Share your hot tub with a monkey in Jigokudani, Japan
So, a man and a monkey are in a hot tub . . . That's usually the start of some bad joke. Unless you are in the Japanese village of Jigokudani. It is there, outside of Nagano in the Japanese Alps, where travelers can stay at the Korakukan Inn, ...
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A review of Las Nubes de Holbox beach hotel
The vast majority of Isla Holbox—an island north of Cancun off of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula—is an untouched nature preserve. Only the eastern most tip of the island is permanently inhabited. That's where you'll find the few square blocks of sandy streets that make up Holbox town. Most residents ...
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Mexico’s easy-to-find remote car-less island
Most vacationers flying into Cancun International Airport head directly to the glamorous shopping, high-rise beach resorts, bustling nightlife and traffic-filled streets found in Cancun's Zona Hotelera. But there's a nearby destination that includes none of that — but so much more. On Isla Holbox, an island north of Mexico's ...
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Snorkeling off Mexico with the world’s largest fish
Now, now, NOW! Our captain is yelling while gesturing to us to hurry overboard. Overcome by his sense of urgency, we jump flippers first off our boat into warm Caribbean waters. There's a second of disorientation. Then the water bubbles created by our fall dissipate and the view out ...
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Create a cool Mexico getaway with Membership Rewards
What kind of cool travel getaway can you go on with 150,000 Membership Reward points? How about a romantic trip for you and yours truly to a tropical car-free island in Mexico where you go swimming with the world's largest fish and bring back video of your underwater ...
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World’s largest water park opens inside Beijing’s Olympics landmark
You may remember the Water Cube as the venue for the swimming events 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The exterior of "The Cube," with its translucent walls that seemed as though they were made of giant living skin cells, became one of the iconic images of the games. The ...
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