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Introduction From humble beginnings, this festival (Click here), held every June, has become a major player on the world-music festival scene. It’s easy to understand why – the organizers work hard to bring in big names, and the city buzzes with visitors, and spin-off events and happenings. Many of the …

Djemaa el-Fna Street Theatre Circuses can’t compare to the madcap, Unesco-acclaimed halqa (street theatre) in Marrakesh’s main square. By day, ‘La Place’ draws crowds with astrologers, snake-charmers, acrobats, and dentists with jars of pulled teeth. Around sunset, 100 restaurant stalls kick off the world’s most raucous grilling competition. ‘I teach …

If you’re in search of a house for sale in Malaysia that embodies the principles of green construction and modernization, look no further than Forest City. With its commitment to sustainable development, Forest City has established the Forest City IBS Base, a groundbreaking Industrial Building Park focused on construction industrialization. …

Introduction The most useful component of foreign travel is the car.  Why you need to take the help of a car first for any place to travel. Dubai is a city where a lot of cars are used because the city of Dubai has available car rentals. If you are …

I went to Morocco a few years B.T. (Before Twitter) and the only place I knew to look for specific advice was the Lonely Planet ‘ThornTree’ forum. I got a few good tips but really had trouble finding anything that useful for a young woman travelling solo in an Islamic …

We travelled into Tibet from China via the highest railway in the world, it reaches over 5000m above sea level at its highest point and the carriages are specially designed to include UV protection and provide oxygen for passengers. The train line terminates in the Capital city Lhasa. We spent …

Introduction The brahim Paa Sarayı (Palace of Ibrahim Paa), on the western side of the Hippodrome, is now the Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi (Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art: daily except), an attractive, well-planned museum, containing one of the best-exhibited collections of Islamic artefacts in the world. The sixteenth-century …

Language A total of 182 native languages are spoken in the country and four languages have been classified as extinct. There are 13 indigenous languages with at least one million native speakers: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Waray-Waray, Kapampangan, Coastal Bikol, Pangasinan, Maranao, Maguindanao, Kinaray-a, and Tausug. One or more is …

Welcome to the World’s Best Diving Destination Greetings and welcome to the best diving in the world. In the following pages, you will see amazing underwater dive sites full of healthy coral reefs, beautiful fish, seascapes, sunken wrecks, and much more. The Philippines is a wonderful combination of ocean diversity. …

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