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SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua—The Palermo Hotel & Resort, comprises 50 luxury 2-bedroom villas overlooking the bay of San Juan del Sur, an historic colonial town on Nicaragua’s southern Pacific coast. Perfect for short or long-term stays, the fully-equipped villas provide contemporary U.S. amenities in a casual, stylish environment.

The resort has a creative restaurant, bar and lounge overlooking the Pacific with an international chef preparing specialties of local, fresh ingredients. The picturesque town of San Juan del Sur offers dining and shopping as well as some of the best beaches in Nicaragua. Villas de Palermo is easily reached by American Airlines who fly to Managua with arranged transfer by rental car, bus or taxi.

www.villasdepalermo.com

Barry’s Bay, Ontario — Kayakers have been coming to Madawaska Kanu Centre in Barry’s Bay, Ontario since it opened in 1972 – and now Madawaska is returning the favor.

The staff from Madawaska will offer basic kayaking courses in downtown Ottawa this summer on the weekends as well as from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The $160 (Canadian) will include basic skills as well as kayak and other equipment rental. Madawaska is the world’s oldest kayaking school and the school’s curriculum is set up for different levels of instruction from a staff which is loaded with Olympic and world champions kayakers.

A trip to Madawaska is also a good value as a weekend’s worth of food, lodging, instruction and equipment rental goes for less than $400 US per person and classes aimed towards children, families and women are available.

Siberia Airlines, now re-branded as S7, has ordered 15 of the next-generation Boeing 787 jets in a deal valued at about $2.4 billion. The order constitutes Boeing’s largest sale in the former Soviet Union.

Under the deal announced Tuesday, S7 will purchase 15 of Boeing’s fuel-efficient 787 Dreamliner jets for delivery in 2014. S7 also secured an option for an additional 10 planes.

S7, Russia’s second largest airline, appointed Airline Business Limited as its GSA in the UK last year in a drive aimed at improving sales from the UK market.

Today S7 is one of the world’s 50 biggest domestic airlines, and one of the top 100 in terms of key performance indicators. In 2006 the airline carried out more than 40,000 flights, carrying 4,900,000 passengers and more than 28,000 tonnes of cargo and post.

S7 has a large fleet of aircraft, amongst which are 60 long-haul airliners, including Airbus А319 and A310s, Boeing 737s, Tupolev Tu-154Мs and Ilyushin Il-86s.

Please see http://www.s7.ru/ for further information.

On Sunday 17th June 2007 between 1200-1800, Trafalgar Square in London will be transformed into the sights, sounds and smells of Korea for one day only. London’s most famous landmark will play host to a celebration of Korean Arts and Culture.

Stalls selling authentic Korean Food will open at noon – starting an afternoon of festivities. In the ‘Kid’s Zone’, children will be able to try their hand at making traditional Korean fans. There will be a ‘Crafts Area’ where wood carvers will work on traditional Korean Totem posts to warn off bad spirits. There will be a full programme of traditional Korean music and dance performed by visiting artists from the Yeongsan Company of Traditional Arts. There will also be a contemporary twist when the Korean B-Boys champions, Rivers, meet the UK champions ‘Bad Taste Cru’. We hope to see you there!

Destination

Koh Kood is an island located in the Koh Chang archipelago off the eastern coast of Thailand.

Overnight
The Soneva Kiri, a brand new resort, opens in mid 2008 on the secluded island of Koh Kood in east Thailand.

Dinnerdate
This month we have two CHIC and contemporary restaurants, from lively london to relaxing Bangkok river views

To Do
Thai wine tasting tour

Spa Time
The Aman Spa at Amanpuri on the island of Phuket

Food
Summertime is the perfect time of year to enjoy some seafood with a twist.

Travel Clinic
Each month Lucy Ridout and Paul Gray, co-authors of the Rough Guide to Thailand answer your travel dilemmas…

Book It
Book a relaxing beach holiday with this months travel agent and Travel 2 Thailand!

Style

We have the perfect solution to an easy, and beautiful, garden this summer with minimum effort and maximum relaxation guaranteed! Why not exercise your green fingers from the comfort of your sun chair and grow your own watering can of flowers! Simply decide which flowers you would like to grow, choosing from daffodils, crocus, or amaryllis, the bulb is included in the pot so all you have to do is water the can and watch your flowers bloom! The watering can garden is suitable for all homes even those with just a little bit of sunshine. These beautiful flowers will be a soothing reminder that the relaxation of summer doesn’t have to end (too soon!).

Price: approximately GBP 15.00 each
Contains:
Decorative watering can
Inner pot
Growing medium
Your chosen bulbs
Growing instructions
We found this one at

www.theurbangarden.co.uk

 Green Gossip

Welcome to our new green section! Each month we will be discussing green issues and sharing our plans and achievements with you.

Win

Sabai is Thai for ‘chill’ or ‘relax’ and is Thailand’s new, hip and CHIC summer cooler!

Exotic Pomegranate Sabai is set to take the market by storm!

Recently introduced by Red Bull Sabai is a deliciously refreshing wine spritzer from Thailand’s Siam Winery – South East Asia’s largest winery. Also available in Hibiscus flavour, they are delicate, crisp and very refreshing.

Perfect over ice on any occasion.

Available in Tesco’s, Sainsbury’s and all good bars. Sabai – An Unexpectedly Beautiful Drink.

For further information please visit www.sabaichilled.com

Lost In Translation

Back to School – without homework and exams (you’ll be pleased to know!)

Whether on vacation or just learning some helpful phrases, here are a few Thai phrases dealing with the relaxation of summertime.

Indian restaurant, Voujon in Edinburgh has launched Tiffin Boxes, a take away picnic ideal for spontaneous outdoor dining on warm summer evenings. Packed in the traditional tiered boxes, Voujon’s Tiffin includes a starter, curry, dhal and nan bread, Indian desserts and cold Cobra beer or soft drinks. The Tiffin Boxes can pre-ordered by telephone and picked up en route to the picnic destination. www.voujon.com

Journey to Your Heart

Edinburgh based overland tour company; Wild in Scotland is celebrating its 10th anniversary by introducing a new tour. The tour – entitled Journey to your Heart – combines Highland scenery, folklore, history, life coaching and Shamanic fire walking.

Guests will stay at Lendrick Lodge, a holistic hideaway, set in the picturesque setting of the rolling Perthshire hills and the tour itinerary includes sightseeing, life coaching and shamanic firewalking.

The tour operates over a long weekend, which will allow free time for guests to spend sightseeing or taking up any additional treatments they may prefer at the lodge such as reiki, yoga, reflexology, acupuncture and aromatherapy, which are available from £33 per session.

http://www.journeytoyourheart.com/    

VIRTUAL reality golf centre in Edinburgh will offer golfers the chance to play more than 50 of the world’s leading courses. The indoor complex – the first of its kind in Scotland – is expected to open its doors by early June.

The Clubhouse, at Edinburgh Quay, will feature the Old Course at St Andrews, the Centenary course at Gleneagles and Pebble Beach in California on six virtual reality simulators.

The University of Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum re-opened to the public on 23 May 2007 after an extensive period of refurbishment. Regular visitors to the Hunterian Museum will notice immediately the changes that have been made. The Entrance Gallery, and the two smaller rooms at either side, have been completely redisplayed and now contain a permanent exhibition on the Hunterian’s founder, Dr William Hunter.

In summer 2007, a special exhibition in the Art Gallery, “My Highest Pleasures”, will showcase Hunter’s art collection.

http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/  

Adrenaline junkies are invited to tackle Britain’s longest zip wire. The thriller at the Go Ape High Wire Forest Adventure in Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, is a staggering 1,397ft long.

www.goape.co.uk

Ideal for the single malt enthusiast, ‘The Bruichladdich Bar’ is a creation of The Spirited Soap Company which uses whisky to make transparent soap using alcohol to clarify it. The bar, commissioned by the Bruichladdich distillery on the idyllic island of Islay, is made using the traditional ‘cold process’ technique to capture the very essence of whisky-making. This involves cooking the soap with sugar, vegetable glycerine and finally adding the spirit. To avoid the ‘alcoholic’ smell, the soap is then scented with essential oils and whisky-drenched oak shavings from inside the cask.

www.whiskycoast.com