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APRIL 2009 ISSUE: 10 BEST ITINERARIES TO SEE THE WORLD!

EUROPE

Get Big Ben, and Eiffel Tower pics for friends and family. Then really explore what Europe has to offer checking out towering mountains of Lauterbrunnen, the party oasis island of Mykonos, all within a whirlwind tour of Europe for 36 days.

London - Paris - Lauterbrunnen (Switzerland) - French Riviera - Florence - Rome - Venice - Vienna - Budapest - Krakow - Prague - Berlin - Amsterdam - London (24 days $3,180) Thanks to Topdeck Travel for this itinerary!

Add Turkey & Greece To your itinerary: Istanbul - Gallipoli - Canakkale - Troy - Pergamum - Ephesus - Kusadasi - (Greece) Samos - Mykonos - Delos - Ios - Santorini - Athens (12 days $2,089) Thanks to Fez Travel for this itinerary!

BRITISH ISLES

Take advantage of cheap travel rates to visit the Brits! you will never get enough of London, but when the sterling starts drying up go tan with the locals on Britain’s beaches in Newquay. Also check out neighbors Scotland and Republic of Ireland — only a few hundred miles away but cultures apart.

London - Cheddar - Newquay - Cornwall - Bath - London - (Scot- land) Edinburgh - Loch Ness - Isle of Skye - Edinburgh - (Republic of Ireland) Dublin - Killarney - Doolin - Dublin (15 days, $1,400) Thanks to Radical Travel for this itinerary!

AUSTRALIAN COAST

You’ll have your dream tan after traveling up the Australian Coast. Start at the Opera House in Sydney and hold a sweet, cuddly, koala bear in Currumbin. Let “loosa” in Noosa by catching righteous waves and don’t miss Tully, the “UFO capital of Austra- lia.” Finish your journey in Cairns where a short jaunt will take you to the wonder down under for a snorkel at the amazing Great Barrier Reef.

Sydney - Coffs Harbour - Byron Bay - Currumbin - Surfers Paradise - Brisbane - Country Homestead - Noosa - Fraser Island - Capricorn Coast - Mackay - Airlie Beach - Whitsundays - Townsville - Tully - Cairns (17 days $2,199) Thanks to Contiki Holidays for this itinerary!

SOUTHEAST ASIA

Live it up in the 1,000 year old epicenter of Hanoi before venturing out to historical towns of Hue and the beachside paradise of Nha Trang. Enter Cambodia to witness French-inspired architecture, riding elephants in Chang Mai, Thailand, visiting a variety of palaces (used and deserted), chill out on a beach, and finish up on the wild side of Bangkok!

SE ASIA: (Vietnam) Hanoi - Halong Bay - Hanoi - Hue - Hoi An - Nha Trang - (Cambodia) Phnom Penh - Sihanoukville - Phnom Penh - San Kamphaeng - Angkor Wat - Bangkok ($1,320) Thanks to Intrepid Travel for this itinerary!

Add Thailand: Bangkok - Ayutthaya - Kanchanburi - Saiyoke Yai National Park - Phitsanulok - Sukhothai Park g-Chang Mai - Sankamphaeng - Wat Phra That Doi Suthep - Cha-Am - Bangkok (14 days $2,340) Thanks to EF College Break for this itinerary!

EAST ASIA/INDIA

So many cultures! So little time! Start off with a flight to South Korea, and take in the vibrant capital of Seoul. Then fly to China to climb the memorable Great Wall, and then onto cultural hubs and the business capitals of the future. Finish off in India with the well known Taj Majal.

EAST ASIA: (South Korea) Seoul - Gyeongju - Busan (6 days $1154) Thanks to HANA Tours for this itinerary!

(China) Beijing g Xi’an - Shanghai - Guilin - Hangzhou - Tunxi - Huangshan - Suzhou - Zhouzhuang - Shanghai (18 days $3749) Thanks to On the Go Tours for this itinerary!

Add india: Delhi - Mandawa - Bikaner - Jaisalmer - Jodhpur - Luni - Udaipur - Kota - Jaipur - Fatehpur Sikri - Agra - Delhi (15 days $2,600) Thanks to Kumuka World- wide for this itinerary!

USA/CANADA

You won’t be lonely starting off in the most densely populated city of the U.S., San Fran- cisco. After cruisin’ the Golden Gate Bridge, head south and check out Monterey’s “17 Mile drive”. LA is a day’s drive away, and a night full of glitz and glam (where your server is a recent, reality TV-star). Venture into “what happens here, stays here” Las Vegas. Finish up your trip with a 7 day trek to Canada, aye?

USA: California/Nevada/Arizona: San Francisco - Monterey - Big Sur - Santa Barbara - Los Angeles - San Diego - Joshua Tree - Lake Havasu - Grand Canyon - Las Vegas - Death Valley - Mono Lake - Yosemite - San Francisco (12 days $1359) Thanks to Suntrek Tours for this itinerary!

Add Canadian Rockies: Vancouver - Shuswap Lake - Banff - Jasper National Park - Banff - Kelowna - Vancouver (7 days $520) Thanks to Moose Travel Network for this itinerary!

LATIN AMERICA

See-saw between beachside paradises and Mayan ruins all the way to Nicaragua, where you can relax on tucked-away ometepe Island. Continue onto South America where you can start out in the capital of La Paz before venturing to the famous Salt Flats, and finishing with more natural beauty at Iguaza Falls in Argentina.

(Mexico) Cancun - Playa del Carmen - (Belize) Caye Caulker - Cayo - (Guate- mala) Flores - Tikal - Rio dulce - Antigua - (Honduras) Copan - Utila - (Ni- caragua) Granada - Ometepe Island - Costa Rica (32 days $1699) Thanks to GAP Adventures for this itinerary!

Add South America: La Paz - Potosi - Uyuni - Humahuaca - Salta - Cafayate - Rio Hondo - Saenz Pena - Asuncion - iguaza Falls ($1,200 16 days) Thanks to Tucan Travel for this itinerary!

MIDDLE EAST

Start off in Cairo and visit the Pyramids. Move onto Aswan, and take the Nile Riverboat Cruise to see the Edfu, Komombo, and Karnak Temples. Continue on to take a donkey Trek to follow the steps of Jesus, get more religious in The Valley of the Kings and at Mt Sinai. In Jordan, visit Wadi Rum, Dana Village, and Shobak Castle. Finish off in Israel floating in the dead Sea, seeing the new and old cit- ies of Jerusalem and ending in Nazareth.

Cairo - Aswan - Abu Simbel - Luxor - (Jordon) Petra Bethlahem - Jeru- salem - Nazareth (19 days $2680) Thanks to Geckos Adventures for this itinerary!

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Begin the overland trip in the harbor city of Cape Town and experience the ancient red sand dunes of Sossusvlei in the Namib-Naukluft National Park. Moving on, you can’t miss the Okavengo Delta in Botswa- na, the world’s largest inland delta where wildlife is abundant. Ending the trip at one of the 7 wonders of the world, Victoria Falls.

Cape Town - Garep River - Fish River Canyon - Namib-Naukluft National Park - Sesriem & Sos- susvlei - Deadvlei Bushman Walk - Swakopmund - Cape Cross - Spitzkoppe - Etosha National Park - Okagengo Delta - Chobe National Park - Livingstone - Victoria Falls (21 days from $1380) Thanks to Adventure Travel Center for this itinerary!

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