http://europetogo.yuku.com/forums/11 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:46:19 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://europetogo.yuku.com/forums/11 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8391/t/OK-Looking--book--Last-Minute-trip--replace--cancelled-tour.html feeds@yuku.com (DianeWoodard) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8391 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:59:27 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8387/t/Egypt.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Gardenridge) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8387 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:54:22 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8350/t/We-re-leaving-in-less-than-2-weeks-.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (DianeWoodard) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8350 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:44:25 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8282/t/Kenya-Timings-Help-Please.html
Needing some advice from my friends here at TTG!

I'm looking at possible trip to Mara for next year.

Considerations:
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*Budget (want to keep it as low as possible but maximise what we get for our money)
*Weather (neither of us can tolerate heat nor high humifity - would say no more than 30 degrees C max during day; don't mind going in green/wet season if daily rains are short and sweet rather than prolonged)

Q1 I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kavey F) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8282 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:53:58 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8206/t/Wow-magical-choir-thing.html He shared this on youtube over at Fodors.
http://bit.ly/h4ewI
MARVELLOUS!
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kavey F) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8206 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:07:12 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8168/t/booked-my-trip-to-Botswana-.html feeds@yuku.com (quimbymoy) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8168 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:00:55 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8103/t/The-dark-side-of-Dubai.html
I was just in Dubai and as most I was mesmerized by the amazing skyscrapers, the huge malls, the fancy cars, all the gold in the old souk etc. But it seems like there is a dark side to all of this and I found this interesting article about it: http://www.independent.co...de-of-dubai-1664368.html . It is a very long article but it is very interesting and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (gardkarlsen) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8103 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:52:16 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8037/t/2-Books-to-Read-while-waiting-to-go-back-to-Africa-.html
OK - I do the internet-based planning for our trips. My husband tends to hit the local library and then stock up on tons of books with any connection to our destination. This year, he hit the jackpot with two books we absolutely devoured (and our trip is still months away!). I thought I'd... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (DianeWoodard) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8037 Fri, 01 May 2009 19:01:17 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8020/t/Can-39-t-make-up-my-mind-on-where-to-stay-in-Dubai.html
My wife and I are going to Dubai in May. We have been there before (as you can see from this trip report from 2002 http://gardkarlsen.com/dubai.htm ) and that time we stayed in Bur Dubai. At the moment I have booked a room at Traders hotel in Dubai (on the Deira side) but I have also started looking at other hotels. I know it will be hot so maybe it would be better to stay nearer to the beach. We are... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (gardkarlsen) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/8020 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:37:30 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7950/t/The-every-six-month-bug-.html http://www.oattravel.com/...inklocation=trip_leftnav and maybe we can do it September/October this year! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (DianeWoodard) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7950 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:46:03 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7634/t/In-Marrakech-The-Tastes-of-Morocco.html article brought back some wonderful memories! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (elainesl) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7634 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:18:40 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7619/t/Israel-and-Gaza.html Got a cryptic New Years greeting from friends in a kibbutz in Israel, saying that they had to stop the rockets, but they were safe. Yesterday, regular programming here in Canada was interrupted to say that Israel was doing serious damage to Gaza to stop the rockets. I remembered the New Year's message and wrote for clarification, and if they needed a place to go, Canada was on their... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Gardenridge) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7619 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:59:55 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7529/t/Participatory-Camping-treks-in-Africa.html feeds@yuku.com (DianeWoodard) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7529 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:16:04 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7405/t/Lions-and-lions-and-lions-oh-my-.html I was asked to summarise my lion sightings from our recent trip by a friend. Here's what I wrote, I thought it may be of interest to some of you here. Please feel free to move to trip reports if more appropriate.

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I've been re-reading my diary from our recent trip to Kenya and Tanzania and remembering, in particular, our wonderful lion sightings.

Our first lion sightings were in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kavey F) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7405 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:16:11 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7404/t/Back-from-Kgalagadi-Transfrontier-Park.html www.kodakgallery.com/dennisinzambia Click on the Kgalagadi album.
Kgalagadi is a beautiful park in the Kalahari desert, had some good sightings but compared to previous trips it was boring at times.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (matnikstym) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7404 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:03:45 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7327/t/I-m-baaack-.html It'll take me some time to write up a report and process photos but I'll let you all know once I have.
I've made a couple of comments over on Fodors in response to specific questions...
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kavey F) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7327 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:08:33 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7287/t/Question-about-hotel-prices-in-Dubai.html
I'm thinking about going to Dubai in the end of November. When I have looked at hotels in the past I have gotten the impression that you can get a pretty nice hotel room for 500 to 800 AED. But when I checked the prices at e.g. Traders and Dusit Thani in the end of November the prices started at 1000 AED and 1800 AED. Is there something specific going on in Dubai at this time? Or do hotel prices go up in general over the winter as this is a better time to travel to Dubai?... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (gardkarlsen) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7287 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:17:18 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7254/t/Botswana-Green-Season-Itinerary.html
I'm planning a trip to Botswana for 2010. I'm working with a tour operator who suggested a package that Wilderness Safaris called Summer Season Spectacular, that runs December thru March. Here are the lodges:

KALAHARI PLAINS CAMP, CENTRAL KALAHARI GAME RESERVE
JACANA OR XIGERA CAMP, OKAVANGO DELTA
LIANSHULU CAMP, KWANDO RIVER, MUDUMU NATIONAL PARK, NAMIBIA
TOKA LEYA CAMP, MOSI-OA-TUNYA NATIONAL PARK, LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (quimbymoy) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/7254 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:05:38 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/3259/t/Finally-Everything-s-Booked.html
Sept. 9- Hilo-Honolulu-San Francisco
Overnight Clarion Hotel. Early morning flight on United (SAA codeshare) to JFK, and a 3 hour layover for the SAA long flight to JNB.

Overnight at the Southern Sun. Early morning SAA flight to Upington, pick up car, buy supplies and drive to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (matnikstym) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/3259 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:26:04 GMT http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/3258/t/Greetings-from-South-Africa-a-short-trip-report.html
Here is a short travel "teaser" from South Africa. My wife and I are here in Johannesburg to visit family but we have also had some time for some tourist activities as well

We had a few days in Cape Town and I can really recommend that. It is a beautiful city and it reminds me a bit of Norway with the mountains, ocean and beaches. In the Cape Town area we rented a car for a day to drive around on the Cape pennisual, we took a tour of the wine lands (Stellenbosch,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (gardkarlsen) http://europetogo.yuku.com/topic/3258 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:26:38 GMT