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Campo Grande, southern gateway to the Pantanal, is a friendly city with interesting tourist sights like churches, markets as well as indigenous art shops and museums.

Rio Grande do Sul is known for its pursuits of separatism. In 1835 this led to the Revolução Farroupilha, or Guerra dos Farrapos, and the Riograndense Republic.

The once idyllic Le Galawa Beach Resort Hotel, the only hotel on Grande Comore that offered package tours, is now derelict. Yet websites are still advertising it.

One of the best times of the year for hiking in Italy comes in early fall when the heavy summer humidity begins to subside.

Anyone that knows anything about motorsport will have heard of the Abarth name. Well it's back in the guise of the Grande Punto Abarth.

Campo Grande is a good city to arrange an excursion to the Pantanal or to find tourist information on Mato Grosso do Sul's tourist destinations and natural scenery.

Enjoy the Atacameño villages of Chiu Chiu, Lasana and Caspana, where ancient forts, petroglyphs, churches and museums tell their Indian and Spanish histories.

On December 23rd this mining town is transformed into one of Chile's largest places of pilgrimage where pilgrims enjoy processions, ceremonies and religious dances.

Fly fishing for native Rio Grande Cutthroat is one of the most exhilarating experiences for anglers in New Mexico. Try these three hot spots for success.

Isla Grande is a 45-minute boat ride from Cartegena de Indias on Colombia's Caribbean Coast. Hotel CocoLiso and Hotel San Pedro de Majagua are two popular hotels.

After five million dollars in renovations, the Plaza Grande Hotel reopened in January of 2007 after over 30 years of inactivity.

If you think Texas is just tumbleweeds rolling along a deserted plain, keep driving south, clear down to the Rio Grande Valley, 11 hours from Texas' northern border.

Yearly the Sulistas, inhabitants of Brazil's state of Rio Grande do Sul, commemorate the Guerra dos Farrapos during Semana Farroupilha: a festival of gaucho traditions.

Beading is just about the easiest way to make jewelry. Handmade jewelry artists have many online jewelry making vendors from whom to buy their beading supplies.

Satoshi Kon's Paprika will have a limited screening at 10 am at Laemmle's Grande 4-Plex in Los Angeles. This will make the anime movie eligible for the 2006 Oscars

Easily accessed and densely populated by resorts, Tamarindo beach makes for an ideal Costa Rican vacation.

Doug Timewell's artisanal winery in California's Arroyo Grande Valley offers one of the tastiest Zinfandels anywhere.

The editor, Dorothy Bates thought they should use their energy studying for June exams but the hockey girls of Montrose loved to score goals, even accidental goals.

Learn how easy it is to make a beautiful sterling silver necklace with an akoya pearl charm to give as a gift for the holidays.

New Year's Day, 1925 was an important day for youth on the frontier. A new curfew law meant that students had to be home, hopefully doing homework after 9:30 at night.

Mato Grosso do Sul has a variety of tourist attractions: crystalline lakes in Bonito, churches in Campo Grande, fishing trips in Corumbá and the wetlands of the Pantanal.

There was no booze and no money in the Peace Country in 1920, but the residents of Grande Prairie did not let that dampen their Christmas spirits.

Brownsville, Texas, home to many rare species, has already been hit hard by the economic downturn. USA Mexico border wall is one more threat to local wildlife sanctuary.

Homesteaders in the north knew how to live in a cold climate, but an extended period of extreme cold weather was too much for J.B.Yule who predicted warmer weather.

Halloween pranks became serious enough to warrant an editorial in Grande Prairie calling for an end to the spirit of lawlessness amongst young boys on Halloween night.

Enjoy awe-inspiring journeys across an elevation of 4,000 metres, passing salt lakes, volcanos, deserts and towns with a Bolivian feel.

Car rental allows the traveller to visit the Pantanal independently. Depending on the time of year or type of trip, rent a regular car or a four-wheel drive.

A visit to Iquique and the surrounding area features vast beaches along the Pacific, the Atacama Desert, and a fascinating look at Chilean culture, old and new.

Beaches with rock formations and rainforests are but a few of the travelers' delights that await in this French overseas department.

Crossing the Ancud Golf to Isla Grande de Chiloe is like visiting another country. The islands not only have unique architecture but a lifestyle steeped in tradition.

Charmed jewelry is easy to make. Expand upon your jewelry making skills by using Link Locks to attach charms to a bracelet or chain.

They made their own costumes. There was confetti and streamers, the orchestra was in fine form so they danced until the electricity went off and everyone had to go home.

In the frontier town of Grande Prairie, merchants brought in a few luxuries and a taste of city life for their homesteading customers during the Christmas season, 1923.

Most ballet classes will begin with exercises at the barre. The following is an example of four ending exercises for barre work in an intermediate-level class.

Enjoy the wetland ecosystem of the Pantanal in Mato Grosso on an organised Pantanal tour, which starts from the surrounding cities of Cuiabá, Campo Grande and Corumbá.

Athens has some of the cheapest hotels in Europe, but also some of the most chic. Designer hotels and Michelin restaurants, that's the new Athens since the Olympics.

Vacationing in Puerto Rico? Don't miss the otherworldly experience of kayaking through Laguna Grande to view glowing organisms.

The spring season in California's Strawberry Coast is celebrated in May with parades, contests, music events and strawberry tasting opportunities.

The most difficult part of keeping a Texas Cichlid in an aquarium is controlling aggression. Finding compatible tank mates can be a challenge.

Defenders of Wildlife led the campaign to return wolves to the USA's famous Yellowstone Park, addressing the natural balance missing since the wolf had been extirpated.

Since 1979, the Destin Seafood Festival has served up shrimp, fish and key lime pie to more than 25,000 festival goers, making fall and Destin travel a perfect match.

Bicycles provided transportation for everyone. Children, men, and women could now enjoy a leisurely ride. Watching professionals and amatuers race was an exciting sport.

In the male dominated Jewish religion it's good to find a unique festival that celebrates feminism.

The Grand Illusion is something of a rarity these days- a war movie that isn't about decrying war. Rather, it's about aristocrats, commoners, and the death of nobility.

By the late 1920s homesteaders in the Peace River Country were hosting Halloween parties with games, costumes, treats and dancing for the youngsters.

Hikers on the multi-national GR-5 start at the North Sea in Holland, and cross parts of six European countries before ending at the Mediterranean Sea in Nice, France.

Three major trails traverse the Pyrenees in France and Spain: The Grand Randonnee 10 (GR-10), the Grand Randonnee 11 (GR-11) and the Haute Route Pyrennean (HRP).

A Pyrenees trek runs from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, spending much of its time in high mountains. Gear requirements will depend on the season and the route.

Life in Istanbul is nowhere better witnessed than on the major artery that offers great boutiques, theatres, cinemas, cafes, pubs, nightclubs and galleries.

Though the saxophone is often associated with jazz, Javier Oviedo reminds audiences that this versatile instrument is actually quite classical in origin.