On summer weekends, the Bordelais escape en masse to ARCACHON , the oldest resort on the CÙte d'Argent and a forty-minute train ride across flat, sandy forest from Bordeaux. The beaches of white sand are magnificent but can be crowded, and its...
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The last major city before you hit the sub-Siberian wilderness and its scattering of oil and mining towns, HARBIN is the capital of Heilongjiang Province and probably the northernmost location that's of interest to visitors. It's worth a visit...
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LOS BANOS , just south of Calamba heading away from Manila on the South Luzon Expressway, is home to the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB), the forestry campus of the Manila-based university. The campus lies at the foot of Mount...
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