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Screenshot of Jeff Fuch's An Oolong Quest as mentioned on Gadling.com

Check out the very positive mention of Jeff Fuch's "An Oolong Quest" in Gadling.com, one awesome blog-based travel 'zine that targets "engaged travel for adventurers". Sound familiar? It is. e-Marginalia readers will want to bookmark this site and check back often. I'm not quite sure about the re-title of Jeff's story, but otherw

"Girls Gone Mild" - Maureen Dowd Spring Break

A pool at the Fiesta Americana Grand Aqua in Cancún. [Photo Copyright Chris Ramirez for The New York Times] New York Times reporter, Maureen Dowd, takes her rye, often irreverent, mix of wit and humor on the road. Check out her Fiesta Americana Grand Aqua review, about a new, ostensibly chichi hotel in Cancun (though judging from the photos and review it appears less "exclusive-posh" and more "mega-resort-posh").

Find the Best Air Fare Deals Online!

So you know you can book flights at e-Margaux.com, right? Old news? Maybe, but there's an new and exciting update to our flight booking section. We've added to stellar resources to help you find the best airline deals available, and we've published a massive list of contact numbers for all of the major airlines. (And even some pretty minor ones too!) We've already included web links for many of these airlines and will continue to add more as we receive them.

e-Marginalia Travel News Update

Have you checked out e-Marginalia's Travel News aggregator? We've added cool new feeds and cleaned up the interface so that you have one online destination to check for all your travel news. We are continually adding new resources, and would love to hear from you if you have a suggestion.

Jeff Fuchs addds audio to "Twelve Dawns in Trinyi"

We've recently invited some of the travelers featured in e-Marginalia to submit audio introductions to their travel stories. Then first published belongs to Jeff Fuchs, traveler, writer and photographer extraordinaire. Visit "Twelve Dawns in Trinyi" by Jeff Fuchs to listen to his poignant anecdote about a musical ride in the Himalayas. Enjoy...

Quarterly Maintenance Notice

We will be performing scheduled quarterly server maintenance between 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 8 and 5:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 9 (Eastern Time). During this time e-Margaux.com and e-Marginalia.com may be inaccessible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and assure you these tasks are scheduled for times when traffic is typically at its lowest. Thanks for your understanding and patience.

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Tsunami Relief

The entire e-Margaux.com team mourns the tragic loss of life and destruction wrought by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on December 26th. We encourage you to support South Asia relief efforts in order to help the survivors and their families during the critical days and weeks ahead. Please visit the e-Margaux.com homepage and scroll down the left side of the page until your see the box with links for how to support the people and organizations providing relief support to those in need.

Love on the Links

If you're single and play golf and sitting at home on New Year's Eve, well, maybe you can wait until next year.

But for 300 other "single golfers," Orlando, Florida is the place to be for New Year's this year. From areas all over the U.S., singles will converge for fun, fellowship and fairways.

"In these days of internet meetings and virtual dating, getting to know other singles through golf has had a big impact on thousands of people," says Tom Alsop, founder and president of the American Singles Golf Association. "If you want to find out what makes a person tick, spend five hours with them on the golf course. You see them at their best and worst. You hear them creaming when sinking a 20-footer on one hole followed by 'don't talk to me' after they slice a ball 25 yards into the woods."

Patagonia, El Chalten, and The Fitz Roy Area

Now that I have finished my trip to Argentina, I'd like to share some invaluable information with you, so unlike me, you'd not have the misfortune of losing five toenails. In the two months that I was there, I spent time in the south and the north. I went trekking in both regions. The north (desert and high elevation) is totally different from the south (glaciers); my treks differed greatly too. In the south, I was told by a friend to contact Fitzroy Expediciones, to talk to Diego, the contact person, about setting up a trek in the Fitz Roy Range. The information proved to be invaluable. The organization runs smoothly and the contact people speak English with an Argentine flair. You can choose the degree of difficulty of the trek. I didn't. Wanting a surprise, I allowed my friend to sign me up for one without asking too many questions. We went on the Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre Ice Trek. Although it's rated as moderately difficult, I found it very difficult because of my fear of heights. Well, I got over it. The trek had me wearing crampons crunching ice on a glacier. We also used harnesses and ropes to pull ourselves over a river. There was also climbing with two axes up an ice wall with a lot of trust put in the person holding onto the rope. I also enjoyed trekking through the fairytale-like forests. Fitz Roy Expediciones also provides more food than you need and tents.

Mt. Baker Lodging :: NEW Washington State Vacation Rental Added

Mt. Baker Lodging :: Mt. Baker, Washington Vacation RentalHere's another exciting new vacation rental listing for you to check out, the Mt. Baker Lodging located in Washington State. Conveniently situated just 2-hours north of Seattle, and 1.5-hours south of Vancouver, B.C., Mt. Baker Lodging is your source for private, self-catered, fully equipped cabin, cottage, condo, chalet, and executive vacation home rental accommodations, located in the mountain villages of Glacier and Maple Falls, at the magnificent gateway to the Mt.
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