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Travel Adventures, The Sporting Life, Wine, Food, and Fun

www.bahamasflyfishingguide.com THE BAHAMAS FLY-FISHING GUIDE, by Stephen and Kim Vletas, is the authoritative guide book for any angler or adventure traveler planning a vacation to the Bahamas. The guide offers detailed information on lodges, guides, services, tackle, flies, tactics, diving, snorkeling, boating, and adventure travel activities. The guide also includes exceptional maps of all the islands and photographs of all major locations. This book is a must for anyone -- fly fisher or not -- planning a trip to this exquisite part of the world. Published by Lyons Press (2005) This web site is the accompanying site for the book, and is updated on a continuous basis—News, new lodges, lodge reports, fishing reports, and more.

www.bahamas.com The official site for the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. This is a reliable means for obtaining additional updated information.

www.bahama-out-islands.com The official site for the Bahama Out Islands Promotion Board.

www.bahamasvg.com The Bahamas Vacation Guide is a good source of different information on resorts and services not necessarily found on other sites.

http://bahamas.wheretostay.com An online booking source for condos, villas, and resorts.

www.bahamashomesite.com Detailed information for fishing, diving, boating, and water sports activities.

www.tcimall.tc, www.provo.net, www.wherewhenhow.com Specific details and contact information for services and accommodations throughout the Turks & Caicos Islands.

Jardines de la Reina, Cuba- This 150-mile-long archipelago about 50 miles off Cuba's southeastern coast is home to hundreds of mangrove- and palm-dotted cays and miles of sandy flats that teem with macabi (that's Spanish for bonefish). Sign on for a fishing trip with the Cuba-based, Italian-owned company Avalon Fishing and Diving Center Ltd. (it's legal, technically, as you won't be spending American money on Cuban soil) and you'll eat and sleep aboard the Tortuga, a houseboat with seven double berths, a small fleet of skiffs, and a team of expert Cuban guides. The bonefishing's best from March through June. Avalon's six-day packages range upward from $2,500 per person, double occupancy (011-39-335-814-9111)

Wines of Argentina - Argentina is first a country that loves and enjoys its wines, and second a wine-exporting country. This web site will give you access to varied and valuable information about the wines Argentina is proud of, about the many types of bodegas, and about the very special "terroir" for growing the finest grapes in the world. These are the same wines that Argentina has begun to share with consumers from around the world; consumers who are interested in new origins, but are definitely oriented towards top-quality products.

WelcomeArgentina.com - An overall travel guide site for Argentina. A good place to start learning about the country, from the beaches to the ski resorts to the national parks and on to Tierra del Fuego.

Gordon's Guide - Adventure and Active Travel - Adventure and active travel vacations worldwide! Offering dude ranches, whitewater rafting, houseboat rentals, bicycle tours, mountain biking, fly fishing guides, fishing lodges, vacation rentals, resorts, and over 30 other adventure and active travel categories.

South American Explorers - The non-profit South American Explorers (SAE) is a good overall source of travel information for South America. If you are looking to travel, explore, conduct research or volunteer in South America, then you should visit this web site.

Nat Decants FREE Newsletter: Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean,
recently named the World's Best Drink Writer at the World Food Media Awards in Australia. There are no ads and all e-mail addresses are kept confidential. To sign up, visit www.nataliemaclean.com.

About Red Wine - The purpose of this site is to talk about wine. The host will share information about wine, favorite recent wines, and anything else related to wine. The information on this site will tend to go into more depth on red wine than white wine, as this is the host's personal bias.

The Wine Guide by Travel Envoy - This site contains directories to the worlds major wine regions, tasting notes and wine reviews, articles on food and wine pairing as well as many fun and informative pieces that will keep you on the cutting edge of wine information. Visit their Wine Shop to purchase many of the wines reviewed by their tasting panel. You can also buy fine wine accessories like Riedel Glassware, Screw Pulls, Wine Courses on DVD, and more.

Slow Food - Founded in 1986; an international organization whose aim is to protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life.

Into Wine - In enjoying wine we connect with history and with those before us who have participated in one of mankinds earliest and simplest pleasures. Educating ourselves about wine and its proper use can only help us to enjoy it to the fullest, and to make it part of a gracious way of life.

Wine-Searcher.com - Helps you save money when buying wines by providing a database of regularly updated wine merchants' price lists. The site provides the fastest and easiest way to find who is selling a wine, to compare prices between wine stores, and to value wines.

Closetwino.com - Looking for that perfect something for your closet wino self or cohort, this site will have that ane more!

Uncork.com.au - "How long should I keep this wine?" Until now, wine software for managing your wine collection has been unable to provide instant information for such a wide range of wines, with wine aging recommendations and wine notes provided by the winemaker. Compare your tasting experiences with winemakers notes and record wine reviews of interest to you.

History-of-Tango.com - In depth history of this Argentine art form, from the beginning, through the Gold Age of the 1930s, to the turning point of modern tango in 1955.

Total Tango.com - Tango is personal and passionate, different for everyone. This site attempts to explain the passion, and to show different styles and techniques that allow each individual to attain the most joy.

CDC National Health Center - Traveler's Health news from around the world. Access to the Traveler's Health Hotline.