EVENT: Singapore Hosts 1st Transformers Cybertron Convention in Southeast Asia

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl7bRPPQ-NHQ2L6fS3dbE-8t0oe-osyjbuIE0Rt__bggyZCW7CMP66MbrwBdMc9F84T7lvy-7FFd1-cYL24FdSjqJe5WjQR6FreiIVJpQXevRBzKc9wD7W8Pw7nzoTRtXgRg9VswWMtGG/s1600/Singapore+1st+Transformers+Cybertron+Convention-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714757332646955602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl7bRPPQ-NHQ2L6fS3dbE-8t0oe-osyjbuIE0Rt__bggyZCW7CMP66MbrwBdMc9F84T7lvy-7FFd1-cYL24FdSjqJe5WjQR6FreiIVJpQXevRBzKc9wD7W8Pw7nzoTRtXgRg9VswWMtGG/s320/Singapore+1st+Transformers+Cybertron+Convention-1.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 127px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Singapore</span> will hosts the first ever <span style="font-weight: bold;">Transformer Cybertron Convention in Southeast Asia</span> which will be held at Resorts World Sentosa from 11 to 14 March 2012.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The four-day event is expected to draw huge number of action block-buster fans from across the globe. Organizers urged fans who wish to attend the event to book their package and tickets fast, with prices starting at S$12 for a Day Pass.<br /><br />As part of the Cybertron event, special guests will host panel session including Hideaki Yoke and Transformers brand experts from Hasbro, famous 22-foot tall Optimus Prime character statue will also make an appearance while drawing classes, three-dimensional action figure dioramas and National ‘Fastest Fingers First’ Challenge, testing convention goers’ skills at converting TRANSFORMERS action figures from “robot” to “vehicle” modes will keep enthusiasts busy.<br /><br />Transformers Cybertron Con will be a spectacular brand extravaganza for fans, with different exhibits and activities that promise to bring smiles from the neophytes to even the most avid Transformers collectors and hobbyists.<br /><br />Don’t miss out on this opportunity to be part of Transformers history! Join the largest and first ever gathering of Transformers fans at Singapore Resorts World Sentosa, a first in Southeast Asia.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrF3cFBox3RrC2LQ5E00jxl-QhCqTjSqzPRWbQW8zIJiEUOnPi-zJ3NfkVBYohZ389fPXVTppg2p18c5HQ7AKdYRlfZI0pyyEE1SGlfMkTYA9NRXhW9L_YSIjc8t4q15bfn9L4lJbNymqI/s1600/Singapore+1st+Transformers+Cybertron+Convention+poster-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714758528455774802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrF3cFBox3RrC2LQ5E00jxl-QhCqTjSqzPRWbQW8zIJiEUOnPi-zJ3NfkVBYohZ389fPXVTppg2p18c5HQ7AKdYRlfZI0pyyEE1SGlfMkTYA9NRXhW9L_YSIjc8t4q15bfn9L4lJbNymqI/s320/Singapore+1st+Transformers+Cybertron+Convention+poster-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" /></a></div>

EVENT: Singapore Hosts 1st Transformers Cybertron Convention in Southeast Asia

Singapore will hosts the first ever Transformer Cybertron Convention in Southeast Asia which will be held at Resorts World Sentosa from 11...

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Long coveted by mainland <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359417">Greece</a> and <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=360857">Turkey</a>, this small island has its own definite and beguiling character.<br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><noscript><a target="_blank" href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh%3Dv8/3dcd/3/0/%2a/k%3B251609923%3B4-0%3B1%3B56529921%3B4307-300/250%3B49546976/49540599/1%3B%3B%7Eokv%3D%3Bctt%3Deurope%3Bcnty%3Dcyprus%3Btnm%3Doverview%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10621%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10052%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10336%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10337%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10339%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10340%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10341%3B%7Esscs%3D%3fhttp://hotels.lonelyplanet.com?lpaffil=fbhh4"><img src="" border="0" alt="" ></a></noscript> <noscript> <div> <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=europe;cnty=cyprus;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?"> <img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=europe;cnty=cyprus;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" alt="Advertising" width="300" height="250"/> </a> </div> </noscript> </div></div></div>Whether you know it as the ‘island of sin’ (or ‘fun’) thanks to wild stories from <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358808">Agia Napa</a>; the country that entered the EU only as a half; or, as the tourist brochures love to point out, ‘the island of Aphrodite’, Cyprus both confirms and confounds the stereotype. Parts of Cyprus have been overrun by keen developers who (depending on who you’re talking to) have either ‘sold the country’s soul’ or ‘are bringing great wealth to the island’.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rRZunEAaS2A/UXcXSaR1MYI/AAAAAAAAhSI/4R7fJ35Qwpw/s1600/Cyprus+91.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rRZunEAaS2A/UXcXSaR1MYI/AAAAAAAAhSI/4R7fJ35Qwpw/s320/Cyprus+91.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Whatever the truth, in the tourist centres of places like <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358813">Pafos</a>, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358808">Agia Napa</a> or <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358812">Lemesos (Limasol)</a>, you might feel as if you’ve entered a sunny, scorching Essex suburb with lobster-red Brits letting it all hang loose with a lukewarm can of Foster’s in tow. 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Georgia ( საქართველო ). A voyage to Georgia, Caucasus, Eurasia.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-31ETNOVs3EA/T0z35DlWz3I/AAAAAAAADI0/OO4IQkzcdB0/s1600/Georgia+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-31ETNOVs3EA/T0z35DlWz3I/AAAAAAAADI0/OO4IQkzcdB0/s640/Georgia+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zoVkfZ2Wni0/T0z31jAyCCI/AAAAAAAADIk/IEyEmZKrxIw/s1600/Georgia+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zoVkfZ2Wni0/T0z31jAyCCI/AAAAAAAADIk/IEyEmZKrxIw/s320/Georgia+3.jpg" width="320" /></a>With sublimely perched old churches, watchtowers and castles dotting its fantastic mountain scenery, Georgia has to be one of the most beautiful countries on earth. This is a place where (except in the drabber, Soviet-built sectors of some towns) the human hand has much enhanced that of nature. Finally putting post-Soviet internal strife and economic stagnation behind it, Georgia is now developing its tourism potential and making the full range of its attractions safely and readily accessible to travellers. Appealing accommodation for all budgets is becoming available across the country and opportunities for exploring by foot, horse or vehicle are expanding fast.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4HbMbJFzZeI/T0z37KgE_VI/AAAAAAAADJI/w1eHzXfx4vg/s1600/Georgia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4HbMbJFzZeI/T0z37KgE_VI/AAAAAAAADJI/w1eHzXfx4vg/s200/Georgia.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></div>From outrageously beautiful towns of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359332">Svaneti</a> and <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359330">Kazbegi</a> in the Caucasus mountains to <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359315">Batumi</a>, a fun-loving semitropical town on the Black Sea coastline, Georgia abounds in natural variety. <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359327">Tbilisi</a>, the capital and by far the biggest city, has the atmosphere of an age-old Eurasian crossroads, yet it’s also a 21st-century city with European-style nightclubs and eye-catching new architecture. Georgia’s deeply complicated history has given it a fascinating cocktail of influences from <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=360857">Turkey</a>, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=360415">Russia</a>, Persia, Central Asia and beyond, with a wonderful heritage of architecture and art. But today Georgia looks to <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358537">Europe</a> for its future and is the most Western in atmosphere of the three Caucasus countries. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k-DNONcoJ40/T0z4RZPF1XI/AAAAAAAADJU/IWVI0lyQrbg/s1600/Georgia+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k-DNONcoJ40/T0z4RZPF1XI/AAAAAAAADJU/IWVI0lyQrbg/s200/Georgia+8.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C3SVgmCWQww/T0z30izOkOI/AAAAAAAADIc/bniKOQOhj0I/s1600/Georgia+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C3SVgmCWQww/T0z30izOkOI/AAAAAAAADIc/bniKOQOhj0I/s320/Georgia+2.jpg" width="320" /></a>Perhaps its greatest treasure is the Georgians themselves: warm, proud, high-spirited, cultured, obsessively hospitable and expert at enjoying life. This is a country where guests are considered a blessing. The abundant local wine flows freely, tables are laden with fine food and you’ll never cease to be delighted by the warmth of your welcome. <a class="pin toggleMap closed" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/georgia#" id="pinToggleMap" style="display: block;"><span class="showMapText">Show in Lonely Planet</span></a><br /><div class="destinationMapLink clearfix"><a class="pin toggleMap closed" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/georgia#" id="pinToggleMap" style="display: block;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FHmEEcbImE4/T00AV7W7vdI/AAAAAAAADJk/4JIqNqBhmBw/s1600/Georgia+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FHmEEcbImE4/T00AV7W7vdI/AAAAAAAADJk/4JIqNqBhmBw/s320/Georgia+9.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><b><span style="font-size: large;">More about Georgia </span></b><br /><div class="relatedLinks clearfix"><ul><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/georgia/places">Places in Georgia <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/georgia/weather">When to go & weather <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/georgia/practical-information/money-costs">Practical information <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/georgia/history">History <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/georgia/work-study-volunteering/work">Work & study <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/georgia/travel-tips-and-articles">Tips & articles <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/georgia/">Hotels</a></li></ul></div><div class="relatedLinks clearfix"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J62cAyPCAlE/T0z3528e3bI/AAAAAAAADI4/RvK8vdNdGI8/s1600/Georgia+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J62cAyPCAlE/T0z3528e3bI/AAAAAAAADI4/RvK8vdNdGI8/s400/Georgia+7.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><h3 class="themeHeading"> Make it happen</h3><ul><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/shopSearch?q=georgia">Shop for travel guides</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/georgia/">Search hotels</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings/flights.do">Cheap flights</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings/insurance.do">Travel insurance</a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dH0lz8enzLY/T0z32JeLpAI/AAAAAAAADIs/0Efh9QSPIq0/s1600/Georgia+5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="499" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dH0lz8enzLY/T0z32JeLpAI/AAAAAAAADIs/0Efh9QSPIq0/s640/Georgia+5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuSponsorLrg"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuSponsorLrg"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/3c29/0/0/%2a/b;44306;0-0;0;56529921;33734-479/303;0/0/0;;%7Eokv=;ctt=europe;cnty=georgia;tnm=overview;tnm=sponsor-large;rsi=J08781_10291;rsi=J08781_10287;rsi=J08781_10047;rsi=J08781_10052;rsi=J08781_10066;rsi=J08781_10205;%7Esscs=%3f" target="_top"><img alt="Click here to find out more!" border="0" src="http://s0.2mdn.net/viewad/817-grey.gif" /></a> </div></div></div></div>

Georgia ( საქართველო ). A voyage to Georgia, Caucasus, Eurasia.

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Vancouver. A voyage to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America.

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A floatplane shimmies over the park, diving to its watery landing strip. A chattery hubbub bounces off the gleaming glass towers that forest the city like latter-day totems. <br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/3c29/0/0/%2a/f;253847648;0-0;0;56849527;4307-300/250;46773928/46790386/1;;%7Eokv=;ctt=north-america;cnty=canada;dest=vancouver;tnm=overview;rsi=J08781_10291;rsi=J08781_10287;rsi=J08781_10047;rsi=J08781_10052;rsi=J08781_10066;rsi=J08781_10205;%7Esscs=%3fhttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings/insurance.do?lpaffil=fbin2" target="_top"></a> </div></div></div>When the Olympic Winter Games rolled into town in 2010, there was no shortage of jaw-dropping visuals, instantly inspiring people around the world to check out <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=361212">Canada</a>'s immigration procedures. Vancouver is, after all, one of the cities that routinely tops those lists of the world's greatest places to live. But beyond the breathtaking snowcapped crags, city-hugging beaches and dense waterfront forests lies a comparatively young metropolis that's still trying to discover its true identity - less than 150 years after a 'gassy' Englishman rowed in and kicked it all off with a makeshift pub.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qnrkSek3PtxvF5fRo_rqJCa9LmtlRvGIULI-yOPtavetjQqfeOLmK7UJ_pKkKWIZ_HjLiVP_LpJCcFKVsLU-59IqkUbejXYR6HRDg4r4Bo9u1fbmk16-JFitRziZJwzapX0lpchh8XFv/s1600/Vancouver+Canada+99.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qnrkSek3PtxvF5fRo_rqJCa9LmtlRvGIULI-yOPtavetjQqfeOLmK7UJ_pKkKWIZ_HjLiVP_LpJCcFKVsLU-59IqkUbejXYR6HRDg4r4Bo9u1fbmk16-JFitRziZJwzapX0lpchh8XFv/s320/Vancouver+Canada+99.jpg" width="320" /></a>Covering the city's main outdoor, museum and gallery attractions will certainly keep you busy for a few days. After that it's highly advisable to start digging beneath the surface to find out what really makes this laid-back lotusland tick. You'll discover that the 'real Vancouver' is in the clamorous Commercial Dr coffee shops, the hipster hangouts of SoMa, the gay-friendly streets of the West End, the kaleidoscopic thoroughfares of Chinatown and the historic, re-invigorated old streets of Gastown, where that original pub once stood. <br />Of course, the rest of the world will know all about this in 2010. Why not beat them to it by dropping by for your own urban adventure - coupled with a giant doorstep of outdoor attractions.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zeITHEAWtQ/T0zksT9YYhI/AAAAAAAADIE/431dFmrlQFc/s1600/Vancouver+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zeITHEAWtQ/T0zksT9YYhI/AAAAAAAADIE/431dFmrlQFc/s320/Vancouver+7.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>Ready to go? Our recommended tours make it easy:</b><br /><ul class="inBody"><li>Taste your way through <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=361227">British Columbia</a>'s <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/vancouver/tours/short-break/private-tour-3?lpaffil=fbta1">wine regions</a></li><li>Ride the rails on the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/vancouver/activities/rail-tours/vancouver-whistler-by?lpaffil=fbta1">Whistler Mountaineer train</a></li><li>Get set for an action-packed 22-day adventure in <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/north-america/tours/overland/explore-canada?lpaffil=fbta1">Canada's west coast</a></li><a class="pin toggleMap closed" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/vancouver#" id="pinToggleMap" style="display: block;"><span class="showMapText">Show in Lonely Planet</span></a><div class="relatedLinks clearfix"><br /><h3 class="themeHeading"> More about Vancouver </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn7yNJ_6dOxc_AdcWNSO8eyY-aG6Fn1ranh2R85xqd7Dr4_zs3e9lVOhF4a12oinhYMQ4REfYpx4LvBr2BTfRCFpw1h3Pvx1YddbdcCuFjmgeisTmCXlO_HQAys1Y-F4kbyEKFmWEl5Ne/s1600/Vancouver+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn7yNJ_6dOxc_AdcWNSO8eyY-aG6Fn1ranh2R85xqd7Dr4_zs3e9lVOhF4a12oinhYMQ4REfYpx4LvBr2BTfRCFpw1h3Pvx1YddbdcCuFjmgeisTmCXlO_HQAys1Y-F4kbyEKFmWEl5Ne/s320/Vancouver+8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><ul><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/vancouver/weather">When to go & weather <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/vancouver/transport/getting-there-away">Getting there & around <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/vancouver/practical-information/money-costs">Practical information <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/vancouver/history">History <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/vancouver/work-study-volunteering/work">Work & study <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/vancouver/travel-tips-and-articles">Tips & articles <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/hotel/?RegionId=405">Hotels</a></li></ul></div><div class="relatedLinks clearfix"><h3 class="themeHeading"> Make it happen</h3><ul><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AEB8osuzfKo/T0zkuFbyecI/AAAAAAAADIQ/Q7Bjnydvz2M/s1600/Vancouver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AEB8osuzfKo/T0zkuFbyecI/AAAAAAAADIQ/Q7Bjnydvz2M/s400/Vancouver.jpg" width="400" /></a><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/shopSearch?q=vancouver%5E2+or+Canada">Shop for travel guides</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/hotel/?RegionId=405">Search hotels</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings/flights.do">Cheap flights</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings/insurance.do">Travel insurance</a></li></ul><ul></ul></div></ul><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuSponsorLrg"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuSponsorLrg"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/3c29/0/0/%2a/w;44306;0-0;0;56849527;33734-479/303;0/0/0;;%7Eokv=;ctt=north-america;cnty=canada;dest=vancouver;tnm=overview;tnm=sponsor-large;rsi=J08781_10291;rsi=J08781_10287;rsi=J08781_10047;rsi=J08781_10052;rsi=J08781_10066;%7Esscs=%3f" target="_top"><img alt="Click here to find out more!" border="0" src="http://s0.2mdn.net/viewad/817-grey.gif" /></a> </div></div></div><div class="mainModules" id="listedArticles"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kzmnlkMyGeE/T0zkmEoMs4I/AAAAAAAADHc/KbHkFIb3JlE/s1600/Vancouver+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kzmnlkMyGeE/T0zkmEoMs4I/AAAAAAAADHc/KbHkFIb3JlE/s640/Vancouver+2.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vRGoG-IaUAw/T0zkrRKtnoI/AAAAAAAADH8/iRHIQnuwrtM/s1600/Vancouver+6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vRGoG-IaUAw/T0zkrRKtnoI/AAAAAAAADH8/iRHIQnuwrtM/s640/Vancouver+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div></div>

Vancouver. A voyage to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America.

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Sydney. A voyage to Sydney, Australia, Pacific.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3_J_3vleG1Y/T0uqf4CyIlI/AAAAAAAADGk/tof3YqyE6Js/s1600/Sydney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3_J_3vleG1Y/T0uqf4CyIlI/AAAAAAAADGk/tof3YqyE6Js/s640/Sydney.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>  <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x5zZwGbr3Gs/T0up9twN_BI/AAAAAAAADFw/k4E7WvrxdWE/s1600/Sydney+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x5zZwGbr3Gs/T0up9twN_BI/AAAAAAAADFw/k4E7WvrxdWE/s320/Sydney+4.jpg" width="320" /></a>Book a window seat for your flight to Sydney: day or night, this dirty town sure is good-lookin’. Skin-deep? Sure, but Sydney is also arty, sporty, boozy, funny, fashionable…the perfect paramour!<br />It’s little wonder that Sydney causes a brain drain on the rest of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/">Australia</a>. Like New York, London and Berlin, this is a place that draws in anyone who’s got something interesting to say. Australia’s best musos, foodies, actors, stockbrokers, models, writers and architects flock to the Harbour City to make their mark, and the effect is dazzling: a hyperenergetic, ambitious marketplace of the soul, where anything goes and everything usually does.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k7IbA3ICaKU/T0uqABTRBaI/AAAAAAAADGE/oPca_N7HU7o/s1600/Sydney+7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k7IbA3ICaKU/T0uqABTRBaI/AAAAAAAADGE/oPca_N7HU7o/s320/Sydney+7.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4M6-1EOQCTo/T0uqBLutDMI/AAAAAAAADGM/XVjKz8dJa6k/s1600/Sydney+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4M6-1EOQCTo/T0uqBLutDMI/AAAAAAAADGM/XVjKz8dJa6k/s200/Sydney+8.jpg" width="200" /></a>Of course, the stage for all this activity is just as important as the performance itself. Shimmering <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/new-south-wales/sydney-harbour">Sydney Harbour</a> is the city’s greatest asset, while Sydney’s ocean beaches and lush parks sustain as much life as the city streets. Add hip bars, grungy pubs, breezy cafes and glass-walled restaurants to the equation, and you’ve got a town with the perfect balance of outdoor and indoor, natural and contrived.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3D2_thK4OU8/T0up-p8ymYI/AAAAAAAADF8/kj8oCipM69w/s1600/Sydney+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3D2_thK4OU8/T0up-p8ymYI/AAAAAAAADF8/kj8oCipM69w/s200/Sydney+6.jpg" width="200" /></a>Paddle out into it and see what kind of trouble you can get into: get dumped by breakers at <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/activities/beach/bondi-beach">Bondi</a>, chew chicken’s feet in Chinatown, max out your credit card in Paddington, drink too many beers in Balmain, queue-jump for <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/sights/architectural-cultural/sydney-opera-house">Opera House</a> tickets and ignore dawn’s break at a Kings Cross club. Sexy, spirited and unfailingly self-confident, Sydney is a bonfire of the vanities just waiting for you to light the match.  <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/" target="_blank">Show in Lonely Planet</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYd0r99htPlu8M5Ty_uP2dJcrqXKSpQmNXDvd7UVlknxSkO6kuhyzU38PFp74kXM_DMgcsgsY8Hdu6JAB4kBlIOgpWz52yCcvpouLtysEen4FC_qJNUPlh7YED4Wg1_4XlI3F_XCJx7_r/s1600/Sydney+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYd0r99htPlu8M5Ty_uP2dJcrqXKSpQmNXDvd7UVlknxSkO6kuhyzU38PFp74kXM_DMgcsgsY8Hdu6JAB4kBlIOgpWz52yCcvpouLtysEen4FC_qJNUPlh7YED4Wg1_4XlI3F_XCJx7_r/s320/Sydney+9.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><h4 class="targetItem"> <a class="targetUrl" href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/">Hotels </a></h4><ul class="backgroundColor iconless"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0EpumrVHwmw/T0up8DNw2jI/AAAAAAAADFk/4opXagO0Vag/s1600/Sydney+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0EpumrVHwmw/T0up8DNw2jI/AAAAAAAADFk/4opXagO0Vag/s400/Sydney+10.jpg" width="400" /></a><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104228%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">Bondi hotels</a></li><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104246%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">Circular Quay hotels</a></li><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104237%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">City Centre hotels</a></li><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104239%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">Darlinghurst hotels</a></li><li><a href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney-r1976799/?SearchDetails=L%2110000%211.7.13.6.15.2.3.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.14%21-1%211976799%212104245%21%21-1%21-1%21-1%21-1%211.1.29.1.30.39.1.40.49.1.50.100.1..0%21%21%2157.59.27.4.52%21%21%21&VAView=&VAAction=&VAData=&VAMessage=">The Rocks hotels</a></li></ul><h4 class="targetItem"> <a class="targetUrl" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/things-to-do">Things to do </a></h4><ul class="backgroundColor icon"><li class="sights"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/sights">Sights</a></li><li class="eat"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/restaurants">Eat & drink</a></li><li class="activities"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/activities?sort_dir=desc&sort_order=popular">Activities</a></li><li class="shop"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/shopping">Shopping</a></li><li class="entertainment"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/entertainment-nightlife">Entertainment</a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rpLz5tZQjg0/T0up88sUZBI/AAAAAAAADFo/CFlaR3GDP-8/s1600/Sydney+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rpLz5tZQjg0/T0up88sUZBI/AAAAAAAADFo/CFlaR3GDP-8/s640/Sydney+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>

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