After spending a few days in the North Wales rural hinterland, BANGOR , across the bridges from Anglesey, makes a welcome change. It is not big, but as the largest town in Gwynedd and home to Bangor University, it passes in these parts for...
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At MIDWAY , some 65km east of Osoyoos on Hwy 3, something of the desert atmosphere lingers, the hills strange, broad whalebacks cut by open valleys and covered in coarse scrub and brown-baked grass. The hamlet's handful of scattered homes are...
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HASTINGS ' Old Town, east of the pier, holds most of the appeal of this fading seaside resort. With the exception of the oddly neglected Regency architecture of Pelham Crescent , directly beneath the castle ruins, All Saints Street ...
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