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		<title>Discovery of the Senses &#8211; 19th August 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 19th of August 2010, Richard Ho Architects (Architecture), Silversea (Luxury Cruises), Chapman Freeborn (Air Chartering), Relais &#38; Chateaux (Hotels and Gastronomy), Aracari (Peru Destination Experts), Wild China (China Destination Experts), and Quotient TravelPlanner (Customised Travel Planning) came together to present an evening dedicated to a luxury that goes beyond ego validation and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bordeaux-based, 2 Michelin star chef, Michel Portos is making a special appearance in Phuket</title>
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Looking for a quick getaway in October? Why not consider The Pavilions Resort in Phuket. Part of the Relais &#38; Châteaux group, The Pavilions is designed around the concept of privacy, tranquillity and romance! With all villas featuring individual pools, you can expect a spacious and private setting, in which to spend uninterrupted time together [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://travelquotientblog.com/2010/07/bordeaux-based-2-michelin-star-chef-michel-portos-is-making-a-special-appearance-in-phuket/</link>
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		<title>Have the Best Christmas Ever!</title>
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Why not do something different for Christmas this year? You may or may not have already experienced a white Christmas. This year, take it further and top off that white Christmas with traditional favourites such as reindeers, Santa Claus and the merry elves. Add husky sled rides, snowmobiling and an arctic swim for a truly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A to Z of Must-Do Travel Experiences – Z for ‘Zero Gravity Experience’</title>
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We’ve finally come to the final instalment of our A to Z series. And what could be more fitting than an ‘out-of-the-world’ experience to end off with. Z is for “Zero Gravity”!
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You don’t have to become an astronaut to experience weightlessness in space. The state of weightlessness can be recreated on earth with a special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A to Z of Must-Do Travel Experiences – Y for ‘Yellowstone National Park’</title>
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Yellowstone National Park is the world’s first national park containing half of all the world’s known geothermal features, or over 10,000 examples. It spans an area of almost 9,000 square kilometres, covering parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana in the United States.
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It is particularly well-known for its concentration of geysers, for which there are over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A to Z of Must-Do Travel Experiences – X for ‘Xanadu’</title>
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Picture: www.doncroner.com.
Xanadu, also known as Shangdu, is located in Inner Mongolia, 275 kilometres north of Beijing. It was the summer capital of Kublai Khan during the Yuan Dynasty.
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One of the most commonly known descriptions of Xanadu came from Marco Polo, who visited the place in 1275. He described the opulence of the city, which was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A to Z of Must-Do Travel Experiences – W for ‘Wielicka Salt Mine’</title>
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One of the longest, uninterrupted running mines – Wielicka Salt Mine in Southern Poland operated from the 13th century all the way to 2007. As such, the scale of excavation is extremely large. Totalling more than 200km in length, and seven storeys descending some 327 metres below ground, the mine consists of corridors, galleries and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A to Z of Must-Do Travel Experiences – V for ‘Victoria Falls’</title>
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Although commonly known as Victoria Falls, it also goes by the name Mosi-oa-Tunya, which translates into “the smoke that thunders”. To get a sense of the grandeur of this natural wonder, the falls are twice as high as Niagara Falls, and several times longer. And, while not the highest, nor the widest, Victoria Falls is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A to Z of Must-Do Travel Experiences – U for ‘Underground City of Seattle’</title>
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Underneath downtown Seattle is a network of underground passageways and basements that lead back to the city’s origins in the mid-1800s. At the time all the buildings were made of wood, and as a result, after a huge fire in 1889, much of the city had been damaged.
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Instead of rebuilding over the damaged area, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A to Z of Must-Do Travel Experiences – T for ‘Truffle Hunting’</title>
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Truffles are a type of fungus, and the edible varieties are highly regarded in French, Spanish, Italian, as well as international cuisine. Truffles are so prized that they can command prices of up to 10,200 Euros per kilogram. They have even been referred to as “the diamond of the kitchen”.
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Well there are several varieties of [...]]]></description>
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