By MICHELLE HIGGINS LIKE so many avid hikers, Mary Narrod had always put Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca citadel in Peru, high on her wish list of places to visit. She planned to someday take a hike to get there. But her husband, James, was not fond of the idea of camping along the way.…
2007.08.16. 15:56 oliverhannak
Édes álom a nagy pesti wifi-projekt
Vámosi Gergő 2007. 08. 15., 8:45Utolsó módosítás: 2007. 08. 15., 8:46eszközök: Azt szeretné a főváros, hogy wifizni lehessen egész Pesten. A móka 4-5 milliárdba kerülne, amit a rendszert kiépítő cégekkel fizettetnének meg. Ők fizetős felhasználókban reménykedhetnek, mi…
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2007.08.15. 10:18 oliverhannak
Weekend in New York | Tacky Entertainment
Joe Fornabaio for The New York Times Jorge provides the entertainment at Puglia in Little Italy. By SETH KUGEL NEW York has two kinds of quality cheese: The kind that goes for $15.99 a pound at Murray's on Bleecker Street or becomes part of a savory dessert plate at a restaurant like…
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2007.08.15. 10:16 oliverhannak
Next Stop | Medellín, Colombia
Paul Smith for The New York Times Tourists view the lights of Medillín from the Parque Biblioteca España. By GRACE BASTIDAS IT was Thursday evening in Medellín and the open-air bars and cafes along fashionable Lleras Park were overflowing with after-work singles. At Triada, a…
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2007.08.14. 12:04 oliverhannak
Journeys | Luxury Trains / Riding the Velvet Rails
James Hill for The New York Times The Tibetan plateau is framed by a dining-car window. For luxury travelers, no place now seems too remote for a train trip. By JOSHUA KURLANTZICK AS the train rolled across the Tibetan countryside, I stared out into a harsh, bleak landscape. Tibetan nomads…
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2007.08.14. 12:03 oliverhannak
Back to Nature, the Italian Way
Chris Warde-Jones for The New York Times Sardinia's version of rush hour. By ANDY NEWMAN WE were not 10 miles out of Cagliari, the cosmopolitan capital of Sardinia, when the late-afternoon traffic halted. The cause was soon apparent: a flood of long-haired sheep, blank eyes framed…