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On a resent retreat to Phuket to study Muay Thai Kickboxing, we recently caught a few smoker fights (amateur fights intended to prepare fighters for the real thing). Watch a single round here and experience the adrenaline rush. Along with the crowd, you will also hear the traditional Thai fighting music, intended to keep the pace and count time. Watch a few moments below and explore the new

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Google Maps Mania keeps a great archive of useful mashups that take advantage of, naturally, Google Maps. Today we are very happy to be featured there. Thank you so much Google Maps Mania!

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France is known for many high quality things that a traveler would enjoy. One of them is street musicians. They tend to be very good and often very organized. In the Paris metro, for example, I have witnessed a group of 12 Russian folk musicians in an amazing performance. It is not just confined to Paris though and even provincial cities will have their virtuosos. Please enjoy this clip of a

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It’s a New Year and we wanted to thank our visitors as we look forward to welcoming and helping travelers plan and share trips in the upcoming year. As we celebrate our 3 months of being online, we want to discuss the impact of travel on the environment. It is a very important theme to us at HowdyFrom, the travel industry overall, and many travelers.  It’s a complex subject, but it is one that

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Right now Christmas markets are all over the place in Europe.  Germany, low countries, Switzerland, and Eastern France have very long traditions of putting on great Christmas markets that showcase local crafts, cuisine, and specialties.  It's a really nice palce to visit and the warm, spiced wine (Glühwein) is sure to keep a visitor warm no matter how cold it gets. Both the NY Times, London

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We recently returned from a visit to one of the most relaxing parts of Germany – the Romantic Road. And it is just that, romantic! The area is quintessential German, including both the scenery and culture of towns and cities such as Nördlingen, Dinkelsbühl and Rothenburg ob der Tauber. A highlight of this trip is passing by the famous Neuschwanstein Castle, the famous retreat of King Ludwig.

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There are many picturesque towns in the Alsace region, it’s hard to go wrong.  There is something special about Kaysersberg though: it retains a special aura of authenticity and handles the traffic of tourists better than other local towns.  The wine country town is simply beautiful and the hike up to the castle (Château de Kaysersberg) will offer even better views of the town. The overall

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Another city that is obviously not a secret yet deserves a visit.  It is a unique city in how well it combines old and new architecture.  The incredible amount of parkland within the city is also fairly unique – not every city has a royal family to donate its prime hunting grounds to the city… What are your favorite things about London?  We would love for you to submit your London and greater UK

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Zurich is an extremely accessible place since it is a major airport and rail hub in the center of Europe.  It is not a city full of spectacular sights, yet what is there is amazing.  It is the way the natural beauty and landscape is balanced with the man-made cityscape that makes Zurich an essential place to visit.  The river and lake that are so essential to the city are pristine in clarity and

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Florence is hardly a secret, yet it seems underestimated.  It is highly visited and tour groups crowd the city, but few give it the time it deserves.  It is important to give Florence time and spend it in the most leisurely way as possible.  Otherwise the sights are so overwhelming that they will all blend together into an incomprehensible mess. It is a city to return to over and over again.  A

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It’s a small sea-side village. It’s surrounded by an expansive pine forest preserve. Restaurants serve the freshest fish that was locally caught. Is there a need to go on why this is simply an amazing place? This is a place that is empty in the off-season and can provide a truly peaceful and sublime gateway. This is why this is one of our favorite places. Please enjoy responsibly. Part of

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We are very happy to roll out www.HowdyFrom.com.  It has been an exciting and challenging effort to get the site built.  We hope that travelers all over the world find value in the site and begin to use our itineraries and share their own with the community.  We encourage you to use the site and please send us feedback if you’d like to see new features or enhancements. Please visit us at

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