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Canoeing the Okefenokee Swamp

Populated by alligators and rattlesnakes, the Okefenokee Swamp covers 700 square miles of hauntingly beautiful wilderness in south Georgia and north Florida. The Seminole Indians named it “Land of Trembling Earth”. Its floating peat islands are eight thousand year old.

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Grand Bazaar and Egyptian Spice Bazaar, Istanbul

The Grand Bazaar has over 4,000 shops containing all kinds of everything, in particular silver and gold, ceramics, glassware, leather, metal wares and Turkish carpets. If you’re an obvious tourist you’ll soon get hi-jinxed by a smooth talking host who’ll offer to show you around the city, and who’s father probably owns the best deal carpet store in town!

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