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The Apostle Islands, on the Northeastern tip of Wisconsin’s Bayfield Peninsula, can be visited by ferry or kayak. The Apostles is an archipelago of 21 virgin islands that covers an area of more than 720 square miles on the southern shore of Lake Superior.
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The Oktoberfest takes place in the last 2 weeks of September and is the highlight of any beer drinker’s year. Oktoberfest is fast food feeding frenzy. 6,000 chickens, 90,000 pork legs and 80 oxen, and the ever present Umtata bands.
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Baja California is a desert peninsula with hundreds of miles of unspoilt beaches.
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Buying antiques in Bangkok is another one of those ‘Caveat Emptor’ scenarios, where unless you know what you’re looking for, you could end up with shoddy works or even convincing copies.
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Kente is a colourful cloth which has been hand-woven for hundreds of years in the villages of Ghana. The artisans invest each garment with meaning, depending on the complex pattern and colour scheme they use. Over time kente cloth has come to represent the very fabric of African culture – it’s history, culture, political identity, religious beliefs and principals of social etiquette.
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