Vehicles powered by chip fat and cooking oil will be driving across Europe this summer, in the latest rally event from the organisers of last year's chocolate-powered lorry. After the success of the trip to Timbuktu, this August 30 driving teams will set off from the UK for a two-week journey to Greece. They will have to "scavenge" fatty fuel from restaurants along the way, avoiding fossil fuels and trying to achieve a zero carbon footprint.

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On March 7, Stevens Institute of Technology Head Men’s Soccer Coach Tim O’Donohue traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to England for a one-week masters course, which was taught by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. During his time there, O’Donohue learned more about club and academy structure as well as coaching methodology and player development.

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It was so tempting to take Fuchsia Dunlop out for Chinese food. With her fluent Mandarin and her more than encyclopedic knowledge, there would be no anglicized watering-down of our Szechuan lunch, no protests that we Westerners wouldn't care for, say, a head-on fish or an offal-driven dish. It would be an education on its own to see how the author, who wrote instant-classic cookbooks on Szechuan food and Hunanese cuisine, ordered at one of Seattle's Chinese restaurants.

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Washington State is one of the most visually captivating and ecologically diverse states in the entire country. From the snow capped summit of Mount Rainier to the rugged Pacific coastline, Washington State travel will present you with a diverse array of scenic possibilities.
Travelers on a Washington state vacation will inevitably find themselves in Seattle, also known as the Emerald City. While this city has enough to keep a visitor occupied for days on end, just a short ferry ride will take you to the Olympic National Park.

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Pay homage to Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet on a full-day small group tour from Paris by minivan. You'll take a guided tour of Auvers sur Oise, the village where Vincent van Gogh spent his last 100 days; travel to Giverny to see Monet's house and gardens; and tour the American Museum of Art in Giverny. You'll be picked up and dropped off at your centrally located Paris hotel by air-conditioned minivan, which holds a maximum of only eight passengers and ensures you'll receive individual attention from your expert tour guide.

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The number “nine” in Thailand is regarded by all Thai people as an auspicious number. The date yesterday was 9.9.49 which made it a good day to do something special. So, all around Bangkok and the country, events were organized in honour of His Majesty The King’s 60th anniversary on the throne. At the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport, they organized a marathon on the runaway. Probably something you wouldn’t be able to do again once the airport opens later this month.

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Last week, we introduced our first photo/essay contest asking for your best Indiana Jones moment, and we were delighted with the variety of results. Our first essay entry comes from Kimberly Lang of Washington, D.C. (and the Go Green Travel Green blog), who is the proud new owner of the Indiana Jones DVD box set. It's 4 a.m. and 25° F outside when I stumble off the bus onto the streets of Ljubljana, Slovenia. I reach for my guidebook to lead the way to shelter. Crap! I left it on the bus—along with my daypack. And camera. And international cell phone.

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I think it is about time I write about safari destinations in Kenya since I just wrote about Ol Pejeta Conservancy and Pamela and I toured many other parks in November. I’ll skip the Nairobi destinations and save them for an entry on Nairobi. I have now seen a good part of Kenya although the more I see the more I want to see. Given that I still have a long list of places in California that I want to see after 25 years of living there and touring around the state regularly, I would guess that it will take a lifetime to see all of Kenya.

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The first day out on the open ocean was really wavy and everyone felt kind of poopy. Edmund was a zombie because he took sea sickness pills. Linda felt poopy for most of the trip. During one of her night watches our friend J lifted up his arms to the sky and said: “Universe, give us a fish!” 2 seconds later a flying fish flew onto the boat!!!! They threw the fish back into the ocean but the captain was mad because flying fish are supposed to be one of the best tasting fish.

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After a month long hiatus (from blogging, not traveling) I think I am ready to start again. This is basically for the 10 faithful followers who have asked me to keep writing. I write now from Dalat in the Vietnamese interior. At the moment I am obsessing on visa issues. I bought the expensive 3-month multiple entry visa in New Zealand. It is good from March 1 through June 1. Unfortunately, when I got to Thailand I decided to head north instead of east and then continued on a slow tour through Laos and Cambodia.

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We left NYC for San Francisco on Monday 19th May. Here are some notes about our final weekend in Manhattan.
Saturday 17th: Early morning. Took clothes to laundry on 10th Avenue. They charge by the pound - 12 lb cost $12. Good value. Joey keen to go to a flea market to search for bargan second-hand rap CDs. We catch a taxi to the Chelsea/Gramercy area. On the way we notice a huge street party near us, on 9th Avenue, which has street stalls but still decide to go downtown.

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What could be more romantic than a private evening out in Paris for two? You'll cruise along the Seine River, have a romantic three-course dinner at a Paris brasserie then tour Paris by night in a private car to see the city's brilliantly illuminated monuments and buildings. You'll be picked up at your centrally located Paris hotel by your English-speaking driver-guide in a private car.

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About a month ago I decided to start a series of articles highlighting the places I visit. So I decided to rip off the Seven Wonders theme which the New Seven Wonders group ripped off from Herodotus. (Only steal from the best I say.) I also thought it would be a good idea to get people who live in the places I’ve been to contribute. So I contacted bloggers from the Philippines. I initially got a list of nominations and then set the list to bloggers to vote on. I got votes from Bloggers over the last week and tallied up the results.

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Our first destination: New York Chinatown - the largest Chinatown in the United States and the western hemisphere. We went there for a quick breakfast.Chaos. So many tourists belonging to different tour groups gathering at the hotel lobby. We managed to find our tour guide, Richard, from Paradise Vacations (a local tour assigned by Chan Brothers in New York).

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We embarked on a guided tour for a two week vacation in New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia and Washington D.C; free & easy tour in Disneyland, Universal Studios in Orlando and Virginia. The whole flight journey by Northwest Airlines, including transits at Narita Int’l Airport (Japan) and Detroit Metro Airport (U.S), flight delay and tight security, took us 25 hours before we finally set foot in Newark Int’l Airport in New Jersey!! An aerial view of Japan before landing.

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