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UNESCO World Heritage Site: Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Palace & Gardens

By Sherry Ott on May 22, 2012 in Austria, Europe, Featured, Photos, Vienna

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  Schoenbrunn Palace and Gardens in Vienna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the most popular tourist attraction in the city.  Easy to access, you are able to take the subway directly to Schoenbrunn and once...

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Cartagena Colombia: Playa Blanca, A True Island Paradise

By Robert Schrader on May 20, 2012 in Colombia, Featured, Photos, South America

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  The city of Cartagena, Colombia is known for the charm and splendor of its 500-year old centro historico, the nuevo-luxe of its Miami-like Boca Grande neighborhood and, more recently, the drama surrounding Obama’s Secret Service...

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The Allure of Shimla

By Sweta Mukherjee on May 20, 2012 in Asia, Cities, India, Photos

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After being chased by a chain of porters and touts, stopped near a bench, loosened our backpacks; in Calm, in This.... The town Shimla from its ridge.    Saptami evening at Shimla's Kali Bari.   Shimla is incomplete without this marvel, sheathed...

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Nonchalant Moments Spent in India

By Sweta Mukherjee on May 19, 2012 in Asia, India, Photos

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  My first experience with a digital camera. (In pic) Baba and Mithua. Heritage Train, Shimla,2007. At the Retreat ceremony, thousand hearts and an unanimous voice 'Vande Mataram'. Attari, Punjab,2011. A family resting beside serene Bapsa at Chitkool. A...

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Indian Food: The Magic of Chandni Chowk on my Platter

By Sweta Mukherjee on May 18, 2012 in Asia, India, Photos

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Nataraj Dahibhalla Corner would always be my first stop. My taste buds start to tingle as I am out of the Chandni chowk's metro station. And then a gloomy crowded right turn rides me to...

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Trail of Seeds: Sustainable Work in Venezuela & Tanzania

By Lainie Liberti on May 17, 2012 in Africa, East Africa, Featured, Photos, South America, Tanzania, Venezuela

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Early last year, we had the great honor to connect with Sal Lavallo, a young global citizen and a year later, we decided to check in to see how they were doing. We weren’t  surprised to learn...

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On Israel’s Eilat and Egypt’s Red Sea Beaches

By Robert Schrader on May 16, 2012 in Africa, Egypt, Featured, Israel, Middle East, North Africa, Photos

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Israel is roughly the size of the U.S. state of New Jersey, so I have to give the country kudos: For such a small place, they have a hugely diverse range of landscapes and destinations....

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The Pilgrimage of Ardh-Kumbh Mela

By Sweta Mukherjee on May 16, 2012 in Asia, India, Photos

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  Vermilion- a marriage mandate in India. This Mela (fair) is being organised at Simaria Ghat. A puffed rice stall. Evening Aarti at the bank. As expected a Bihar Ganga ghat to be, dirty yet pious in everyone's heart. Fried Litthi,...

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