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bedouin

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Bedouin and board

Lured to the southern Sinai by the legend of its nomadic tribes and biblical landscape, Christine Toomey found more than she bargained for when she went camel-trekking, camped under the stars — and fell under the desert’s spell

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mexico

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The Mayan attraction

It was once a lost world, home only to wildlife and Mayan temples. Now this stunning area on Mexico’s Yucatan coast has been reclaimed by the intrepid. By Christine Toomey

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vietnam

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Rest in peacetime

Christine Toomey and her daughter take some R and R in France’s former colony

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tuscany

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Hands on experience

As a child, Fiore de Henriquez made a toy village from Plasticine. When, as a celebrated sculptress, she converted an abandoned hamlet, the childhood dream became a reality. Christine Toomey meets a visionary spirit

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treehouse

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Tree house

What do a ballet dancer, a film star and a paper tycoon have in common? The answer is the exclusive White Oak plantation in Florida, a sanctuary for several species of endangered wildlife and a centre for the arts. Christine Toomey explains.

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italy

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Le Marche

Finding an unexploded shell in the bedroom was only the first of many surprises for Christine Toomey when she set about renovating a hilltop townhouse in central Italy.

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