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Five of the World’s Weirdest Hotels
These hotels will ensure that the destination will be just as exciting as the journey on your next holiday.
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Sceptic Kiwi Heading to New South Wales
Nominated to be one of five international bloggers, I promise to be entertaining and represent New Zealand responsibly. If that is possible?
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Nike FuelBand Tracks Your Every Step
Measure your data, such as steps, calories and distance throughout the day, against other competitors of different body types and skill levels.
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Interview /// Concrete Playground meets Lilo the Waikato
A beautiful story of the battle of depression and one man's mission to Lilo the Waikato.
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Top 5 Franklin Road Christmas Lights
Concrete Playground chooses their favourites from the Franklin Road Christmas Lights
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Sweden’s Treehouse Hotel
The hotel has five different rooms, all of which are themed differently and offer much more than your standard bed and complementary chocolate.
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Japan Tourism to Offer 10,000 Free Flights to Bloggers
At last, there may be a way to put your otherwise life-crippling Facebook addiction to good use.
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Newcastle Hosts Two Festivals In One Weekend
Yes, we do like to poke fun at our younger brother Newcastle now and then. But next week we have to admit he's winning big time.
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First-Ever Space Hotel Set to Open in 2016
Space tourism set to become a reality in the next few years.
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21 of the World’s Most Stunning Holiday Destinations
Some of the places that truly capture the imagination around the globe.
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Corinne Vionnet’s Photo Opportunities Capture the Tourist Experience
Thousand's of observations from the tourist paparazzi come together in single, haunting images.
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