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New Orleans seduces with Caribbean vitality and waves of sultry Southern heat. Enshrouding us in dreams and ancient melodies, its sweet-tasting cocktails are laced with voodoo potions. Called by some 'The City That Care Forgot,' New Orleans has a well-earned reputation for excess and debauchery. It's a cultural gumbo of African, Indian, Cajun and Creole influences. Whether you're looking for history, drama and intrigue or just a good old time, New Orleans isrepparttar 133810 place to be.

Major Attractions of New Orleans arerepparttar 133811 Aquarium ofrepparttar 133812 Americas, French Quarter, Garden District, Historic Voodoo Museum and many more.

New Orleans' celebrations includerepparttar 133813 Black Heritage Festival onrepparttar 133814 second weekend in March,repparttar 133815 Tennessee Williams Literary Festival onrepparttar 133816 last weekend in March,repparttar 133817 French Quarter Festivalrepparttar 133818 second weekend in April,repparttar 133819 Greek Festival on Memorial Day weekend in May andrepparttar 133820 raucous riverfront Carnival Latinorepparttar 133821 last weekend in June. Independence Day (Fourth of July) features food and entertainment alongrepparttar 133822 riverfront and star-studded musical performances atrepparttar 133823 Superdome, followed of course by a barrage of fireworks.

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Visit Hong Kong

Written by Tony Fenton


HONG KONG is very much 'abroad'. Now thatrepparttar near continent is easily accessible, countries such as France, Spain, Italy seem to merge styles and culture to become one generic Euro-Country. In contrast Hong Kong feels like a foreign country. It also has reminders of a colonial past, so your trip there as well as being a trip to a foreign country is also a trip intorepparttar 133809 past.

Hong Kong is also a brash mixture of Western and Eastern cultures, a meld of designer clothing, electronic consumables and Chinese superstitions. Modern apartment tower blocks, very Western in style and decor, do not have floor numbers ending in '4' asrepparttar 133810 number 4 in Cantonese is very close torepparttar 133811 Cantonese word for 'death'.

You will also stand out as a tourist amongstrepparttar 133812 Chinese rather than being able to blend in with other Europeans as you would nearer to home. And unless you're an exceptional linguist there won't be any attempts to converse in Cantonese withrepparttar 133813 locals. But don't despair, thanks to its history and a large ex-pat community most Chinese, at least in restaurants and shops, will be able to speak English. Most ofrepparttar 133814 street names and signs are in English as well as Cantonese.

The first thing you will notice about this lively place is its modern, efficient mass transit systems. Arriving atrepparttar 133815 new airport, Chek Lap Kok, you essentially walk in a straight line from gate through baggage & customs onto a (usually) waiting train that takes you right intorepparttar 133816 heart of Kowloon, a popular hotel and tourist district. For exploring furtherrepparttar 133817 subway system (MTR - Mass Transit Railway) is very cheap and clean with air-conditioned trains and stations.

Taxis are also plentiful and very cheap, thanks torepparttar 133818 fact that most people do not run their own cars and rely instead upon buses, taxis andrepparttar 133819 MTR.

It is a good idea to getrepparttar 133820 name of your hotel printed onto a card in Cantonese so that you can make yourself understood torepparttar 133821 taxi driver when you want to get back to your hotel.

You will also noticerepparttar 133822 fact that you are inrepparttar 133823 tropics. The climate is hot and humid, even at night. But air-conditioning is abundant, in fact on some streets you will probably be dripped on by water fromrepparttar 133824 air-conditioning condensers attached to most every window ofrepparttar 133825 buildings towering aboverepparttar 133826 streets.

As a gweilo ('ghost people',repparttar 133827 Cantonese term for pale-faced Westerners) you will be targeted on busy Nathan Road byrepparttar 133828 many street salesmen : "Copy watch, sir?", "Custom suit?", "Free drink?", "Jade rings?". Unless you are happy to part with your money for fakes, or buy clothing with a higher price tag than its quality merits, learn to ignore these people. Even saying 'No' is seen as a sales opening.

Hong Kong has much to offer everyone from sightseeing to shopping to eating to simply absorbingrepparttar 133829 atmosphere and mix of cultures this world-class city has to offer. Here are some must see places on your visit :

The Peak Tram is perhapsrepparttar 133830 most popular tourist attraction and definitely a must on any visit to Hong Kong. A furnicular railway takes you up The Peak for some breathtaking views ofrepparttar 133831 Kowloon Penisular, Victoria Harbour and surrounding islands.

You can reachrepparttar 133832 Peak Tram station usingrepparttar 133833 No 15C Shuttle Bus fromrepparttar 133834 Star Ferry Terminal in Central orrepparttar 133835 No 12S bus from Admiralty MTR station. The Peak Tram runs every 15 minutes from 7am to midnight - views at night are equally breathtaking to see Hong Kong's sparkling panorama.

Atrepparttar 133836 summit there are shops, restaurants and other attractions besidesrepparttar 133837 360 degree panoramic view.

The Star Ferry at Tsim Sha Tsui (pronounced Chim Sow Choi) for a few pennies plys back and forth across busy Victoria Harbour linkingrepparttar 133838 Kowloon peninsular with Central and Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island.

You can takerepparttar 133839 MTR from Kowloon to Central, but a trip onrepparttar 133840 ferry is a must forrepparttar 133841 experience and views of Victoria Harbour.

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