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Feb 04 2009

A girls weekend away

Published by otel.com under Travel related topics

We sometimes just need a weekend away with girls no guys just lots of gossip, shopping, drinking and dancing the night away…
So where are the best places for some great girly fun..
Here are some choices from a few of the places I have been with my gang of girls..
London..
London has everything you need for a [...]

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Jan 09 2009

Getting the best value for your £ on holiday

Published by otel.com under Travel related topics

For those looking to travel and escape the winter blues in the UK you maybe thinking about where to go and where to travel to get the best value for your pounds…
We the pound being weak many people are thinking not to go away but here are a few tips on where to travel and [...]

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Nov 22 2008

Unusual Ice Creams from around the World!!!

Published by caroline under Travel related topics

Have you even been scared to eat an Ice cream??
As a frozen dessert, ice cream is mostly loved by everyone and eaten in every season. Ice cream is made of dairy products, cream, flavoring and sweeteners. It is said that ice cream dates back to fifth century! At that time, people made it by combining [...]

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Jun 04 2008

You dont need to be multilingual when you visit Malaysia!

Published by caroline under Travel related topics

Of course our mother tongue is not English but an English language has become the second language of all Malaysian. We have been taught in Britain syllabus since us in primary school and even in University. Our mother language is Bahasa Melayu; or Malay language.
The Bahasa Melayu; has been used of few countries around South [...]

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Feb 23 2008

Who was the first travel agent?

Published by caroline under Travel related topics

The first modern day travel agent was Thomas Cook, born in 1808 in Derbyshire UK.After leaving school at the age of 10 he worked as a cabinet maker and part-time publisher of Baptist and Temperance pamphlets before he became a Baptist minister Thomas Cook’s first operation in 1841 was to run an excursion from Leicester [...]

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Feb 14 2008

Where to spend Valentines Day

With Valentines Day officially over, let’s count up those votes and see which city took the most votes in our poll to find out which city you would most like to be in on Valentines Day
First place with 25% of the votes goes to Paris (No surprise there)
Second place with 20% of the votes goes [...]

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Jan 29 2008

Living and working overseas

Published by caroline under Travel related topics

How many of us wish to be able to leave our 9-5 desk job behind us and travel to some sun drenched country where we can open up a small bar and sit peacefully watching the world go by as we sip on a Sangria? Moving to another country. It it all that its cracked [...]

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Jan 25 2008

Passports and holiday day

Published by otel.com under Travel related topics

I have just read an interesting article in that today, the 7th January is set to become ‘Holiday Day’ – Seemingly its the most popular day of the year for us to book a summer holiday.
Apparently the first full week back at work reminds us Brits of the reality of office life and our immediate [...]

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Jan 25 2008

Childhood holiday memories

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Having just read an article entitled ‘Nostalgia tourism’ which reveals that 90% of us Brits would rather use our holiday time to re-live the images that we have of our childhood or a city which holds some sentimental hold on us rather than exploring somewhere new gave me time to think back to my childhood [...]

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