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Want to start your day with a rejuvenating yoga session?

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Two of Argentina’s major ski slopes made OnTheSnow’s 2008 top ten places to ski in July or August.At number three is Las Leñas, which OnTheSnow says has one of the best ski lift systems in South America, with 16 total lifts all named after Roman gods.This beautiful resort is near to Santiago, Chile and there are frequent flights there from Buenos Aires.Second on the top ten list is Cerro Catedral, which is 19 km from Bariloche.They compliment the abundance of accommodation, great slopes, and long season, which doesn’t end until October 30th.These two ski resorts represent some of the best of Argentina competing against what the rest of the world has to offer.

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The Argentine artist Fabian Perez currently has a show of paintings and sculptures opening in Sydney, entitled “Waiting for The Romance To Come Back.”According to Stuff, the show consists of over 50 paintings inspired mostly from his years growing up in Buenos Aires.As a child, Perez lived among the bars and the brothels that are the stuff of tango lyrics in Buenos Aires.For him, they were a part of every day life; his father owned the brothel and his mother was the “madam” until they were shut down in the 1970s.Now, Perez is a world famous painter.He has had shows in the U.S., Canada, and Europe and his paintings have sold in Sydney to restaurateurs and real estate developers.

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The ten leaders of Mercosur met yesterday and today in Tucuman, Argentina to discuss the major problems facing Latin America.According to AFP, the two day summit will cover many issues, including the issues of the EU’s new immigrant policy, regional integration in Latin America, and the global food crisis.Part of the plan to increase regional integration is to eliminate visa travel between all of its members, streamlining the borders.Integration between nations is one of Mercosur’s long time goals as an organization. Argentina’s proposal to raise export tariffs on regional food in order to stabilize prices will also be under consideration.

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Yesterday, a European Union veterinary expert panel relaxed the restrictions of the export of fresh meat from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.According to PR Inside, this means that the European Commission now feels certain that these meat products will be free from diseases—particularly foot-and-mouth disease.Argentina is known for its beef and its leather goods, making cows and gauchos (cowboys) a central part of the national identity.The two provinces specifically affected by this decision by the EU are Neuquen and Rio Negro.However, the EU still does not allow meat-on-the-bone to be imported to most of its member nations, meaning that the best cuts of meat still have to be found here in Argentina.

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LAN Airlines is meeting the growing demands of travelers in Latin American by expanding their South America Airpass to include a Business Class version. They say that they are responding to both increasing tourism and, specifically, increasing luxury tourism. The South America Airpass Business Class will offer services on flights throughout South and Central America by LAN Airlines, LAN Argentina, LAN Peru and LAN Ecuador.This allows travelers to enjoy the adventure of Latin American while still also enjoying a leisure experience of flat bed seats, wine, fine food, and power outlets for computers.

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Golf, mega-spa, tennis, dogs, kids, pools, water slides, work retreats… The Broadmoor is where my fam reunion was at!

I am not a big Colorado person. It’s too high, and too crunchy, and too outdoorsy and altogether healthy for me, but since the rest of the fam was going, I tagged along. My skin was mummified in about three seconds, and even as we were landing, I could feel the moisture leaching out of all my pores. Champagne the first night led to a massive headache, and I thought to myself, would Miraval have been so wrong?

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I’ve been in Seattle the last few weeks, trying to cope with all the mayhem of moving my mother out of her home, (surrounded by movers, painters, and realtors) and into a condo we’re remodeling, (surrounded by movers, painters and handymen) when her refrigerator chose this highly inopportune moment to gasp out it’s last dying breath@#$%^&*&^%$#!

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July 1st, 2008 by Sean - NWA WorldVacations

As Ray Kinsella said in The Field of Dreams, “Is this heaven?”…No, it’s Hawaii!  Hawaii is one of the most beautiful places in the world and it is no wonder people island-hop when they visit so that they can see it all.  You will want to do the same on your golf vacation and hop to all of these islands so you can experience the true beauty that is Hawaiian golf.

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