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100 1 $aGrout, Pam.
245 14 $aThe 100 best worldwide vacations to enrich your life /$cPam Grout.
246 3 $aOne hundred best worldwide vacations to enrich your life
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bNational Geographic,$c℗♭2008.
300 $a287 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c21 cm
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520 $aTravelers are showing a huge interest in the fast-growing sector known as experiential tourism--vacations that encompass heritage, culture, nature, ecology, and soft adventure. In the footsteps of the briskly selling The 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life featuring North American destinations, our new title extends these ardent travelers' sights to global scale. From helping to build a health clinic in Tanzania to learning massage in Thailand to aiding green turtle conservation in Belize, The 100 Best Worldwide Vacations to Enrich Your Life is full of fun, meaningful, and memorable possibilities for today's discerning traveler.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aArts & crafts getaways -- Volunteer vacations -- Learning retreats -- Wellness escapes.
505 0 $aARTS & CRAFTS GETAWAYS: Learn to tango, Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Fire pottery in Ban Chan Pottery Village, Laos -- Cane a chair or spin wool on an old English farm, Sudbury, England -- Capture your vacation memories in sketchbooks, Vietnam, Tuscany and other destinations -- Make a quilt in Anne's land, Prince Edward Island, Canada -- Make a date with your muse, Belize, Chile and France -- Jiggle, shimmy, and learn to "toss the belly", Go kp♯łnar, Turkey -- Study classic Russian art at Catherine the Great's Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia -- Whip up a mole with a celebrity chef, culinary hot spots worldwide -- Make waus and other Malaysian crafts, Kampung Banggol, Kelantan, Malaysia -- Join a pottery brigade, Nicaragua -- Make goods from the woods, Insjo n, Sweden -- Strut your stuff at Rio's Carnaval, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil -- Learn the art of herbology, Ashhurst, New Zealand & Tasmania, Australia -- Paint Virgin Island landscapes, St. Thomas -- Ignite your imagination, Crete -- Make films in Prague, Czech Republic -- Explore batik and other traditional Balinese arts, Ubud, Bali -- Shoot a tiger (with a camera, of course), India -- Paint wild South Africa, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa -- Design your own wardrobe, Prato, Italy -- Master tribal drumming, Yoff, Senegal -- Fiddle with a Scottish legend, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
505 0 $aVOLUNTEER VACATIONS: Mountain trails on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania -- Monitoring wild horses in Hustai National Park, Mongolia -- Restore ancient Mediterranean villages, Provence, France -- Organizing committees for Olympic games in Beijing, Vancouver, London, or Sochi -- Cross-Cultural Solutions: Show the Muslim world the good side of America in Rabat, Morocco -- Baby-sit chimps in Girona, Spain -- Sing to AIDS orphans in Malawi -- Keep hope alive under military occupation with Project Hope in Palestine -- Turn bikes into pedal power in San Andres Itzapa, Guatemala -- Help scientists rsch bottlenose dolphins in Veli, Losinj Island, Croatia -- Protect leatherback sea turtles in Trinidad -- Assist archaeologists in Transylvania, Romania -- Cultivate organic crops in Oaxaca, Mexico -- Bottle-feed lion cubs in Antelope Park, Gweru, Zimbabwe -- Track the Spectacled Andean Bear in Ecuador -- Conduct biodiversity surveys in Waria Valley, Papua New Guinea -- Assemble wheelchairs for land mine victims, Cambodia -- Underwater reconnaissance, Madagascar -- Fix kids' teeth, Nepal -- Save the rain forest, Peru -- Teach music, Ghana -- Elbow grease for an International Peace Center, Ireland -- Clown around in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia -- Help start a cottage industry in El Salvador -- Take kids hiking in South Korea.
505 0 $aLEARNING RETREATS: French house parties, Mediterranean France -- Test-drive your dream career, nationwide USA -- Ride an elephant in Thailand -- Meet the people of the first nations, British Columbia & Alberta, Canada -- Wildebeest migration on the Serengeti, Tanzania -- Modern Africa in Uganda -- Learn business tips from the Chinese in Beijing -- Master the art of blending scotch, Scotland -- Bone up on orangutans, Borneo & Sumatra -- Behind the headlines, Afghanistan -- Explore the wonders of the Panama Canal -- Geisha training in Tokyo, Kyoto, & London -- Study tectonic plates, Iceland -- Learn about medicinal plants with Andean shamans, Bolivia & Peru -- Break into bullfighting, Salamanca, Spain -- Learn to gamble in Monte Carlo, Monaco -- Learn Swahili while saving the black rhino, Kenya -- Study at the world's oldest English-speaking university, Oxford, England -- Visit vanishing cultures and legendary treasures by private jet, worldwide (National Geographic Expeditions) -- Trek thru the Sinai with the Bedouin, Egypt -- Study astrophysics, Geneva & Paris -- Study marine biology on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia -- -- Walk in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, Turkey -- Become spellbound by Italian art: Rome, Florence, Venice -- Visit rsch stations, Antarctica -- View African masks at the Festival International des Masques, Dedougou, Burkina Faso -- Trace the roots of beermaking, Germany.
505 0 $aWELLNESS ESCAPES: Ride zip lines through a jungle of singing gibbons, Bokeo Nature Reserve, Laos -- Go au naturel, Cap d'Agde, France -- Embark on a sacred pilgrimage, Shikoku, Japan -- Balloon over the Swiss Alps, Cha teau d'Oex, Switzerland -- Snowshoe Bulgaria, Rila and Pirin Mountains -- Trek the Sahara Desert with a camel caravan, Libya -- Combine yoga and ayurveda in a beachside coconut grove, Kerala, India -- Embark on an odyssey, Greek Islands -- Walk Patagonia, Chile -- Soak in the African Savannah, Ethiopia -- Explore the heart of the Coral Triangle, Palawan, the Philippines -- Catch a wave, Nosara, Costa Rica -- Enter a zany boat race, Northern Territory, Australia -- Study martial arts at the temple where it all began, Songshan, China -- Fly-fish New Zealand -- Go vegetarian on a holistic cruise, Caribbean Sea -- Enjoy a spa fit for a king, Hua Hin, Thailand -- Take a metaphysical pilgrimage, Egypt -- Ride horses to Machu Picchu's sacred sister, Vilcabamba Valley, Peru -- Cycle thru the Alps, Austria -- Scout the Himalaya's outer edges, Tibet -- Celebrate silence, Bali -- Kite the Arctic Circle, Greenland -- Raft, kayak, and snorkel in paradise, Fiji -- Bike across Cuba, Santiago to Havana.
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