TUESDAY MARCH 16, 2010
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TORO IN LOS CABOS
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In December, TORO visited the town of Cabo San Lucas, on Mexico's Baja California peninsula, to create two very special TORO Woman features with fitness and bikini models Erin English and Sara Balint. Horses, sandy beaches and the spectacular rock formations of El Arco provided breathtaking scenery.
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DESTINATION AFRICA
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If the spirit of adventure is in you, Great Escapes: Africa is a terrific place to start. The handsome book covers a broad range of options for travellers en route to the great continent.
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LOCUS OPUS
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“I think everyone has a little spot in their heart for Montreal,” says the gracious Katherine S. Evans, vice president of the Opus Hotel, as she guides me through the cool, understated lobby with its low-slung chairs, glass tables and mod lighting.
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WORK ON VACATION
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Working on vacation is taboo for some guys, but not so if digging up fossils or harvesting grapes is the very purpose of the trip. Some guys just like to keep busy, and TORO presents five destinations and trips that make work the object of the vacation, but unless you´re already a certified archaeologist this kind of work should feel a lot like play. [page] [image]
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OUT ON THE DEMPSTER
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We drove from Dawson City, Yukon, this morning, and we are now standing in an expanse of fireweed. It’s a balmy 12 degrees, wet and gloomy, and the leaves of the brush are the season’s colour of its namesake. Try to imagine something as immense as Monument Valley covered in rose petals and you get the idea.
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OAXACA DIARY
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The place was all wood. The only place I’d seen so far in Mexico that wasn’t some combination of tile, iron and concrete. The bar was a long carved slab. Oak maybe. Or something exotic. I don’t know, teak. Is there teak in Mexico? But that wasn’t the thing, or not the main thing, which was that John Lennon’s "Imagine" was playing. "Imagine," in a mescal bar!
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GREAT DANES
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The famous triptych of enlightened European travel – Paris, London and Rome – may not change anytime soon, but it’s receiving heavy competition from its northern cousins, most notably these days from Copenhagen. The Danish capital is gaining traction for its increasingly prosperous economy and green initiatives.
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SWEPT UP IN THE WINDY CITY
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Though this article is about Chicago, it will steer clear of constantly sounding off that five-letter word inextricably linked with the city’s recent skyrocketing on the cool-o-metre. Yes, you could say The Windy City’s got it going on.
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REVOLUTIONARY FOR A DAY
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With Steven Soderbergh´s epic Che set to drop this month, we at TORO have drawn inspiration for some travel plans in step with ´el comandante.´
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TROPICAL TRAVAILS
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More than a few eyebrows were raised last week when reports surfaced about a job opening, offered by Tourism Queensland, for Island Caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef. The cushy joe job pays $125,000 (Canadian) for six months of snorkelling and feeding fish under the Aussie sun.
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