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A Survival Guide for High Altitude

A Survival Guide for High Altitude

12/11/2012
Mountains, Travel Prep
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  Pristine blue skies contrasting with the pure whiteness of salt deserts; vertiginous roads cutting through rainbow-coloured mountains; proud llamas strolling the high plateaus of the altiplano: the wild landscapes of the Andes range will take your breath away. Quite literally so, actually: above 2 500 or 3 000 meters, you might start experiencing w[...]
4 Must Do's in British Columbia

4 Must Do's in British Columbia

12/06/2012
Adventure Travel, British Colombia, Mountains
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Last summer, somewhere between graduating from university and committing to a 9 to 5 lifestyle for the next 5 years I decided to get out. Out to a place full of breathtaking nature yet vibrant with culture and modern lifestyle. It didn't take me a long time to decide on a place - I wanted to discover Canada. My particular focus was on British Columbia and th[...]
Top 12 Free Things to do in Melbourne

Top 12 Free Things to do in Melbourne

09/30/2012
Cities, Top 10
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We all love free things. Especially me. And when traveling and having to look after your budget, sometimes you just need some free things to do in a new city to ease up on the spending, while still being able to explore. Australia is a tough place to travel in financially since the dollar is so strong. It makes everything seem real pricey when you’re not e[...]
Secret NYC - return of the speakeasies

Secret NYC - return of the speakeasies

09/28/2012
Cities, Food & Drink, New York
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Psst! Do you want to know a secret? Can you believe that I entered a bar through a telephone booth? Oh, and you can't just open the door and walk in. You have to identify yourself first by speaking into the receiver and wait for the permission to pass. As futuristic as it might sound - this happened in 2012 New York City, in a telephone booth installed in a [...]
Attic Vintage: Las Vegas' best kept secret

Attic Vintage: Las Vegas' best kept secret

05/31/2012
Cities, Las Vegas, Shopping
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I came to Vegas with only one thing to do on my list: i needed to find a vintage shop. When I thought of Nevada's sin city, what came to my mind were tall women in glamorous gowns with high heels and feather boas, standing by the gambling tables watching their husbands and sugar daddies lose a fortune or win big. Surely there would have to be a vintage shop [...]
Berlin Coffee Haven: Leuchtstoff Kaffeebar

Berlin Coffee Haven: Leuchtstoff Kaffeebar

04/20/2012
Berlin, Food & Drink
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Berlin these days is not for the faint of heart: the pursuit for the ultimate slurp of coffee has increased demand for fine-tuned establishments offering more than your average Milchkaffee. You need to know your flat white from your V60 or Aeropress. Stumptown in, Starbucks out. On a mission to find out more and learn exactly what all these exotic words[...]
5 Things to Know About Italian Markets

5 Things to Know About Italian Markets

09/09/2011
Italy, Must do's, Travel Tips
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Better then any theater drama or movie comedy, the local market sums up everything Italy stereotypically stands for: the crowd, the noise, the friendly banter over espresso, the arguments about quality and pricing or the laughter by a glass of excellent wine and the infinite types of cheese, tomatoes and meat products. If you thought that Italians go to th[...]

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