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In many ways, Poland is one of the success stories of the new Europe, transforming itself from a one-party state to a parliamentary democracy in a rem... [read more]
Less than a decade ago, Laos (pop. 5.25 million) was largely unknown to Western travellers. Other than a brief period during the 1960s, when the forme... [read more]
Czechoslovakia's "Velvet Revolution" in November 1989 was probably the most unequivocably positive of eastern Europe's anti-Communist upheavals, as th... [read more]
Cruise passengers have come to expect the ultimate in luxury when travelling. Gyms, Casinos, Beauty Salons are now among the basics of a cruise ship,... [read more]
The islands of St Kitts and Nevis , which together comprise the smallest nation in the western hemisphere, are unique in the Eastern Caribbean for the... [read more]
Despite a fascinating colonial history, Statia, as everyone knows the little island of ST EUSTATIUS , is now a tropical but slightly forlorn outpost o... [read more]
Nepal forms the very watershed of Asia. Landlocked between India and Tibet, it spans terrain from subtropical jungle to the icy Himalaya, and contains... [read more]
Toursim chiefs in Thailand are pleading with the British government to withdraw a ban on travel to a popular resort on the tsinami hit west coast... [read more]
According to a recent survey published in Holiday Which? magazine, tourists are becoming so unhapy with holiday firms that the number of people making... [read more]
Until the Europeans came, HONOLULU was insignificant; soon so many foreign ships were frequenting its waters that it had become Kamehameha's capital,... [read more]
Fast, furious and fascinating, KINGSTON is unlike anywhere else in the Caribbean. Given its troubled reputation, it's hardly surprising that few touri... [read more]
Straddling the River Main not long before it converges with the Rhine, FRANKFURT AM MAIN is the capital city Germany has never actually had, having be... [read more]
Monstrosities are common on the Côte d'Azur, but nowhere - not even Cannes - can outdo MONACO . This tiny independent principality, no bigger than Lon... [read more]
"Seville," wrote Byron, "is a pleasant city, famous for oranges and women." And for its heat, he might perhaps have added, since SEVILLA 's summers ar... [read more]
