along with millions of fans worldwide, are in mourning. As...
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Top 10 scenic drives - USA
22 June 2009
They don’t call it America the Beautiful for nothing. Roll down that car window and feast your...
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O’ahu’s top surf spots
22 June 2009
Haleiwa An unruly, wild, wintertime break that picks up pretty much any north or west swell. A split-peak...
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Finding solitude in USA’s national parks
16 June 2009
You want to get close to nature, but the loud tourists want to get close to you. Here’s how to...
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Pie fight: who makes the best pizza - New York or Chicago?
16 June 2009
‘The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4am,’ said actor Charles Pierce, summing...
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Top 10 food experiences - USA
16 June 2009
The best places to go for the best of regional food - start with clam chowder in Boston and finish up...
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Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail
15 June 2009
The only thing more Kentucky than the thundering hooves of the Derby is the swirl of ice in a julep....
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Buying boots in Texas
15 June 2009
El Paso is the place to pony up for some genuine hand-made cowboy boots - and a little local knowledge...
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Surfing O’ahu
15 June 2009
You don’t have to be an expert to enjoy the best breaks, the best schools and the best of the off-shore...
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Lower East Side
15 June 2009
Life in New York City moves fast, and change is part of the city’s soul. But when a unique neighborhood...
