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...tourist might have mistaken it for an innocuous conversational gambit, but to a longtime London resident, the cabbie's query - "Are you heading home to watch Question Time?" - was politically charged...
...offensive may also prove to be more challenging because, unlike the Swat Valley - a scenic, tourist-friendly area whose residents depend on outsiders for income and trade and income - South Waziristan has historically been closed to outsiders. Even in Swat, which political leaders have declared a victory, insurgents are still ambushing military convoys and launching suicide bombings against civilian and security targets, proving, as many local residents have long attested, that Taliban leaders are still present in many of the region's villages...
...This means that vast swaths of La Huasteca have never known a tourist and reward the persistent traveler with virgin jungle, pristine waterfalls and calm lagoons, perfect for snorkeling and swimming. Over 2,000 species of plants are found there, as are spider monkeys, jaguars and toucans. The rafting, kayaking and trekking are excellent. (Read "Oceanside Luxury Made Affordable (Think Mexico...
...1980s - thanks to more trees per capita being planted there than anywhere else. "Cutting down a single tree in Costa Rica is cause for scandal," says Pedro Leon, head of the administration's Peace With Nature Initiative. (Read how Costa Rica is turning its environment into a luxury tourist destination...
...jockeying for a global leadership role on climate change. Arias was one of five keynote speakers to address the U.N. Climate Change Summit on Sept. 22, calling on the world to shift military spending to fight global warming - to "save our species from the real enemy." (See five eco-tourist hot spots worth visiting...