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Archive for the ‘Places to Stay’ Category

March 4th, 2006

Romantic Getaways on a North Sea Oil Rig

The gentle evening gales, the soothing 30 foot seas and the subtle scent of petroleum can be all yours on your next romantic weekend…on an oil rig in the North Sea! Think I’m kidding?
Harrod’s department store owner and really rich guy, Mohamed Al Fayed, has plans to build a 50-bedroom country-house style hotel on […]

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March 4th, 2006

Kenya’s Giraffe Manor

Not far from Nairobi, Kenya, one can find some rather unique lodgings at a place called the Giraffe Manor. Originally built in 1932 on 120 acres of land, the Manor was bought in the mid-seventies by the founders of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife, who promptly moved five young members of the endangered […]

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February 8th, 2006

The Shady Dell RV Park

Deep down in the Mule Mountains of southern Arizona lies the quirky little town of Bisbee, and in that town you’ll find an equally quirky place to stay called The Shady Dell.
The Shady Dell has been providing trailer and camping spaces to the travelers of Hwy 80 since 1927 and it continues to do so […]

By Kevin Humphrey -- 2 comments