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Jan19

Les Crayeres

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Les Crayeres is a mansion that once belonged to the princes of Polignac, cousins of the Grimaldis, the rulers of Monaco. The Polignacs were also owners of Pommery champagne, and until recently the chief winemaker at Pommery was Alain de Polignas, a direct descendant of one of Champagne’s most famous window: Jeanne-Alexandrine Pommery, who ran the company with distinction after her husband’s death.
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Jan14

Camp Under The Snow

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Although it is colder and windier outside, but the air is crisper, the views clearer, the animal tracks easier to see. While most of us wait the summer period for a well-organized camping, for hikers, skiers and snowshoers to camp outside during the winter is the best part. There are five spots in the Northeast America ideal for the hardy lover of snow and cold. Accommodations range from lean-tos to campsites for your weather-ready tent, from modest cabins to rustic lodges. The first of five wonderlands for winter camping is in north-central Maine. And there are cabins equipped with gas or kerosene lamps and wood stoves. There are a main lodge, where meals are served, a bunkhouse and seven cabins, each with a wood stove. 
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Jan06

The Centre of Jungle Beasts

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Lope National Park, hangs from the equator like a trophy flag, covering 1,918 square miles in the center of Gabon that are home to the highest density of large mammals ever recorded in a tropical forest, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. It is very beautiful and eighty percent of Gabon’s forest is intact. Spotting our relatives, the gorillas is best achieved by mutual avoidance. Photo by: giles.breton
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Dec14

Mount Snow

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Mount Snow is situated in southern Vermont and less than a four-hour drive from New Jersey and New York suburbs, with a reputation as a busy place. However, it is a bit like being in New York, the Mount Snow, which averaged 500,000 skier visits a year, had a loyal following and improved its lodging. 
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Dec14

The Wright Restaurant

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The Wright is a stylish restaurant in the Guggenheim Museum in New York, that gives to visitors a geometric dining experience. The place is both contemporary and complementary. The 487 sq m restaurant offers a playfulness of form as a curvilinear wall of walnut layered with illuminated fiber-optics accentuates the main wall and sculptural forms embellish a flared ceiling. The forms are rooted in Wright’s underlying geometries to create a relationship between the main museum and this new addition.
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Dec14

Stowe

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Stowe is a Vermont ski town with soaring church steeple, covered bridges, and no chain stores in sight. Ii is a ski resort, with a Main Street that is as folksy as a yellowed New England postcard. All of these could explained Stowe’s recent $400 million upgrade, with a shiny gondola and a new pedestrian village with a private club and outdoor fire pits galore. But beneath all the modern glitz, Stowe still feels like an old-fashioned town where no one locks the door and folks still dress like The Beatles.
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Dec08

Dream Hotel, New York

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Dream Hotel is located in the heart of Manhattan. Stylish boutique hotel with distinctive elegance and the feel of a private residence, intimate and comfortable. Located between Central Park, the Time Warner Center in the north and Times Square in the south.
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