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The Moab Daily-A Raft Trip through Post Card Alley

If you only ever take one raft trip, make certain this is one that you consider. It’s a day trip on the Colorado River through Utah’s red rock formations in an area so awe-strikingly scenic that it’s been dubbed Postcard Alley. Everywhere you look, you’ll see another varnished cliff, another flat topped mesa, another weather-sculpted spire and another incredibly pure blue sky.

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Moving On: 5 Trips To Heal A Broken Heart

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Moving On: 5 Trips To Heal A Broken Heart

Feature photo by Face it. Photo above by Franco Folini.

Travel can be a key component in healing a broken heart.

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When I told my mom I’d been dumped she laughed at me. I wasn’t surprised by her callousness as I am more often the dumper than the dumpee and it seemed about time that karma bit back.

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Tales From The Road: Wilderness Survival, Sea Turtles And Acid Trips In Tokyo

Tales From The Road: Wilderness Survival, Sea Turtles And Acid Trips In Tokyo

Travel, oddly enough, is often a quest for rootedness and connection.

The travelers who penned the outstanding stories that feature in this week’s edition of Tales From the Road all seem to be in search of a single moment when they feel at home in the world, in tune with the music of the universe.

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Watch And Share Travel Videos On Triporia.com

Watch And Share Travel Videos On Triporia.com

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When choosing a travel destination, it’s important to do your research. Most of us explore travel choices by reading stories, blog posts, and reviews by other travelers.

Then again, a picture is worth a thousand words, and so maybe it’s best to view an online photo album in order to get a sense of the place where you want to go.

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Tips for Planning Your Travel Trip to Spain

When it comes to traveling, especially to long distances, there is usually a lot to plan for and do before taking your trip. So when an opportunity comes along like being able to enjoy a travel trip to Spain, people tend to get a little nervous about whether they??re remembering everything that needs to be done and packed before heading off on the trip.

Because travel trips to Spain usually require you to travel pretty far from home, it??s more important than ever to insure you??ve crossed all of your T??s and dotted all of your I??s. With this comprehensive list of tips to use when planning your travel trip to Spain, you can rest assured that all will be in order upon returning home from your vacation.

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?Deconstructing Trip Advisor??..

As you may already know Trip Advisor is “the nation’s most influential hotel review site” according to a recent The New York Times’ Weekend Journal article by Nancy Keates (c. June 01, 2007).? What may not be as commonly known is that Trip Advisor is a “operating company of Expedia”.

Quote: “TripAdvisor, LLC is an operating company of Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE).” This is posted on Trip Advisor’s “About Us” page.

Keates article entitled “Deconstructing Trip Advisor”, which appeared in June 2007, notes the prominence of Trip Advisor on the world wide web with 24 million visitors stopping by each month. Their presence is?overwhelming in Google searches and their monthly visitors choosing from over 10 million reviews and opinions far eclipses the 2.5 million travel guides sold by Frommer’s each year.

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