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Torres del Paine is among the biggest of Chiles national parks, occupying almost 600,000 acres (242,000 ha) of land in the south on the border with Argentina. It is also among the most important, receiving a significant proportion of domes Like any American, traveling occasionally is just what I love doing and I bet you share the same stuff with me. But traveling does not mean that you would be safe. Escaping from our job and other stressful activities is just something that w
Madeira cake from Franceand Tenerife in BulgariaThe other day, I was sitting at my favourite restaurant whenI overheard a conversation that went something like this:First Person: "I think I am going to have a slice of Madeiracake"Her Friend: "Thats a good idea, I ll join you. Not that Ivegot a clue why they call it Madeira cake, have you?"First Person: "I think its named after some place in France."I am not sure why that sort of ignorance about places makesme feel so frustrated. After all, why should everyone be as fascinated bytravel and far away places as I am? Whatever the reason, I just could not helpmyself interrupting the two women as soon as they had ordered their cake toinform them that Madeira is a Portuguese island about four hundred miles off ofthe north African coast in the Atlantic ocean. I added that it makes a fabulousholiday destination but did bother to tell them that it is actually not oneisland but an archipelago and actually an autonomous region of Portugal.Just as well their expressions told me that I had already saidmore than they were interested in knowing.This attitude of having little or no interest in traveldestinations is actually very common and it is not confined to people who aregenerally under educated. Frequent examples can be seen on television quizshows when contestants who are obviously well educated stumble on simplequestions like; Which of the following is not a Caribbeanisland (A) Jamaica (B)Cuba (C) Majorca (D) BarbadosEven more incredible are the people you sometimes overhearin a travel agent, booking holidays to resorts without having any interest as theirlocation as long as its warm and sunny with cheap booze available.Travel destination ignorance is not just a British thing. Anair stewardess once told me a story about an American couple visiting theirparents country of origin, Bulgaria,one February. They had used a travel agent in New Yorkto plan their journey and book the two flights that were involved. The firstflight took them to London wherethey boarded the ongoing flight to complete their journey. When this flightlanded at Reina Sofia airport the couple looked a little flustered andhesitated at the top of the flight steps, turning to the stewardess to ask whyeverywhere looked so sub tropical and sunny, and adding that their parents hadalways told them that Bulgariawas cold in February. At first, the stewardess was at a loss to think ofanything that could possibly explain how someone trying to get to Bulgariain Eastern Europe could end up on a flight to Tenerifein the Canary Islands. Then she realized that the name of Bulgariascapital city is Sofia. She askedthe couple whether they thought they had boarded a flight to Sofia, Bulgaria. The answer wasyes and it turned out that their travel agent had probably just typed SofiaFlights into her computer and accepted the results that the query gave withoutquestioning any further! Best travel tips and holiday destination informationTravel destination ignorance rubs me up the wrong waybecause I am so passionate about travel and that is also the reason that Istarted up a website dedicated to providing travel tips, articles andinformation about holiday or vacation destinations worldwide. As well aswanting to help people to make the right decisions when planning theirvacations, I hope the travel articles will fire peoples imaginations so thatthey can enjoy dreaming about places they have never been to, even if theynever get around to visiting them.
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