Sunderland International Airshow was an annual event held on the penultimate weekend of July. Running from Friday to Sunday, the air show featured flypasts by historic aircraft, aerobatic displays and parachute demonstrations.
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Going shopping in Japan is a great experience. You don’t need to be a foodie to enjoy the exquisite presentation of the food court at The Cube in Kyoto’s station, nor do you have to be a techie to appreciate the wares offered in the city’s big electronic stores.
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The city, which was an European Capital of Culture in 2014, is characterised by cobbled streets and still has pockets where you can see traditional wood-built buildings with peeling facades on its periphery. There’s also many Art Nouveau-influenced buildings in Riga — the style is known as National Romanticism in this part of the world. Several were designed by the celebrated architect Michael Eisenstein.
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Haliotis is a PADI-affiliated dive shop and diving school located at the north beach of the Portuguese fishing port of Peniche, 89km from Lisbon. The staff at Halitios are passionate, experienced divers and competent instructors; it’s here that I learned to dive.
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It doesn’t matter where you are going, it’s who you have beside you that counts. – Anon
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“This is the closest thing we’ve got to a ritual Beatles site,” comments our guide outside of Liverpool's Strawberry Field.
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Saskatchewan may not be the most heavily visited of Canada’s provinces but if you’re looking to enjoy the great outdoors, the nation’s heritage and good steaks then this mid-western destination has lots to offer.
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Over the past few years increased value has been placed on environmentally sound projects with a strong community base. If Oman’s Aflaj irrigation system was built from scratch today it might well be regarded as a shining example of how a civil engineering project can be implemented according to contemporary and sustainable environmental principles.
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The site provides evidence that common people consumed chocolate more than 1,400 years ago. It was long thought that only the ruling dynasty consumed it. As we follow a path through the dense vegetation inside the gated archaeological zone, Eduardo points out a green pod hanging like a deflated rugby ball from a cacao tree. He explains that the seeds within the pod are the raw material from which chocolate is made.
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Having a car gave me freedom to take detours to points of interest such as lighthouses and pause to shoot photos. If you’re planning a road trip in New Brunswick I recommend planning plenty of contingency into the duration of each day's driving. I've found that estimates on the internet tend to list actual time on the road, excluding breaks.
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