We have trekked twice with Three Sisters. In 2006 they took us to Lo Monthang in Upper Mustang. Earlier this year we trekked the Annapurna Circuit and also Annapurna Base Camp with them. We can highly recommend them and when you use them you are also providing employment and training for female guides. The Three Sisters are helping many very poor Nepali citizens through their training and self-help schemes.

3 Sisters Adventure Trekking
Pokhara
Nepal

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If you haven't been to Thailand before then Umphang is perfectly located for accessing jungle adventure packages. It's located in the North west of Thailand and is quieter than many of the backpacker places. At Umphang you can purchase tours that include: trekking, rafting, elephant riding, staying in authentic Thai tribal villages, etc.
The packages are well-organised and include accommodation, meals, guides, and transport.
It is cheap, so the accommodation is not plush, but the food is good.
One word of warning, don't go in September or October (the wet season) as it is likely to rain a great deal of the time. I went at the beginning of August and it rained a fair bit then, (not just the the odd hour or two). To be safe, avoid August as well.

www.umphanghill.com

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This cultural newsweekly is published by a multinational crew of young hip Barcelona residents. You can pick up the paper copy on Thursdays in loads of bars and restaurants, but their website also offers a Listings page with great ideas about things to do every day that you're visiting the city.

www.bcnweek.com/listings.html

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Great guides and transport to distant locations.

I went on day trips to Koh Ker, Beng Mealea and a day trip on the Tonle Sap lake. As a photographer they look for good light situations and locations where people out of the city were less bothered by tourists with cameras. Amazing photo opportunities with small groups and reliable transport with knowledgable guides that mostly spoke good English.

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A one-day pass is sufficient enough time to visit some of the key temples in this beautiful enclosure. Make sure that you arrive early - sunrise is a very recommended time (go to the Bayon wat), though for the more relaxed traveller a seven/eight o’clock start will ensure that you will not only see most of the site but also without the hordes of people that arrive around eleven o’clock. Hire a tuk-tuk driver for the day, should cost no more than $10, many can speak English and some have great knowledge of the site or hire a guide. Be a bit wary of some of the freelance guides in the major wats, who’ll approach you - say one thing about a wat then expect a few dollars.

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This exists in virtual and paper form, and is the only guide to eating out in Buenos Aires. Worth reading. It praises *and* criticises. All the others are either written by brainless joe soaps who don't like "comida picante" or by the restaurants themselves.

In bookshops or at www.vidalbuzzi.com.ar

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