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5 Delicious Restaurants in Samara, Costa Rica

The ‘tico‘ town of Samara is a wonderful little beach town situated on the Nicoya peninsula. Samara is highly considered by tourists and locals alike, as a strong local (tico) town even though there are a few small tourist hotels scattered throughout the town. The restaurants in the area do offer the platos [...]

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How to Protect Your House When on Vacation

Have you ever been worried that your house might be broken into when on vacation? Studies have shown that a home burglary, in the United States, occurs every 14.6 seconds or 5,918 a day. The following are a few ways you can protect your house when traveling by covering up tell-tale signs that [...]

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Our Favorite Travel Tweets of the Month – Mar 2010

We at Tourfolio know there are hundreds, if not thousands, of tweets a day and that there is a chance you could miss a few links highlighting thoughtful, interesting and humorous content related to traveling. Make sure to follow us at @Tourfolio for our travel tweets!
The Seven Most Photographed Landmarks in the World: http://icio.us/kmrall

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Photo Essay: Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica

Arenal Volcano is an active volcano located in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. The drive from San Jose, Costa Rica takes a little over three hours due to the hairpin winding roads, but is well worth the trip to witness a volcano that is almost guaranteed to provide an explosive light-show at [...]

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Ogio Cooper Backpack Review

So a few weeks ago I received e-mail letting me know that I won a ‘Ogio Cooper Backpack’, from a daily giveaway that I signed up for when checking out the Winter Dew Tour Championship at Mount Snow, Vermont to watch some super pipe and slopestyle events. I was pretty surprised considering; (a) I [...]

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5 New Jersey Shore Beach Towns Loved by Bennys

For those living on the Jersey Shore, there is one thing we hate about our summer other than traffic on the Garden State Parkway. The invasion of “Bennys”. Don’t know the acronym? It’s what we Jersey Shore residents call the muscular, gel-spiked, sunglass-at-night males and the orange colored, huge chested, and skimpy cladded [...]

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Yoga, Surfing, and Travel with Chanelle Sladics

Chanelle Sladics is professional snowboarder and surfer raised in Newport Beach, California that has traveled the world for competitions. She’s had podium finishes in major venues such as the Winter X Games, the Winter Dew Tour, the Roxy Chicken Jam and continues to dominate. I had the opportunity to catch up with her [...]

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Bras, Skiing and Beer: The Rise of the American Bra Tree

There are many ski myths and folklore that give rise to the Great North American Bra Trees. Some people argue that began as a panty tree and evolved into a bra tree. Other people argue that it began on Chair 4 at Vail Mountain. Those that don’t agree with Vail say it started [...]

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Our Favorite Travel Tweets of the Month – Feb 2010

We at Tourfolio know there are hundreds, if not thousands, of tweets a day and that there is a chance you could miss a few links highlighting thoughtful, interesting and humorous content related to traveling. As mentioned in my prior post, we used to do this as a weekly compilation however I thought it [...]

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Gaper Day: The North American Winter Resort Holiday

Nauseously bright colors, archaic rear entry boots, straight skis and fabulous one-piece jump suits. Welcome to ‘Gaper Day’, an annual winter holiday celebrated throughout North America ski resorts near the end of the winter season (or on April 1st) by the community of hardcore skiers and snowboarders.

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