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                    <title>An autumn in Yellowstone</title>
                    <description>As the pilot started to approach Jackson airport he made an announcement to look out of right side windows to view the beautiful Tetons. All I could see were silhouette images of the Tetons. They were all covered in thick smoke that had enveloped the whole region for many weeks. Smoke was still billowing out of a few forest fires that were raging near Jackson. The smoke was evident the next day a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Wyoming/Yellowstone-National-Park/blog-748630.html</link>
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                    <title>A Galapagos Cruise aboard the National Geographic Endeavor</title>
                    <description>May 25  June 3 2012 As I waited in the queue for immigration at the Guayaquil airport I was getting a bit apprehensive after getting a few longer than normal stares from security and other officials roaming around. Being one of the last few to exit from the plane the wait became was a bit longer. I was part of a group of about 30 or so cruisemates who had boarded this AA flight from Miami to </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos/blog-724272.html</link>
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                    <title>A glimpse of Swiss Riviera</title>
                    <description>The final leg of my first Switzerland trip was going to last less than a couple of days a chunk of which was taken by this train ride I did from Interlaken to the Lake Geneva town of Montreux. I took the Golden Pass train from Interlaken to Zweisimmen. I had already traveled on this train from Lucerne to Interlaken. These scenic train rides do give you a passing glimpse of the majestic Swiss coun</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/blog-424843.html</link>
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                    <title>Swiss Alps</title>
                    <description>Switzerland is a small country in terms of size but it packs in a lot of natural beauty in that small size. Go anywhere in Switzerland and you will find picturesque landscape. As a tourist you cannot go wrong in Switzerland irrespective of where you decide to go. This is what I had read in travel forums and one or two guide books that I could lay my hands on.  Lake Lucerne area Bernese Oberland </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/M-rren/blog-424270.html</link>
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                    <title>Switzerland  a trip through Lake Lucerne</title>
                    <description>Ah Switzerland in summer A land of lush green hills beautiful turquoise lakes snow covered Alps umpteen waterfalls melting glaciers cute looking villages cows with bells chocolates mountain trains cable cars gondolas and pictureperfect postcard scenery all around. And of course clouds and some rain tooAfter spending a little over 5 days in Paris I took the TGV to Bern. It was about 4</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-West/Lucerne/blog-423253.html</link>
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                    <title>Paris  my first step into Europe</title>
                    <description>It was time for my maiden trip to Europe. It was time to wear my tourist cap and head to Europe. The city of lights beckoned me and so did the swiss alps. After doing a bit of research as to where to go I zeroed in on Paris and Switzerland. Paris as I wanted to know what the hype was all about Switzerland as it has this 'paradise' image in the minds of many Switzerland's landscape has been sh</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-419760.html</link>
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                    <title>Utah Scenic byway 12 Burr Trail and Capital Reef</title>
                    <description>Nov 1 2008Utah's byway 12 is a stretch of scenic road between Bryce Canyon and Capital Reef national park. It is considered one of the most scenic byways in USA. After leaving Bryce I continued the drive on byway 12. The rock landscape around me continued to change. The weather was nice and there was very little traffic on the road. There must have been a stretch of about 15 minutes or so during</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-345450.html</link>
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                    <title>Bryce Canyon  The world of Hoodoos</title>
                    <description>Oct 31 Nov 1 2008Millions of years of erosive forces of nature have sculpted some of the best rock art that nature could sculpt in the form of hoodoos of Bryce Canyon. There are hundreds of them in the Bryce amphitheater. They vary in height from a few feet to the height of a few story tall building. A shade of red and white are the main colors that these hoodoos wear. Some are completely red a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Bryce-Canyon/blog-344875.html</link>
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                    <title>Zion National Park</title>
                    <description>Nature's rock art takes another unique form in Zion national park. Zion seems to have an aura that is ethereal. If this park were in India I bet it would have become a place of worship with the devout seeing God in every towering monolith in the park It is the most visited park in Utah. High colorful towers of rock with vegetation on the floor. Fall was nearly at its peak during the time I visit</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-344242.html</link>
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                    <title>Lake Powell and Antelope slot canyons</title>
                    <description>Oct 28 2008After a cursory look at Monument Valley I was headed down to the city of Page in Arizona. I gained one hour as Arizona does not observe day light savings. It was about 3 hrs of drive between MV and Page. At Page I saw Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons. Cool places. For Upper Antelope you are put on a pick up truck and it makes a bumpy ride on sand. The 4WD handles the sand well but t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Page/blog-343392.html</link>
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                    <title>American Southwest  Arches and Canyonlands national parks</title>
                    <description>Oct 26 2008Arches National ParkThe beautiful landscape of Southern Utah has been sculpted by forces of nature that have been working on it for millions of years. The result is quiet a beauty to behold. American Southwest which includes the states of Utah Arizona New Mexico Colorado California Nevada has a desert landscape which is unique. It has inspired Hollywood film makers over the years </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Moab/blog-343317.html</link>
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                    <title>WrangellSt Elias National Park  Alaska</title>
                    <description>I stayed in Valdez the night of July 9. Next day I had a flight seeing tour scheduled with Wrangell Mountain Air from a remote town McCarthy in WrangellSt Elias park. WrangellSt Elias park is the largest national park in US and is totally wilderness. I had to take a flight from a small town Chitina to McCarthy. At Valdez I stayed in Lou and Laura's Bed  Breakfast. Nice place for a cheap price</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Alaska/blog-305327.html</link>
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                    <title>Prince William Sound glaciers  Cruise West cruise</title>
                    <description>Prince William Sound in South Central Alaska has the largest concentration of tidewater glaciers in the world. Harvard and Columbia glaciers are two of the big glaciers in these waters. Most popular way of seeing these glaciers is to take a half day cruise from the towns of Whittier in the west or Valdez in the east. I wanted to spend more time in front of these glaciers so I decided to take a lon</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Alaska/blog-305173.html</link>
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                    <title>Brown bears at Brooks Falls</title>
                    <description>Ever since I have seen it in TV documentaries I have been fascinated by that classic spectacle of salmon jumping up on a waterfall and a line of brown bears standing up on the fall waiting to catch. Later I came to know that the place where those shots have been filmed is in Alaska. The falls are called Brooks falls and they are in the Katmai National Park. During salmon runs certain spots in th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Alaska/blog-304791.html</link>
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                    <title>Flightseeing Denali National Park</title>
                    <description>Alaska was sold to US by Russia in the 19th century at a few cents per acre Russian empire which had sovereignty over present day Alaska thought of Alaska as a huge wasteland. It surely is huge with most of its area untouched by civilization. With the discovery of gold in late 19th century prospectors began to arrive. Later oil was found along Arctic coast. More than a century later it still c</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Alaska/Denali/blog-304532.html</link>
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                    <title>Grand beauty of the Grand Canyon</title>
                    <description>Trip date  Thanksgiving holidays 2006I took a trip to Grand Canyon and Las Vegas last year during Nov. Grand Canyon is an awe inspiring gorge. I did a plane ride over the canyon and took some pics.Full size photos at  </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-231522.html</link>
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                    <title>Disney and my tryst with roller coasters</title>
                    <description>A trip to Walt Disney theme parks is a dream for many kids. But I ain't no kid. So what was I doing there during a couple of days before Christmas Well Walt Disney parks in Florida are one of the top tourist destinations in the work. Millions visit every year. Christmas holiday time is more crowded than other times of the year I think. The lights decorations and festivities surrounding the holi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-231303.html</link>
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                    <title>Gators in the Everglades swamp</title>
                    <description>Here are some photographs from my trip into the Everglades national park in South Florida. I visited an Allegator park where they have dozens of gators lying in a pond. I took a Airboat ride in the nearby marshland. Did a trail in the park where you see the gators lying around in the swamp. I was there for less than a day. I wish I had more time to explore the park.More full size photos at </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Everglades-National-Park/blog-224295.html</link>
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                    <title>Key West and Dry Tortugas National Park</title>
                    <description>I took a short trip to south Florida over the thanksgiving weekend. It is usually a 4 days holiday in most offices in US. And it is a busy travel time in the airports and on the roads. It was a last moment decision to go that far. I mean from DC to Key West in a car guzzling the over 3 per gallon gas for a round trip of over 2800 miles Flight tickets become a little costly just before the holi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Dry-Tortugas-National-Park/blog-224280.html</link>
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                    <title>Los Angeles</title>
                    <description>Los Angeles was the last leg of my California trip. I had planned for 2 days for LA but had not planned any activity in LA. As one day of my Pacific Coast highway was fogged out I decided to do drive on PCH from San Luis Obispo to Big Sur and back on the next day. The next day did not have fog but did have clouds and was a bit on the chillier side.  As for the weather along the coastal California</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-213247.html</link>
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