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I have been to Singapore for one month on an official purpose but it turned out to be a vacation in its own way.&lt;br&gt;
Our office is in Suntect City ... near Fountain of fortune, the place where Krish movie scenes were taken  The view from the office is too good.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;There are so many tourist places ...like Sentosa Island, Butterfly Park, Night Safari, Jurong Bird Park, Underwater World,Stamford Hall etc etc...&lt;br&gt;
WOW! I think Singapore is a paradise for shoppers. U name it and you get it, be it electronics, clothes, accessories, furnishings, the list goes on n on.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;You get branded items everywhere, but the knack is to look for markets where you get things for cheap and can even bargain...&lt;br&gt;
If you want branded stuff you can go to Orchard Road, Marina Square, Suntec City Mall, Woodlands, Raffle City ...&lt;br&gt;
But if you want local stuff, you should go to China Town, Little India, Bugis where you get all indian items.&lt;br&gt;
Mustafa center in little India is open 24 hours&lt;br&gt;
Dont forget China Town, anything 3 for 10 dollars&lt;br&gt;
I had shopped till I had dropped and had also forgotten the luggage limit flying back sigh! sigh!&lt;br&gt;
Even in the airport you can find duty free shops which are not usual choclates, wine etc but dresses, jewellery again &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;OMG!!! waiting for my next visit...... &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/11/uniquely-singapore-4301148/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Truely said, whoever has named it, has named it correct.<br>
I have been to Singapore for one month on an official purpose but it turned out to be a vacation in its own way.<br>
Our office is in Suntect City ... near Fountain of fortune, the place where Krish movie scenes were taken  The view from the office is too good.</p>
	<p>There are so many tourist places ...like Sentosa Island, Butterfly Park, Night Safari, Jurong Bird Park, Underwater World,Stamford Hall etc etc...<br>
WOW! I think Singapore is a paradise for shoppers. U name it and you get it, be it electronics, clothes, accessories, furnishings, the list goes on n on.</p>
	<p>You get branded items everywhere, but the knack is to look for markets where you get things for cheap and can even bargain...<br>
If you want branded stuff you can go to Orchard Road, Marina Square, Suntec City Mall, Woodlands, Raffle City ...<br>
But if you want local stuff, you should go to China Town, Little India, Bugis where you get all indian items.<br>
Mustafa center in little India is open 24 hours<br>
Dont forget China Town, anything 3 for 10 dollars<br>
I had shopped till I had dropped and had also forgotten the luggage limit flying back sigh! sigh!<br>
Even in the airport you can find duty free shops which are not usual choclates, wine etc but dresses, jewellery again </p>
	<p>OMG!!! waiting for my next visit...... </p>
<p> <small> <a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/11/uniquely-singapore-4301148/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/30/chandigarh-rock-garden-4113169/"><default:title>Chandigarh Rock Garden</default:title><default:link>http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/30/chandigarh-rock-garden-4113169/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2008-04-30T08:42:02+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;
The city of peace chandigarh with its best in the winter months gives serene look to the city with beautiful sidelined trees and broad roads and frugal traffic makes the city less noisy.&lt;br&gt;
Climatologically,the city finds its geographical location in the Shivalik foothill of Himalayas which has two best tourist destinations Shimla and Kulu -Manali which suits all sorts of International tourists,the local tourist having the above cities to visit along with lots of religious places,Vaishno Devi and other Goddess temples totaling seven in Himachal to J &amp; K.Most pupular tourist spot is Shimla in summer and Jhaku temple devoted to Lord Hanuman is a religious temple as Lord Hanuman rested at this place while on way to get herbs for Lakshman brother of Lord Rama in epic war of Ram-Ravana.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;On the way to shimla from chandiarh little town like Parwanoo,Dharmpur,Hanghat,Kasuli,Chota Shimala,Shoggi, Kufri,Chahaal are added attarction.City of Solan in mid way is also tourist place to stay here for longer period as this city is most moderate in climate and full of energy with lots of marketing network and supplier of daily needs city to the hills.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The Chandigarh also falls in line for tourist spots Dalhousie developed by British  and city Dharmshala which dwells many Budhist Monstaries.Another important place 5Km away is Macleodgunj,the capital of Government in exile Tibet in India and  residence of HH Dalai Lama.&lt;br&gt;
Back to the  Chandigarh city being capital of two states of India,Haryana and Punjab has Rock garden situated in North of the city and Sukhana lake on the east wings.&lt;br&gt;
The Garden is desinged by Shri Tek chand who is an engineer by profession and who took the waste of the city and tried to recycle it in the design of parks which received the state attention and was assisted by the chandigarh adminstration to complete the vision of getting the waste of the city use in best and to beautify the parks.Ultimetly the garden took the shape of artifical water falls,recycle of water and rocks and boulders to give the shape of rock garden which has depicted the indian village life and tradition of rural india with blend of Rajas mansions.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;My Guest from Australia Sam,the chief Officer in the merchant navy and his friend town planner Maddy in Sydney has really appreciated the works of the creator shri Tek Chand and they took various photgraphs which looks marvellous.We hope the readers will enjoy the ride
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/30/chandigarh-rock-garden-4113169/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>
The city of peace chandigarh with its best in the winter months gives serene look to the city with beautiful sidelined trees and broad roads and frugal traffic makes the city less noisy.<br>
Climatologically,the city finds its geographical location in the Shivalik foothill of Himalayas which has two best tourist destinations Shimla and Kulu -Manali which suits all sorts of International tourists,the local tourist having the above cities to visit along with lots of religious places,Vaishno Devi and other Goddess temples totaling seven in Himachal to J & K.Most pupular tourist spot is Shimla in summer and Jhaku temple devoted to Lord Hanuman is a religious temple as Lord Hanuman rested at this place while on way to get herbs for Lakshman brother of Lord Rama in epic war of Ram-Ravana.</p>
	<p>On the way to shimla from chandiarh little town like Parwanoo,Dharmpur,Hanghat,Kasuli,Chota Shimala,Shoggi, Kufri,Chahaal are added attarction.City of Solan in mid way is also tourist place to stay here for longer period as this city is most moderate in climate and full of energy with lots of marketing network and supplier of daily needs city to the hills.</p>
	<p>The Chandigarh also falls in line for tourist spots Dalhousie developed by British  and city Dharmshala which dwells many Budhist Monstaries.Another important place 5Km away is Macleodgunj,the capital of Government in exile Tibet in India and  residence of HH Dalai Lama.<br>
Back to the  Chandigarh city being capital of two states of India,Haryana and Punjab has Rock garden situated in North of the city and Sukhana lake on the east wings.<br>
The Garden is desinged by Shri Tek chand who is an engineer by profession and who took the waste of the city and tried to recycle it in the design of parks which received the state attention and was assisted by the chandigarh adminstration to complete the vision of getting the waste of the city use in best and to beautify the parks.Ultimetly the garden took the shape of artifical water falls,recycle of water and rocks and boulders to give the shape of rock garden which has depicted the indian village life and tradition of rural india with blend of Rajas mansions.</p>
	<p>My Guest from Australia Sam,the chief Officer in the merchant navy and his friend town planner Maddy in Sydney has really appreciated the works of the creator shri Tek Chand and they took various photgraphs which looks marvellous.We hope the readers will enjoy the ride
</p>
<p> <small> <a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/30/chandigarh-rock-garden-4113169/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/22/visit-to-visit-to-nainital-bhimtal-nakuc-4077860/"><default:title>Visit to Visit to Nainital-Bhimtal-Nakuckhiatal</default:title><default:link>http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/22/visit-to-visit-to-nainital-bhimtal-nakuc-4077860/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2008-04-22T09:28:29+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;
Tags: Nainihills Thanksgiving Turkey&lt;br&gt;
Lakes has always been tourist attraction for children at their tender age as it is life experience to see water between the hills in form of springs.Colorful boats plying on the lakes make the place look more beauitful as the children and tourist take nice long drive with various boats peddling mannually .This facilities are well managed in Uttarakhand tourist town but is not given due publicity at national or International tourist maps.Trio towns attarct thousands of tourist round the year especially in Summers when the entire hotels are booked and children along with parents and tourist making beeline to these cities.Bhimtal has many tourist spots like Island restaurent in Bhimtal lake,Sat Tal, another picnic spot where Ghatokach of Mahabharat fame lived in these hills with his mother.Bhimtal is very approachable as from road and rail it is hardly five hours journey approximately 250Km from Delhi and highway is extremely safe and well maintain except some short patches.Near Bhimtal is another mid way city on route to Nainital is Bhowaili which has cantonment plus shppers market with various temples famous as Ghanti temples.Wishes of the devotees gets fullfiled as one comes to these temples. As we move from Delhi by road we cross philkhua ,Moradabad,Rampur,Rudrapur,Haldwani,Kathgodam then the first hill town enroute is Bhimtal which is about 20Km from Kathgodam and it is about 4250 ft above sea level,three to four Km south of Bhimtal is Naukuchiatal.The twin city of Bhimtal -Nakuchiatal has nice arragments of boats peddling and Lakes are quite bigs where one enjoys the fresh air and cold environment .Two city has enough tourist accomodation as it has many hotels on the periphery of the two lakes.The hotels are not very costly and moderately priced for stay and in lean seasons the rates are too economical specially for senior citizen cateogory.Just 20 Km from Bhimtal lies the most beautiful city of Naini Hills called Nainital which has its beauty of its own withs hotels line-up in one side of the lakes and on the other side -the Grand Hill which gives a majestic view for the tourist with city downtown and uptown markets for daily needs.&lt;br&gt;
NainiTal is about 6000ft above sea level and is cooler than Bhimtal and Naukchiatal.The Naintal which has main source of income from hospitality or hotel industry is busy round the years as tourist come from all part of the country to see the queen of Hills Nainital.Nainital is mid town to go to other tourist spots like Rani Khet,Almora, Kausani and other places of religious fervour.Experience to these cities makes you believe that India lives in hills with a quite,serene, life, with peoples worshipping and leading a pious life.Their houses are well kept with flowers and kindergarden well suited for their daily supply of vegetables,fruits and lush green lawns make their living more posh.Cold breeze round the year,fresh uncontaminated environment and frugal traffic makes the city nice place to recharge ones energy.Bowali,the city on the midway has Lodge of International theosophical society,which has Library and spiritual meeting are held by the local theosophist,but this society is under the federation of Delhi region.Kathgodam to Naini hills many small towns like Rampura,sat Tal,Bowali,Naukchiatal,having hundred years old churchs and temples give its majestic look with natural scenes adds to its beauty.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Available:Summer cottage:&lt;br&gt;
Five Rooms summer cottage for couple Tourist stay to enjoy Naini hills. With facilities of car and bigs lawns. Booking at Delhi.Please contact,&lt;br&gt;
Nksagar 9810974027 &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/22/visit-to-visit-to-nainital-bhimtal-nakuc-4077860/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>
Tags: Nainihills Thanksgiving Turkey<br>
Lakes has always been tourist attraction for children at their tender age as it is life experience to see water between the hills in form of springs.Colorful boats plying on the lakes make the place look more beauitful as the children and tourist take nice long drive with various boats peddling mannually .This facilities are well managed in Uttarakhand tourist town but is not given due publicity at national or International tourist maps.Trio towns attarct thousands of tourist round the year especially in Summers when the entire hotels are booked and children along with parents and tourist making beeline to these cities.Bhimtal has many tourist spots like Island restaurent in Bhimtal lake,Sat Tal, another picnic spot where Ghatokach of Mahabharat fame lived in these hills with his mother.Bhimtal is very approachable as from road and rail it is hardly five hours journey approximately 250Km from Delhi and highway is extremely safe and well maintain except some short patches.Near Bhimtal is another mid way city on route to Nainital is Bhowaili which has cantonment plus shppers market with various temples famous as Ghanti temples.Wishes of the devotees gets fullfiled as one comes to these temples. As we move from Delhi by road we cross philkhua ,Moradabad,Rampur,Rudrapur,Haldwani,Kathgodam then the first hill town enroute is Bhimtal which is about 20Km from Kathgodam and it is about 4250 ft above sea level,three to four Km south of Bhimtal is Naukuchiatal.The twin city of Bhimtal -Nakuchiatal has nice arragments of boats peddling and Lakes are quite bigs where one enjoys the fresh air and cold environment .Two city has enough tourist accomodation as it has many hotels on the periphery of the two lakes.The hotels are not very costly and moderately priced for stay and in lean seasons the rates are too economical specially for senior citizen cateogory.Just 20 Km from Bhimtal lies the most beautiful city of Naini Hills called Nainital which has its beauty of its own withs hotels line-up in one side of the lakes and on the other side -the Grand Hill which gives a majestic view for the tourist with city downtown and uptown markets for daily needs.<br>
NainiTal is about 6000ft above sea level and is cooler than Bhimtal and Naukchiatal.The Naintal which has main source of income from hospitality or hotel industry is busy round the years as tourist come from all part of the country to see the queen of Hills Nainital.Nainital is mid town to go to other tourist spots like Rani Khet,Almora, Kausani and other places of religious fervour.Experience to these cities makes you believe that India lives in hills with a quite,serene, life, with peoples worshipping and leading a pious life.Their houses are well kept with flowers and kindergarden well suited for their daily supply of vegetables,fruits and lush green lawns make their living more posh.Cold breeze round the year,fresh uncontaminated environment and frugal traffic makes the city nice place to recharge ones energy.Bowali,the city on the midway has Lodge of International theosophical society,which has Library and spiritual meeting are held by the local theosophist,but this society is under the federation of Delhi region.Kathgodam to Naini hills many small towns like Rampura,sat Tal,Bowali,Naukchiatal,having hundred years old churchs and temples give its majestic look with natural scenes adds to its beauty.</p>
	<p>Available:Summer cottage:<br>
Five Rooms summer cottage for couple Tourist stay to enjoy Naini hills. With facilities of car and bigs lawns. Booking at Delhi.Please contact,<br>
Nksagar 9810974027 </p>
<p> <small> <a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/22/visit-to-visit-to-nainital-bhimtal-nakuc-4077860/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/31/harare-capital-of-zimbabwe-3975639/"><default:title>Harare - Capital of Zimbabwe</default:title><default:link>http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/31/harare-capital-of-zimbabwe-3975639/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2008-03-31T17:07:43+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Yo - Harare!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Okay guys, MB here.  Currently in Zim, checking out the old elections and stuff.  Brief descrip'n of Harare is thus: chaotic, cool, electric.  Best not check out right now as is in a bit of mess but on gen. terms it's a pretty decent bolt if you fancy that type of thing.  &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;You can catch more here on the old blog thing:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://reportagefromthefrontline.blog.co.uk/"&gt;http://reportagefromthefrontline.blog.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Best.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;MB.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/31/harare-capital-of-zimbabwe-3975639/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Yo - Harare!</p>
	<p>Okay guys, MB here.  Currently in Zim, checking out the old elections and stuff.  Brief descrip'n of Harare is thus: chaotic, cool, electric.  Best not check out right now as is in a bit of mess but on gen. terms it's a pretty decent bolt if you fancy that type of thing.  </p>
	<p>You can catch more here on the old blog thing:<br>
<a href="http://reportagefromthefrontline.blog.co.uk/">http://reportagefromthefrontline.blog.co.uk/</a></p>
	<p>Best.</p>
	<p>MB.</p>
<p> <small> <a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/31/harare-capital-of-zimbabwe-3975639/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/06/dublin-3826723/"><default:title>Dublin</default:title><default:link>http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/06/dublin-3826723/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2008-03-06T19:24:02+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Hi all!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;So, I was in Dublin last weekend. Visiting Ireland has always been a dream for me, so just the thought of finally getting to go to Dublin was amazing. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;It was not quite what I expected. The city was much bigger than I thought, not as much of a small town feeling as I thought it would be. Of course I know it is quite a big city, I just didn't think it would feel like one. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Starting out with the O'Connell Street. Despite being so big and commercial it was quite powerful with all the sculptures and especially the immense Spire in the centre of the street. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The Trinity College was too quite an experience, being placed in the city centre as it is, yet as soon as you enter the area in between the college buildings it suddenly feels like you are in a different world. It is so calm and peaceful, with the grass fields and the beautiful white buildings.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Another famous part of the city is the Temple Bar and the area around it, which I was very impressed with. This was my favourite part of Dublin, with the small streets filled with pubs, restaurants and shops. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I visited five different pubs while there, and they all lived up to my expectations of cosy, crowded pubs with a mix of young and old happy Dubliners. Four of the pubs I went to during a Literary Pub Crawl, which I can recommend. It was run by two local actors, telling stories about Irish authors and literature, as well as making minor sketches. It was a nice way to discover the pub life of Dublin at the same time as learning some things about its history. You don't even have to be very interested in literature to like it. I'm not, and I enjoyed it. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I also visited the Guinness Store House, which is a seven floor museum on Dublin's pride, their dark beer Guinness. I am not all that into beer, but it was interesting to learn how it was produced, and learn some about its history. Don't let the thought of it being a museum or the fact that you don't even like beer all that much scare you - it will be worth it! I enjoyed it from the beginning to the end, especially the end I must admit, when I reached the top floor, surrounded by panorama windows and thereby a view over the entire city. Up here you get your free Guinness, and get to sit down and drink it while enjoying the powerful view. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;A disadvantage with the visit of the Store House was that I was there on a saturday, which means a lot of people. I had to stand in line for one hour, however I think it went quite fast anyway, the line was in almost constant motion. However, to avoid the queuing, you can book tickets in advance, so that you won't have to stand in line, and you also get a 10% discount. I didn't know that until it was too late though, but don't worry if you forget; it will be worth the effort anyway!    &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;There were loads of other major tourist attractions in Dublin, such as the St Patrick's Church and the Ha'Penny Bridge. However, I am not going to go through all of them. What you've read above is my favourite parts of my weekend in Dublin. Maybe you will find other favourites, but these were my personal recommendations. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or opinions about it, just let me know, and I'll be happy to answer it or to defend myself. &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt=":p" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Vicki
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/06/dublin-3826723/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Hi all!</p>
	<p>So, I was in Dublin last weekend. Visiting Ireland has always been a dream for me, so just the thought of finally getting to go to Dublin was amazing. </p>
	<p>It was not quite what I expected. The city was much bigger than I thought, not as much of a small town feeling as I thought it would be. Of course I know it is quite a big city, I just didn't think it would feel like one. </p>
	<p>Starting out with the O'Connell Street. Despite being so big and commercial it was quite powerful with all the sculptures and especially the immense Spire in the centre of the street. </p>
	<p>The Trinity College was too quite an experience, being placed in the city centre as it is, yet as soon as you enter the area in between the college buildings it suddenly feels like you are in a different world. It is so calm and peaceful, with the grass fields and the beautiful white buildings.</p>
	<p>Another famous part of the city is the Temple Bar and the area around it, which I was very impressed with. This was my favourite part of Dublin, with the small streets filled with pubs, restaurants and shops. </p>
	<p>I visited five different pubs while there, and they all lived up to my expectations of cosy, crowded pubs with a mix of young and old happy Dubliners. Four of the pubs I went to during a Literary Pub Crawl, which I can recommend. It was run by two local actors, telling stories about Irish authors and literature, as well as making minor sketches. It was a nice way to discover the pub life of Dublin at the same time as learning some things about its history. You don't even have to be very interested in literature to like it. I'm not, and I enjoyed it. </p>
	<p>I also visited the Guinness Store House, which is a seven floor museum on Dublin's pride, their dark beer Guinness. I am not all that into beer, but it was interesting to learn how it was produced, and learn some about its history. Don't let the thought of it being a museum or the fact that you don't even like beer all that much scare you - it will be worth it! I enjoyed it from the beginning to the end, especially the end I must admit, when I reached the top floor, surrounded by panorama windows and thereby a view over the entire city. Up here you get your free Guinness, and get to sit down and drink it while enjoying the powerful view. </p>
	<p>A disadvantage with the visit of the Store House was that I was there on a saturday, which means a lot of people. I had to stand in line for one hour, however I think it went quite fast anyway, the line was in almost constant motion. However, to avoid the queuing, you can book tickets in advance, so that you won't have to stand in line, and you also get a 10% discount. I didn't know that until it was too late though, but don't worry if you forget; it will be worth the effort anyway!    </p>
	<p>There were loads of other major tourist attractions in Dublin, such as the St Patrick's Church and the Ha'Penny Bridge. However, I am not going to go through all of them. What you've read above is my favourite parts of my weekend in Dublin. Maybe you will find other favourites, but these were my personal recommendations. </p>
	<p>If you have any questions or opinions about it, just let me know, and I'll be happy to answer it or to defend myself. <img src="/img/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt=":p" class="middle" border="0"></p>
	<p>Vicki
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<p> <small> <a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/06/dublin-3826723/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/06/minsk-3826469/"><default:title>Minsk</default:title><default:link>http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/06/minsk-3826469/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2008-03-06T18:37:42+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.milnefamilytree.co.uk/photogallery/photo5610/minsk%20victory%20square.jpg" alt="Victory Square" title="Victory Square"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I spent a few days in Minsk back in November. A great undiscovered place to visit. Friendly people, good prices, lots of cultural stuff to see. You get big wadges of money at the bank - 4800 Belarussian Roubles to the pound.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/06/minsk-3826469/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p><img src="http://www.milnefamilytree.co.uk/photogallery/photo5610/minsk%20victory%20square.jpg" alt="Victory Square" title="Victory Square"></p>
	<p>I spent a few days in Minsk back in November. A great undiscovered place to visit. Friendly people, good prices, lots of cultural stuff to see. You get big wadges of money at the bank - 4800 Belarussian Roubles to the pound.</p>
<p> <small> <a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/06/minsk-3826469/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/05/please-take-me-there-one-day-3818269/"><default:title>Please Take Me There One Day!</default:title><default:link>http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/05/please-take-me-there-one-day-3818269/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2008-03-05T01:55:21+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Sorry, I still haven't had a chance to write-up our latest trip into the Czech Republic, though it was a brilliant 7 days. However, while stumbling, I came across this place:&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/tobstv/?action=view&amp;current=04_waterfall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/tobstv/04_waterfall.jpg" border="0" alt="worldtraveller"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;This is the &lt;a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/taking-a-swim-in-the-devils-pool.html"&gt;Devil's Pool in Zimbabwe, &lt;/a&gt;and is now one of the places I hope to visit. That waterfall looks tremendous!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I also felt my heart sink a little; as the world's need to consume continually increases, we are steadily destroying what forestation and natural resources we have left; will I be able to visit a place of such outstanding beauty in time? Or will it too be destroyed by man's greed? Anyhoo, on that depressing note, I encorage you to &lt;a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/taking-a-swim-in-the-devils-pool.html"&gt;clicky the link&lt;/a&gt; to see more pictures of this lovely place. Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Tobbot, aka Tobstv
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/05/please-take-me-there-one-day-3818269/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Sorry, I still haven't had a chance to write-up our latest trip into the Czech Republic, though it was a brilliant 7 days. However, while stumbling, I came across this place:</p>
	<p> <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/tobstv/?action=view&current=04_waterfall.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/tobstv/04_waterfall.jpg" border="0" alt="worldtraveller"></a></p>
	<p>This is the <a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/taking-a-swim-in-the-devils-pool.html">Devil's Pool in Zimbabwe, </a>and is now one of the places I hope to visit. That waterfall looks tremendous!</p>
	<p>I also felt my heart sink a little; as the world's need to consume continually increases, we are steadily destroying what forestation and natural resources we have left; will I be able to visit a place of such outstanding beauty in time? Or will it too be destroyed by man's greed? Anyhoo, on that depressing note, I encorage you to <a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/taking-a-swim-in-the-devils-pool.html">clicky the link</a> to see more pictures of this lovely place. Enjoy!</p>
	<p>Tobbot, aka Tobstv
</p>
<p> <small> <a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/03/05/please-take-me-there-one-day-3818269/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/02/18/the_tobbot_clan_do_the_czech_republic~3743344/"><default:title>The Tobbot Clan Do The Czech Republic</default:title><default:link>http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/02/18/the_tobbot_clan_do_the_czech_republic~3743344/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2008-02-18T08:40:26+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Day 3 of our 10 day holiday in the CZ, and  things are just fantastic.  To date we have spent a day in the historic town of Cesky Krumlov, gone skiing in Lipno, eaten tons of amazing food everywhere and are about to go off to Prague for the day.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Over the next few days I will providing more details of places to go to and things to do Czech style, please bear with me!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Tobbot, aka Tobstv      &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/02/18/the_tobbot_clan_do_the_czech_republic~3743344/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Day 3 of our 10 day holiday in the CZ, and  things are just fantastic.  To date we have spent a day in the historic town of Cesky Krumlov, gone skiing in Lipno, eaten tons of amazing food everywhere and are about to go off to Prague for the day.</p>
	<p>Over the next few days I will providing more details of places to go to and things to do Czech style, please bear with me!</p>
	<p>Tobbot, aka Tobstv      <br>
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	&lt;p&gt;I'm not much into sightseeing though, don't care about taking photos of monuments or buildings or the likes. Much prefer to get a feel for the place through hanging out in pubs or cafes, and meeting locals. I should have the chance to do plenty of that as I will be staying with a Stockholmer buddy of mine.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;So does anyone have any useful advice on Stockholm? Anything I definitely must see or do? Any recommendations of good places to eat/drink/be merry?&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Thanks! &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://worldtraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/02/13/stockholm~3721709/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>So my next mini holiday will be in Stockholm in April. </p>
	<p>I'm not much into sightseeing though, don't care about taking photos of monuments or buildings or the likes. Much prefer to get a feel for the place through hanging out in pubs or cafes, and meeting locals. I should have the chance to do plenty of that as I will be staying with a Stockholmer buddy of mine.</p>
	<p>So does anyone have any useful advice on Stockholm? Anything I definitely must see or do? Any recommendations of good places to eat/drink/be merry?</p>
	<p>Thanks! <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0">
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