Tour Leader for South East Asia, Nancia, takes a tour to watch the sunrise over Angkor Wat in Cambodia. She describes the breathtaking colours and electric atmosphere around them.
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Sunrise at Angkor Wat
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Sunrise at Tikal at the end of the Mayan Calendar
Jess Millett travels on Tucan Travel’s Quetzal Highway and experiences the change of the Mayan Calendar at Tikal on the 21st December 2012.
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Chelsea Danger on London on a Budget
Avid traveller, Chelsea Danger gives some tips on how to experience London on a budget. Born in the US, Chelsea has just graduated college and is looking forward to visiting many destinations in the future.
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Travelling on a Budget in Peru – Part 2
Part 2: Claire Turner, Travel Agent from South Australia, describes her journey through Peru from Arequipa to the Colca Canyon and finally on to Cusco where she prepares for the four day hike to the infamous Machu Picchu on one of Tucan Travel’s Budget Expeditions.
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Inca Trek vs Lares Trail
Tony Perdomo, Sales Executive at Tucan Travel has hiked the Inca Trail between 12 and 14 times and the Lares Trek once. Here he compares the two and tries to decide which is better.
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Antelope Birthing Season – the wonders and variety of wildlife in Africa
In the Africa wildlife calendar, there are few among us that have not heard about the Great Migration – a mythical, magical time when the herds are on the move and those travellers lucky enough to bear witness are treated to dramatic displays of thousands of grazing mammals on the move.
Less well-published are the other golden highlights of the Africa wildlife calendar. In practically every season, nature gifts us with a different scene. Unlike visiting monuments, castles or ruins, when...
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Touring Japan for the Cherry Blossom
One of the best times to visit Japan is when the famous Cherry Blossom trees are in bloom. It is a time when the temperature is neither too hot or too cold and as parties are held beneath the trees, it is an excellent time to see Japan at its best.
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Singapore: A great starting place for the novice traveller
Justin Hunt is Reservations Manager at Tucan Travel’s London Office. He has travelled extensively through Australasia and Central America with Singapore being one of his favourite destinations.
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Travelling on a Budget in Peru
Part 1: Claire Turner, travel agent from South Australia, writes about her experience on board Tucan Travel’s Budget Expedition Andean Discoverer tour from Lima to La Paz.
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Welcoming in a New World
Over the years, many crazies have predicted that the world might end. The Medieval period was populated with apocalyptic theories based on the devil. Some thought that as the clock struck midnight, marking the beginning of the new millennium, in the year 2000, the apocalypse would happen while only last year thousands of people prepared for the world to end in the USA on the back of a crazy conspiracy theorist.
In a week’s...