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                <title>Chitwan</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Plenty of budget options in this jungle area in southern Nepal - we didn't even have to walk far from the village to come across rhino. Relatively cheap elephant safaris also available. <br><br>An ox cart from the bus station to a hostel - if you have absolutely all the time in the world to kill - was a once in a lifetime experience (you don't want to do it twice).]]></description>
                
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                <title>Mokoro safari</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[These flat bottomed, dug out canoes are a different way to see the Okavango Delta. You can pass through the lily beds so smoothly that you barely disturb the flowers, let alone the wildlife. <br><br>Great if you want to see something like the elusive sitatunga - a small deer-like mammal light enough to live on the waterways' foliage; potentially terrifying when you run into the crocs or hippos that lurk around. <br><br>Memorable either way.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Masai villages</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[There are a few of these villages knocking around the safari areas of Kenya, often in the middle, near camps. A fascinating experience - but be warned, you'll be forced to shop for "home made" souvenirs at the end.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Lake Nakuru</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[It takes a while to work out quite what's going on around this amazing lake in Kenya - the water is stained pink, like some kind of weird oil slick. But when you get close you realise it's just an astonishing, dense mass of flamingoes. A really unusual sight. The surrounding national park has plenty of lions, rhino and buffalo too, and you can post fly camps in some relatively secluded spots.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Une Chambre en Ville</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This is a small chambre d'hote - French B&amp;B - in a lovely quiet street near the centre of town. Nice rooms (only five so book ahead), really central and close to the cathedral, bars, restaurants, everything.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Museo del Chocolate</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Never really made it into the museum bit but there's a cafe attached that does fabulous chocolate drinks and truffles and chocolates made on the premises. Not much of an atmosphere but a little cool, calm oasis and a bit of a treat.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cornerhouse</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Cinemas, galleries, bars, general arty hangout and good value meals, all under one roof. Great place to catch more interesting films, or just to have a quiet drink.]]></description>
                
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                <title>3T tram</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Old-school public transport - and mainly a cheap and enjoyable way to get a handle on the city, a circuit that takes in a lot of the main sights such as the art gallery and central squares.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Le Grimaldi</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Good hotel far enough from the seafront to be calm and near enough to pop down in your swimmers. Good value - standard rooms at under 100 euros a night a double.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Palau de la Mar</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A few minutes walk from the old town, this is a really nice, chic hotel - not massive rooms but great decor and beds and not that expensive for what you get (about 150 euros a night for a double).]]></description>
                
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                <title>Harbour Centre Tower</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[It's not free but it is high ... there's a 360 degree panorama from here, and it's captivating. About $10 for adults.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hostal Conde de Villanueva</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Newly renovated hotel in the middle of the old town - beautiful old courtyard and rooms. Not cheap, but costs less and is much nicer than something like the Nacional - and a good option if you need to book a hotel for the first few nights for visa reasons. Staff are a bit Fawlty Towers but it's quite atmospheric and comfortable. Big cigar shop, and peacocks, for some reason.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Ainola</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This was the house of Jean Sibelius, the composer. Of most interest to music lovers, but a change from the city and a look at rural Finland if you're on a short break.]]></description>
                
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