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If you have set your mind on traveling around the world, youmight run into the difficult task of having to make a hardchoice: where do you want to go? The multitude of destinationsand travel options is great, but it is also something that youmight deal with for days or even weeks before you make adecision. The best thing to do is to create a top ten list of the placesthat you always wanted to visit. The list may include differentcountries or even cities in the same country. No matter what youwill place as number one in your list you shouldn't worry aboutgetting there, as the travel industry is huge today and able tosend you to your destination. Try to find out as much aspossible about the most attractive destinations. Travelliterature offers a wide variety of sources for goodinformation. You can either go at a local bookstore or searchonline for facts about your destination(s). Try to have a good idea about what you want to do there. Are yougoing to go white water rafting, hiking, biking, roller skating,scuba diving? Make sure you have the adequate equipment andphysical condition to embark on an adventure. Remind yourselfthat you will, most likely, find yourself on the tourist trail.This may be enough for some, but


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if you wish to capture hiddenaspects of the place you will be visiting you might want to getoff the beaten trail. There are good reasons why some placesbecome tourist attractions: there are convenient ways of gettingthere and interesting things to see. For aspects of your tripthat are less touristy you might want to try asking some localsabout places known mostly by them and ignored by the visitors.Going around the travel industry offers might get you greatersatisfactions than if you had just followed the standards. Big cities might sound like a good place to visit, but the truthis that most of them are very much alike. Of course, there areexceptions, and you will find cities with a very distinctpersonality, like Paris, Prague or Istanbul. You might also wantto travel without using cabs and go for the means oftransportation the locals use: buses, trams and bikes. Walkingaround, stopping at small, hidden shops or wandering on small,neglected streets should prove a unique experience as well, verydifferent from the loud and flashy city tours. About the author: Andrew Smith is co-webmaster of HowToAll, a site providing wellresearched information on how to accomplish tasks on varioustopics. http://www.howtoall.com

Written by: Andrew Smith

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