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Billionaire Ronald Burkle, a private-equity investor and big Democratic fund raiser, is appealing to a new constituency: scruffy, 20-something backpack travelers who would rather not stay in a hotel.
His Yucaipa Cos. and the Sydell Group, a New York hotel developer and operator, have formed a partnership to roll out premium youth hostels in major U.S. cities.
The venture is looking to spend $250 million to acquire and renovate as many as 10 low-cost hotels over the next two years. It plans to reposition them as high-end youth hostels in places such as New York, San Francisco, Washington and Los Angeles.
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Dec 11
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Samui Island
Samui island was first inhabited about 15 centuries ago, settled by fishermen from the Malay Peninsula and Southern China. It appears on Chinese maps dating back to 1687, under the name Pulo Cornam. The name Samui is mysterious in itself. Perhaps it is an extension of the name of one of the native trees, mui, or from the Malay word Saboey, meaning “safe haven”. Ko is the Thai word for “island”
Until the late 20th century, Ko Samui was an isolated self-sufficient community, having little connection with the mainland of Thailand. The island was even without roads until the early 1970s, and the 15 km journey from one side of the island to the other involved a whole-day trek through the mountainous central jungles.
One of the finest beach of this island is known as Choeng Mon beach.
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Top 40 Places to Visit in Texas
Visiting Texas? Texas is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. There are an endless array of exciting activities and places to visit. Texas has nearly as many cities as stars in the sky, as well as distinct regions that will take your breath away. Here are a few easy ways to find your destination.
Here are the top 40 places to visit and things to do in Texas:
- Trinity River Audubon Center
- Boulder Park
- Bath House Cultural Center
- America’s Ice Garden
- McFarlin Auditorium
- Plaza of the Americas
- AT&T Performing Arts Center
- Stevie Ray Vaughn Statue
- Highland Lakes
- Moonlight Towers
- Mary Quinlan Park
- Texas Performing Arts
- Millett Opera House
- Old State Capitol Building Ruins
- Pease Park
- SoCo Distric
- Austin Trolley Company
- Texas Sailing
- Sensorium
- Junior Arts Center
- El Paso Symphony Orchestra
- Jungle Jaks
- El Paso Museum of History
- Concordia Cemetery
- El Paso Firefighters Museum
- Alderette – Candelaria House
- Mercado Mayapan
- Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso
- Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Museum
- The El Paso Holocaust Museum
- Chamizal National Memorial
- National Border Patrol Museum
- Cohen Stadium
- The San Antonio Art Institute
- Tower Life Building
- Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start
- Aztec Theatre
- Milam Park
- Vietnam War Memorial
- Long Barracks Museum
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Visiting Chicago, Illinois? Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous city in the USA, after New York City and Los Angeles. There are an endless array of exciting activities and places to visit. Looking for some tips?
Here are the top 40 places to visit and things to do in Chicago, Illinois:
- Millennium Park
- John Hancock Center / Observatory
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Wrigley Field
- Supernatural Chicago
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Oriental Institute Museum
- Cloud Gate
- Lookingglass Theatre Company
- Chicago Children’s Museum
- Shedd Aquarium
- Willis Tower
- Museum of Science and Industry
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier
- The Field Museum
- Blue Man Group
- Apollo Theater Chicago
- Marina City
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral
- US Cellular Field
- Michigan Avenue
- Navy Pier
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Lake Michigan
- United Center
- Chicago Cultural Center
- Garfield Park Conservatory
- The Magnificent Mile
- Lincoln Park Conservatory
- University of Chicago
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- Chicago History Museum
- The Spirit of Chicago
- The Spa at Trump Chicago
- Tribune Tower
- Chicago Opera Theater
- The Newberry Library
- Arlington Park
- Buckingham Fountain
- Lincoln Monument
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When it comes to white, powdery sand, nothing compares with Siesta Key, Florida. In fact, at the Great International Sand Challenge, held in 1987, the sand at Siesta Key’s Crescent Beach was rated “The World’s Finest, Whitest Sand,” beating out more than 30 other entrants, including those from the Bahamas and Grand Cayman. The competition was judged by Dr. David Aubrey, a beach expert and the Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Coastal Research Center.
It’s clean, it’s dazzling white and it feels like confectioner’s sugar.
Why? It’s the quartz. A study of Siesta Key beach sand by Harvard University’s geology department found that the sand consists of 99 percent pure quartz grains, ultimately derived from the southern Appalachian Mountains. Over millennia, sand grains were carried by rivers into the Gulf and south along Florida’s coast. Those quartz grains are very fine, without any coral or shell fragments, which results in sand with a soft, flour-like texture.
Quartz sand comes from igneous rock, the kind of rock that once was molten. Quartz is a very hard substance, graded as seven on a hardness scale of one to ten. Diamonds are rated as ten on this scale. Minerals with a hardness grade of seven cannot be scratched with the point of a steel knife. The most common such substance is granite.
The fine sand has passed through one or more of what geologists refer to as “eolian cycles.” Those are periods when the sand grains were blown about by the wind. Such cycles tend to smoothen the sharp corners of the quartz grains and result in the somewhat angular grain structure of Crescent Beach sand.
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Visiting Krakow, Poland? Kraków is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland’s most important economic centres.There are an endless array of exciting activities and places to visit . Looking for some tips?
Here are the top 40 places to visit and things to do in Krakow, Poland:
- Main Market Square (Rynek Glowny)
- Oskar Schindler’s Factory
- Wawel Cathedral (Katedra Wawelska)
- Wawel Royal Castle (Zamek Krolewski)
- Jewish District (Kazimierz)
- Church of the Virgin Mary (Kosciol Mariacki)
- Cracow’s Historic Centre
- Franciscan Church (Kosciol Franciszkanow)
- Galicia Jewish Museum
- Reformed Tempel Synagogue (Synagoga Tempel)
- Polish Aviation Museum
- St. Mary’s Basilica
- Kosciuszko’s Mound (Kopiec Kosciuszki)
- Krakow Zoo (Ogrod Zoologiczny)
- Ulica Florianska
- Jagiellonian University – Collegium Maius
- Cloth Hall (Sukiennice)
- Smocza Jama (Dragon’s Cave)
- Old Town
- C.K. Browar
- Tram Party by Gmoods
- Ethnographic Museum (Muzeum Etnograficzne)
- St. Florian’s Gate (Brama Florianska)
- Czartoryski Palace (Muzeum Czartoryskich)
- National Museum (Muzeum Narodowe)
- Museum of Japanese Art and Technology
- The Barbican (Barbakan)
- Remuh Synagogue (Synagoga Remuh)
- Skalka Shrine
- Old Synagogue (Stara Synagoga)
- Grunwald Monument (Pomnik Grunwaldzki)
- The Planty
- Plaszow Concentration Camp
- New Jewish Cemetery
- Isaac Synagogue (Synagoga Izaaka)
- Town Hall Tower (Wieza Ratuszowa)
- Jagiellonian University – Collegium Juridicum
- Church of St. Andrew (Kosciol Swietogo Andrzeja)
- Corpus Christi Church (Kosciol Bozego Ciala)
- Rakowicki Cemetery
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Visiting Shanghai, China? Shanghai is the most populous city in China. The city is located in eastern China, at the middle portion of the Chinese coast, and sits at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Due to its rapid growth in the last two decades, it has again become a global city, exerting influence over finance, commerce, fashion, and culture. There are an endless array of exciting activities and places to visit . Looking for some tips?
Here are the top 40 places to visit and things to do in Shanghai, China:
- Shanghai History Museum
- The Bund (Wai Tan)
- Tian Zi Fang
- Riverside Promenade (Bingjiang Da Dao)
- Madame Tussauds Shanghai
- Bund Valentine Wall
- Oriental Pearl Tower (Dongfang Mingzhu)
- Oriental Pearl TV Tower’s Entrance
- Garden of Contentment (Yu Yuan Garden)
- Oriental Pearl Tower Air Revolving Restaurant
- Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
- Expo 2010 Inner Mongolia Pavilion
- Jin Mao Tower
- Shanghai Ocean Aquarium
- Shanghai Temple Of the Town God (Chenghung Miao)
- Expo 2010 Sri Lanka Pavilion
- Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)
- Century Park
- Expo 2010 Shanghai Corporate Joint Pavilion
- Shanghai World Financial Center
- Shanghai Maglev
- Zhujiajiao Ancient Town
- Zhujiajiao Chenghuangmiao Temple
- Shanghai Wusong Ancient Fort
- Expo 2010 Cambodia Pavilion
- Shanghai Grand Theater
- Shanghai Feng Tianxing Stone Museum
- Expo 2010 Italy Pavilion
- New Spot(Xintiandi)
- Expo 2010 Thailand Pavilon
- Shanghai Acrobatic Dome
- Nanjing Lu (Nanjing Road)
- Yuyuan Bazaar
- Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai Meishu Guan)
- Dino Beach
- Shanghai Wild Animal Park
- Memorial of 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Shanghai
- Xujiahui Business Circle
- Huangpu River
- People’s Square (Renmin Guang Chang)
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