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Zanzibar, Tanzania Destination Guide

Tanzania Guide WHERE A cluster of islands nestled in the Indian Ocean just off the east coast of Tanzania, East Africa. The two principal islands in the group are Unguja, also known as Zanzibar Island (just to confuse you further) and Pemba. Smaller islands are scattered around these, which range…

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Urique, Chihuahua, Mexico Destination Guide

Urique, Chihuahua, Mexico is a Birding Paradise By Keith Ramsay Updated Nov 2018 WHERE Urique, an old mining town established by the Spanish more than 300 years ago, is the heart of Mexico’s world-famous Copper Canyon. Be aware that this part of Mexico is one of the highest drug-related crime centers…

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Palau, Micronesia: A World Underwater

Palau, Micronesia offers some of the world’s finest diving. By Dave Vedder WHERE Located in the Caroline Islands approximately two hours by air west of Guam, the island nation is comprised of some 350 islands, ranged in six clusters down a 700-kilometer, northeast-to-southwest stretch from Kayangel in the North to…

Pigeon Point with the reef in the background, on Tobago. photo Cheryl Andrews Associates.

Tobago, West Indies

A Guide to Tobago, West Indies By Judette Coward WHERE Tobago is part of the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Cigar-shaped Tobago lies 21 miles northeast of Trinidad and covers 116 square miles of territory. WHY GO If Tobago had to be nicknamed, it would probably be called “Nature…

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Vieques: An Astonishing Puerto Rican Island

Vieques Island, Puerto Rico By Michael Franco WHERE The islands that comprise the upper boundary of the Caribbean Sea are the big ones -Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. East of Puerto Rico, confident that their larger cousins are doing their job of guarding the warm blue waters…

Tasmanian Devil Unzoo near Hobart Tasmania.

Tasmania, Australia Guide

Tasmania, Australia: Remarkable Scenery, Four Separate Seasons By Norman Douglas WHERE An island state of Australia, At 26,200 square miles, Tasmania is roughly the size of Sri Lanka, and hangs off south-eastern Australia rather like Sri Lanka hangs off the south of the Indian sub-continent. Though legally part of Oz,…

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