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1.	Bookmarks: 0	The St. Kitts Sugar Cane Railroad Early in the 20th Century, a 30-mile railway was constructed on St. Kitts to aid transportation of sugar cane crops to the island’s colonial capital, Basseterre. Today, this unique narrow-gauge railway has found a new life. As part of St. Kitts’ expanding tourism industry, the St. Kitts Sugar Cane Railroad now serves as one of the best ways to see this gorgeous island in its entirety. In addition to being the most enchanting rail tour in the Caribbean, this railway provides o...
2.	Bookmarks: 0	Sustainable tourism in Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam's small and pleasant capital Hanoi is a fascinating blend of East and West, with French design from its colonial past and Chinese influence from centuries of dominance.
3.	Bookmarks: 0	Go Beneath The Surface In The Hato Caves Just a few miles from Curacao’s capital city of Willemstad are a series of caves that tell many stories about the history of the Caribbean. The Hato Caves – known as Grotten Van Hato in native Dutch – formed under Caribbean waters several thousand years ago. After the waters receded, native peoples used the caves for burial rituals and other ceremonial purposes. Later, during colonial times, the caves served as a place of refuge for escaped slaves. Despite these caves’ s...
4.	Bookmarks: 0	Finding Your Inner Tourist In St Thomas As you plan your trip to St. Thomas, you will probably find that one of the favorite activities for St. Thomas vacations is duty-free shopping in Charlotte Amalie. While shopping and walking the streets of this colonial capital might be a great start to a St. Thomas vacation, St. Thomas tourism certainly has more to offer than simple shopping and dining. From the historic colonial sites scattered throughout the island to the natural beauty of the Caribbean, St. Thomas has som...
5.	Bookmarks: 0	Travel to Sydney: From Convict Outcasts to Global Chic? Why, Yes… The shining port city of Sydney has come a long way from its humble colonial beginnings when the British arrived in the 18th century. Urban class goes hand in hand with suburban lifestyle, leaving more than enough opportunity in between to get outside and explore like only Australians know how.
6.	Bookmarks: 0	Something Old, Something New: The Dominican Republic - Dominican Republic Travel Information Aside from its Major League Baseball fame, the Dominican Republic is an intriguing retreat of colonial history amid progressive development and tranquil white beaches fringing mountainous wilderness. World renowned resorts dot the Punta Cana coastline of the Dominican Republic while the nation claims the oldest city in the New World, Santo Domingo, along its southern shore. For such a small nation, it is fairly easy to book cheap and convenient airfare to the Dominican Republ...
7.	Bookmarks: 0	Exploring The Abc Islands As a group, the ABC islands offer an incredibly distinctive Caribbean vacation. Consisting of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, the ABC Islands were under the control of the Netherlands as the Netherlands Antilles until 1986. In that year, Aruba gained independence, though the island is still aligned with the Dutch Kingdom. Today, the Willemstad, Curacao serves as the capital of the Netherlands Antilles, a colonial grouping which also governs Bonaire and the smaller islands of St. ...
8.	Bookmarks: 0	An Overview of Kenya for Travelers Kenya is stunningly beautiful African country that has seen its share of good and bad times. If you are traveling to Kenya, the following information will give you a head start.
9.	Bookmarks: 0	Curacao Marriott Beach Resort Curacao: Island of Wonder and IntrigueSunny, warm and charming, Curacao [pronounced ‘koo-rah-sow’] is a beautiful resort destination that is relatively unknown to many people. With it’s Dutch Colonial buildings and traditional Caribbean feel, it’s a unique place that incorporates the best of 55 different nationalities to create a purely individual culture. In fact, four languages are spoken here: English, Spanish, Dutch and their own Papiamento. It’s cosmopolitan, b...
10.	Bookmarks: 0	Curacao - Holland In Miniature When asked about Caribbean architecture, many tourists might think of small, colorful houses and grass huts. In Curacao, however, the architecture is inextricably linked to the colonial past. Despite the sparkling Caribbean Sea and dry climate, much of Curacao resembles the great Dutch city of Amsterdam more than the picture book version of the region. Under control of the Netherlands since the 17th century, Curacao was constructed as a home away from home for colonizers. Thr...
11.	Bookmarks: 0	Ghana Casinos The list of Ghana's casinos is quite short: not a surprise for a poor African country. Actually, by the standards of Africa, Ghana isn't actually all that poor. It was the first African country to shake off colonialism in 1957, led by Kwame Nkrumah. The next 30 or so years were the usual struggle against the economic incompetence of the various rulers, including the almost traditional military coup. Things finally got sorted out in the 1990's, and the economy is now growing a...
12.	Bookmarks: 0	Comoros Casinos Comoros casinos are unfortunately rather thin on the ground. Not all that much of a surprise, of course, as it is indeed a small country with three main (but small) islands and a number of much smaller islets and outcrops. It also has a very odd legal system, a mixture of sharia (or Islamic) law with bits and pieces of the old French colonial system (otherwise known as Napoleonic law).Given the small population, their intense poverty (the Comoros is one of the poorest cou...
13.	Bookmarks: 0	Bring Yourself Back To Life In Barbados - Barbados Travel Information Situated to the east of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, Barbados is an independent island nation and a tropical getaway with considerable historical sites to boot. With a long British history and settlements dating as early as 300 CE, Barbados offers travelers a tantalizing resort rendezvous and a taste of colonial and slave legacy. Book your airfare to Barbados before the high season ends and enjoy the tranquility of one of the most remote islands in the Caribbean....
14.	Bookmarks: 0	What Is Invoice Factoring And Invoice Discounting? The Romans were the first civilization to sell promissory notes at a discount, beginning the industry of factoring. America was built largely on the possibilities of factoring, when colonial businesses were factored by Europeans willing to invest cash in exchange for the promise of large returns, and government bonds also use the same principles applied by businesses when they engage in invoice factoring.Invoice factoring is, at its simplest, the sale of the right to coll...
15.	Bookmarks: 0	Colonial Williamsburg Revolutionary City There is nothing virtual about the reality of being asked, in person, face-to-face, to stand up for, or against, freedom. How say ye? In the Revolutionary City, Colonial Williamsburgs innovative program where guests can interact live with actor-interpreters, you do not have to respond. But just like those who rallied to the side of George Washington and hailed the passion of Patrick Henry, you will be asked. It is that real. You are not looking into a video monitor.
16.	Bookmarks: 0	Living In Mexico: San Miguel De Allende Americans living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico either do not understand, do not want to understand, or are in simple denial regarding the effect they've had on this Central Mexican Colonial Town. I find their constant shock and surprise at the observations made by the rest of the world about the effect they have on the city too incredible to believe. They walk around with blinders on, do not want to see it, or do not want to admit it.My wife and I were in San Miguel th...
17.	Bookmarks: 0	Learn To Counter The Techniques Of Other Martial Arts As Well As Unskilled Attacks. Hapkido was first used by a group of Korean nationals in the period after the Japanese colonial era of Korea. Choi Yong Sul and his students; Suh Bok Sub, who was the first student of the art, Ji Han Jae promoter of the art, Kim Moo Hong, Myung Jae Nam who forged a the connection between the art of hapkido and Japanese aikido and then founded Hankido, were responsible and given the credit for developing Hapkido. The art was originated solely as a self defense martial art and...
18.	Bookmarks: 10	Hibiscus-High Performance Our region’s shrub form of hibiscus has a long and storied history in the garden, a history that starts in ancient Asia, where Hibiscus syriacus, the species we know commonly as Rose of Sharon, is native. While not native in Europe, Rose of Sharon was cultivated there for centuries and is referred to throughout ancient writings, including passages of the Bible. Settlers brought it to the New World, and it soon became a landscape mainstay in colonial America.It’s easy to u...
19.	Bookmarks: 0	The History Of St. Kitts Is Alive At Romney Manor Like many of its Caribbean neighbors, St. Kitts still bears many markings of its colonial past. A tour across the island will reveal old sugar plantations, stone fortresses and period European architecture. One of the most celebrated sites on the island is the oldest colonial plantation and its mansion, Romney Manor. Established in the 17th century during the first major stage of colonial development, the property has been owned by only six families in over 350 years. Today, ...
20.	Bookmarks: 0	Hiking Through The Centuries Wandering on the top of the world, in the footsteps of the Incas, looking out over the dramatic snow-capped peaks of the Andes and a glorious land of mystery and mysticism, where centuries past and present are seamlessly intermingled. Peru’s layer upon layer of great civilizations are spread like patchwork across a country that is a masterpiece of diversity, parched coastal deserts, farming oases, quaint fishing villages, tropical jungle and colonial cities that echo the ...
21.	Bookmarks: 16	The Story Behind Saltbox Architecture Saltbox homes can convey years of American colonial history in a single glance. With distinctive high pitched asymmetrical roofs, and flat, unadorned exteriors, these homes show how people lived in the nation's earliest days, between the early 16th and late 17th centuries, adjusting their homes as needed to make things easier. Because of their unique features, Saltbox homes are also instantly recognizable, and among the iconic residences of the Northeast coast.
22.	Bookmarks: 9	It's Always Sunny By The Sea In Durban Durban is a large metropolitan city situated on the edge of the warm Indian Ocean, where miles of golden beaches mix with colonial architecture and modern developments. Durbanites, as the people of Durban are named are sports and adventure crazy and spend large amounts of time outdoors as a result of the moderate sub tropical climate experienced year round.With so many days of sunny weather (one of the highest in the world), bronzed bodies can be seen throughout the city ...