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Tuesday 6 August 2013

Wales, Beach Island Destination in United Kingdom

Wales, the one of the most popular holiday destinations in the United Kingdom, it is bordered by England to east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. Wales Island will attract more than seven million holiday makers every year for its natural beauty and great history. You can watch stunning landscape; coastline, mountains and National Parks around the country. Holiday companies are offering best deals for holiday makers to make holiday vacation in Wales along with their family and friends.

You can watch lot of attractions all over the Wales Island such as St David’s, Gower, Anglesey, Cardigan, Tenby, Swansea Bay, Abersoch, Brecon and Aberystwyth. Wales is located on a mountainous western peninsular of the Island of Great Britain and it is part of the United Kingdom includes England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Scuba diving is a fabulous experience for holiday makers and one of the best diving spots in Europe countries.

Most of the tourists will visit Wales Island to watch out whales, seals, dolphins, coral fish and seahorses near the coastline. Wales is geographically separated into three regions are North Wales, Mid Wales and South Wales. It is famous for beautiful landscapes, rugged cliffs and sandy beaches around the coastlines.

Top Attractions in Wales:
  • Tenby
  • Gower Peninsula
  • St David’s
  • Anglesey
  • Llandudno
  • Cardigan Bay
  • Swansea Bay
  • Criccieth
  • Saundersfoot
  • Betws y Coed
Tenby is a resort town located in South West Wales, on the west side of Carmarthen Bay. You will found stunning beaches, boutique shops, clubs and restaurants around the coastline. Tenby is most visited place in summer in United Kingdom. Gower Peninsula features amazing coastal scenery, medieval castles and wide sandy beaches. Gower Peninsula is popular place for its amazing coastal scenery, wide sandy beaches, and stunning waves with medieval castles.

Cardigan Bay is considered as vast inlet of the Irish Sea, lies on the west coast of Wales and holds between Gwynedd in the north and Pembrokeshire at south. Toursits can watch several numbers of Bottlenose Dolphins, porpoises and Atlantic Grey Seals near coastlines. Saundersfoot is most visited beach on Wales Island, located on the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. Most of the tourists are excited to visit Saundersfoot in summer season to make short holiday vacation.

Anglesey is one of the largest Welsh Islands and located on the North West coast of Wales. Criccieth will attract family holiday makers around the year, lies on the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd in Wales.

Most Popular Beaches:
  • Tywyn
  • Barmouth
  • Abersoch
  • Benllech
  • Trearddur Bay
  • Llanddona
  • Llandudno North Shore
  • Criccieth
  • Dinas Dinlle
  • Porth Dafarch
Tywyn is most famous seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast of southern Gwynedd. You will enjoy the best holiday destination in Tywyn alongside of beautiful coastlines. Llandudno North Shore is a fabulous place for holiday makers and reported as largest seaside resort in Wales. It is located on a flat isthmus of sand between Welsh mainland and the Great Orme peninsula. You can watch several attractions near the coastline like Llandudno Bay and the North Shore, Llandudno Pier, Happy Valley, Marine Drive, West Shore and Victorian Extravaganza. Trearddur Bay is popular place for fishing, horse riding and boat trips.

Zurich, the Heaven of the Europe

Zurich is one of the popular holiday destinations in the World, located on north-central Switzerland at northwestern of Lake Zurich. Zurich is considered as high class living city compared to Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Brussels’. You can found several museums and art galleries in Zurich like Swiss National Museum, Tram Museum, the Kunsthaus, Centre Le Corbusier and Uhren museum Beyer.

More than 25 million foreign tourists will arrive in Zurich every year to spend best holidays. Zurich will attract tourists mostly in winter season and the mountains will be crowded to take part in skiing, ice skating and sledding.

Top Attractions:
  • Hallenstadion
  • Lake Zurich
  • Uettiberg
  • Zurich Zoologischer
  • Rieterb Museum
  • Swiss National Musuem
  • Kunsthaus Zurich
  • Zurich Opera House
  • Haus Konstruktiv
  • Museum of Design
  • Grossmunster
Lake Zurich is a beautiful lake on the southeast of the city of Zurich, where it is most popular place for swimming and fishing. The lake is major attraction of the city with amazing surrounding such as sundeck. You can also take part in the Open-air concerts, street parades, fairs and sporting events at the center of the city. Swiss National Musuem is considered as one of the major art museums of cultural history in Europe. You will get an amazing experience by visiting Swiss National Musuem and huge collections centre in Affoltern am Albis.

Museum of Design is the Department of Cultural Analysis of the Zurich University of the Arts, where it is a museum for visual communication, industrial design, architecture and craft. Museum of Design is also controls the Museum Bellerive, located on the shores of Lake Zurich. Zurich Zoologischer is reported as one of the three major churches in the city along with the FraumĂ¼nster and St. Peterskirche.

Things to do:
  • Rietberg Museum
  • Zurich Zoo
  • Zoological Museum
  • Botanical Garden
  • Tonhalle Gesellschaft
  • Zentralbibliothek
  • Friedhof Fluntern
  • Beyer Museum of Time
Zurich Zoo is famous for the penguin parade, where you can watch out 3,000 specimens. It is most visited holiday spots in Zurich and it’s will be great experience for every one to look over Zoo’s wild life such as Elephants, rhinos, tigers, penguins and 20 species of monkeys. Kunsthaus Zurich is one of the major art museums in Europe. You can find great collections from Edvard Munch, Jacques Lipchitz and Alberto Giacometti in the Kunsthaus Zurich house.

Fabulous Venezuela with Natural Beauty

Venezuela is a fabulous place for holiday makers in South America and shares seashore along with the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean. Venezuela shares borders along with Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east and Brazil to the south. More than 2 million holiday makers will arrive in Venezuela every year to spend holiday vacation around great mountains, lush forest, landscapes and beaches.

Venezuela is considered as one of the most beautiful countries in South America with features Amazon jungle and beautiful Gran Sabana plateau. Caracas is the major city in Venezuela and considered as one of the most cosmopolitan city in South America. It will also attract several places heaters, malls, museums, art galleries, best restaurants, parks and colonial architectures. 

Top Attractions:
  • Angel Falls
  • Isla de Margarita
  • Cuava del Guacharo
  • Mochima National Park
  • Museo Bolivariano
  • Morrocoy National Park
  • Gran Roque
  • Merida
  • Iglesia de San Francisco
  • Rio Orinoco
  • Caribbean Coast
  • Los Llanos
  • Los Roques
Angel Falls is highest waterfall in the World and most visited holiday destination in Venezuela. It is located in the Canaima National Park in Bolivar State. Isla de Margarita is reported as the largest Island in Nueva Esparta state, lies on the northeastern coast of the country. Mochima National Park is situated along Venezuela's northeast Caribbean coastline. It is considered as one of the most threatened parks in the country.

Rio Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America, where most of the holiday makers love to fishing and hunting. Los Roques will attract from Europe counties to spend their holiday vacation. You can watch out lot of seabirds around the coastline.

Beautiful beaches in Venezuela:
  • Margarita Island
  • Los Roques Archipelago
  • Henry Pittier National Park
  • Caura River
Margarita Island is most popular holiday resort with white sand beaches in Venezuela and you also visit to neighboring Caribbean islands. Los Roques Archipelago is a white sand beach with clear blue waters and warm ocean breezes around the coastline. It is an amazing experience to take part in scuba divers and fishing.

Friday 2 August 2013

Norway, the Beautiful Side of Europe

Norway is one of the most visited holiday destination in Europe with fabulous fjords, mountains, thunderous waterfalls and lush forests. It is surrounded from North Sea near Denmark and Scotland into the Arctic Ocean, bordered with northern Finland, eastern Sweden and the northwestern tip of Russia. Most of the tourists will visit Norway in summer season for hiking and mountain biking, where you can also rejoice skiing in winter season.

Norway is considered as one of the beautiful destination in the World, where more than 9 million holiday makers will arrive every year to spend holiday vacation.

Top Attractions:
  • The Norwegian Fjords
  • North Cape
  • Flaam Railway
  • Bryggen in Bergen
  • The Vigeland Sculpture Park
  • Nidaros Cathedral
  • Kirkenes Snow Hotel
  • Tromso - Paris of the North
  • Holmenkollen Ski Jump
The Norwegian Fjords is most visited place in Norway lies on the western coast of Norway between Bergen and Aalesund. You will enjoy the view of stunning tall mountains covered by luscious greens tower above the fjord. Most of the fjords will found on coasts of Norway, Greenland and Iceland. North Cape will attract tourists more than 2 million every year in summer season to rejoice beautiful attractions.

Lofoten Islands is an amazing destination for holiday makers to spend vacation, where you can also engage in several actives like cycling, hiking, kayaking and fishing. Lofoten Islands are popular for whale safaris and watching sea birds like the majestic Sea Eagle. Tromso is most visited place in Norway and you can enjoy winter season in snowmobiling, Aurora hunting and dog sledding. Most of the Europeans will visit all around the year and also participate in festivals and concert shows.

Best Beaches of Norway:
  • Listastrendene
  • Brusand beach
  • Refsnes Beach
  • Sjosanden
  • Helleviga
  • Bystranda
  • Groos friluftsomrade
  • Hamresanden
  • Stolsviga
  • Hamresanden
  • The Hove beaches
  • Sagjordet
Sjosanden is considered as one of the best beach in Norway, located on the southern tip. It will attract most of the tourists in summer season for sunbathing, fishing and swimming near coastlines. Brusand is a sandy beach covered by sand, dunes, located on north of Ogna and south of Vigrestad. You can do several activities like swimming, sunbathing, Canoeing, diving, kayaking, soccer, bird watching around the Brusand beach.

Canberra, The Natural Beauty of Australia

Canberra is capital of Australia and one of the most visited holiday destination for holiday makers to enjoy outdoors with amazing cycling, gardens, parks, bushwalking and nature reserves. You can also found national monuments, museums, lakes and galleries around the Capital city. Most of the tourists can watch out lot of attractions in Canberra such as Parliament House, Australian War Memorial, Black Mountain Tower, National Library of Australia and Australian National University.

You will find lot of shopping malls, restaurants, museums and public parks around the city. Most of the local people will like to eat Blu Ginger Canberra, Locanda Italian Steakhouse, Wok & Roll and Pod Food.

Australia is one of the most popular holiday destinations in the world for its beaches, deserts, lush forest and amazing natural wonders all over the country. You can watch lot of attractions such as Blue Mountains, Dandenong Ranges, Great Ocean Road, Nitmiluk National Park, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and Watarrka National Park.

Top Attractions:
  • Australian War Memorial
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Gallery of Australia
  • Mount Ainslie Lookout
  • Museum of Australian Democracy
  • Booroomba Rocks Walk
  • Australian National Botanic Gardens
  • National Zoo and Aquarium
  • Australian National University
  • National Museum of Australia
National Gallery of Australia is considered as largest art museum in the country, where it is also attracts local people and holiday makers for its great collections and arts. You can found different types of art collections such as Western art, Modern art, Pacific art, Crafts, Eastern art and Sculpture Garden. National Zoo and Aquarium is located in Yarralumla at the western end of Lake Burley Griffin. You can watch out vast collections of big cats. 

Australian National Botanic Gardens is considered as largest living collections of Australian flora, where it features lot of collection of plants like Mallee, Banksias, Waratahs, Grevilleas and Callistemon, Leptospermum and Melaleuca. Parliament House is one of the beautiful structures in Australia lies in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was reported as most expensive building in the World, at that time in 19th century.  .

National Museum of Australia holds world's vast collection of Aboriginal bark paintings and stone tools and lies on the edge of the lake. National Museum of Australia is major tourists attraction in Canberra and it an amazing place to visit for holiday makers to spend great time along with family and friends.

Things must do:
  • Floriade Commonwealth Park
  • Parliament House
  • Questacon
  • Cockington Green Garden
  • Embassies
  • Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
  • Booroomba Rocks Walk
Floriade Commonwealth Park is fabulous place in Canberra located on the north side of Lake Burley Griffin. It will attract holiday makers to watch several attractions like small ponds, water features, walking trails, bike paths and sculptures. The Commonwealth Park also features Regatta Point, National Gallery, High Court, National Library and lake.

Cockington Green Garden is having large number of miniature buildings and landscaped gardens, where most of the tourists love to enjoy along with family and friends. Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is located on north of the Alps Australia, it is a stunning wildlife views with Sanctuary wetlands, bushwalking and great bird watching spots. You can also watch out kangaroos, wallabies and parrots.

Europe, the Leading Holiday Destination in the World

Europe is home for several famous holiday destinations around the continent, where it shared borders with Arctic Ocean to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast. Europe holds 7 out of 10 most visited holiday destinations and it will attract more than 480 million holiday makers every year to spend their vacation.

You will find fabulous creatures of nature in Europe such as beautiful beaches, mountains, Alps, lush forest, life style and lot of public attractions. Europe is popular for skiing, snowboarding and mountaineering on Snow Mountains. 

Europe's Top Attractions:
  • Barcelona
  • Paris
  • Rome
  • Berlin
  • Budapest
  • London
  • Prague
  • Amsterdam
  • Switzerland
  • Madrid
  • Florence
  • Istanbul
  • Florence
  • Vienna
Paris is most popular holiday destination in Europe with its great culture, lifestyle, historical places and fabulous cities around the country. You can watch out lot of stunning attractions like Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Louvre Museum, Lido, The Moulin Rouge and many more. Berlin is considered as best holiday destination for its historical monuments, galleries, museums and clubs all over the city.

Switzerland is well known as heaven of the earth with its beautiful Alps, mountains, beaches and landscapes. It has shared borders along with neighboring countries like France to the west, Italy to the south, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east and Germany to the north. London is a amazing place to spend a vacation alongside of the River Thames in South East England. It is popular for night life, sightseeing and culture.

Beautiful Europe Beaches:
  • Golden Sands
  • Pinarello
  • Baska Voda
  • Pentrez Plage
  • Grand Plage
  • Kampen
  • Maspalomas
  • Mondello Lido
  • Priaia del Fuoco
  • Ramla Bay
  • Sagres
  • Sesimbra
  • Turquoise Coast
Golden Sands is considered as one of the most visited beach located on the northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, where it will attract more visitors from United Kingdom, Russia, Romania, Poland, Germany, Scandinavia, France, Central and Eastern Europe. Ramla Bay is located on the northern side of the island of Gozo and it is a best beach for every one. You can enjoy the hillside locations near coastlines.


Mexico The Home for Maya Civilization

Mexico is popular holiday destination in North America, located between United States of America to the north and Guatemala and Belize, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Mexico on the east. Mexico holds fabulous coastlines around the country such as Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Mexico will attracts several holiday makers to watch out best places like Acapulco, Cancun, Cozumel, Los Cabos, and Mazatlan. Most of the holiday makers are excited in fishing near the coastlines and it is a great experience for everyone.

Most of the European tourists love to enjoy in smaller resort areas in the south like Playa del Carmen and colonial towns such as San Cristobal delasCasas Guanajuato. Mexico is popular place for America tourists for its great culture, art, history, pyramids, archeology, museums, and coastlines.

Mexico Top Attractions:
  • Teotihuacan
  • Chichen Itza
  • Tulum
  • Copper Canyon
  • Palenque
  • Los Cabos
  • Cozumel
  • Dias des los Muertos
  • Guanajuato
Teotihuacan is considered as home for several large ancient pyramids in the world, located on the northeast of Mexico City. You can watch four major pyramids such as The Temple of the Moon, The Temple of the Sun, The Temple of Quetzalcoatl and Museo Teotihuacan. Chichen Itza is one of the most visited holiday destination in Mexico and it is reported as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. It is a fabulous place to rejoice Maya Cultural heritage in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
Dias des los Muertos is popular festival celebrated in several parts of Latin America, where local people will decorate tombs with flowers and candles. Palenque is considered as archaeological place situated on the western edge of the Maya empire in Mexico. You can find several structures and architecture of Maya history, where it is the Mesoamerican pyramid built as a funerary monument.

Best Beaches in Mexico:
  • Tulum
  • Puerto Vallarta
  • Los Cabos
  • Playa del Carmen
  • Cancuna
  • Acapulco
  • Cabo San Lucas
  • Mazatlan
  • Cozumel
Los Cabos is famous holiday resort beach for every one for water sports, fishing and swimming, where you can also watch whales in the Pacific Ocean. Los Cabos is a white sandy beach located on the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula and it's a beautiful place to relax around coastlines. Cozumel is most visited beach destination in the World and you can take part in other water sports activities like scuba diving, balnearios, scuba diving, and snorkeling. It is an Island lies on the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Wednesday 31 July 2013

Sharm El-Sheikh: Between Dunes and Beaches

Sharm El-Sheikh is famous destinations in the Arab Countries, lies on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Most of the tourist excited to visit regularly to enjoy finest diving spots in the World and make a trip into the desert. Sharm El-Sheikh will attract most of the visitors from European countries like United Kingdom, France, Spain, Greece and Switzerland. 

Sharm El-Sheikh has been divided into five regions such as Naama Bay, Umm Sid, Nabq, Ras Nusrani and Sharm El Maya. You can enjoy a fabulous holiday vacation in harm El-Sheikh with stunning sunshine and beautiful sand beaches. Most of the tourists visit to Sharm El-Sheikh to enjoy best nightlife in clubs and pubs. Sharm El-Sheikh is popular for dining, night clubs, cafes, restaurants and shopping malls. 

Egypt is major holiday destination in North Africa, share borders along with neighboring countries such as the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the Red Sea to the east and south, Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.
   
Sharm El-Sheikh Best Beaches:

  • Sandy beach
  • Na'ama Bay
  • Sharks Bay
  • Nabq Bay
  • Ras Um Sid/Hadaba
  • Sharm el-Maya
  • Public Beach
Na'ama Bay is most beautiful beach in Sharm El-Sheikh, where most of the visitors will arrive to take part in snorkeling and diving. Nabq Bay is popular destination in Sharm El-Sheikh and most of the tourists enjoy swimming, diving off the coral reef and fishing.

Things must do:
  • Snorkeling
  • Excursions
  • Ras Mohammed National Park
  • St. Catherine's Monastery
  • Glass Bottom Boat
  • Moses Mountain-Jebel Musa
  • Tiran Island
Sharm El-Sheikh is popular for Snorkeling and you can also wear diving mask. Ras Mohammed is the most visited national park located in Sharm El-Sheikh. It is an amazing fishing spots around coastlines.  St. Catherine's Monastery is reported as the oldest working Christian monasteries and it is working along with the Monastery of Saint Anthony.  

Diving:
  • Sinai Divers Naama Bay
  • Colona Divers
  • Emperor Divers
  • Ocean College
  • Red Sea Diving College
  • Diving Ocean
  • Ultimate Diving Holidays
  • Sharks Bay Umbi Diving Village
  • Dolphin Diving Center
  • Millenium Dive Center
Sharm el-Sheikh is famous for scuba divers and it’s an amazing moment for every tourist to take part in the water sports such as windsurfing, diving, snorkeling, kite surfing, para-sailing, boating, and canoeing.

Russia’s Dominate City Moscow

Moscow is most visited place in Russia and considered as fifth largest city in the World. Moscow is located on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District of European Russia and it is capital city of Russia. You can watch several historical destinations in Moscow such as St. Basil's Cathedral, Spasskaya Clock Tower, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow Monorail, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment building, Monument to Minin and Pozharsky. Most of the tourists love to visit the seven Sisters, Belyi Dom and Ostankino Television Tower.

Top Attractions in Moscow:

  • Kremlin
  • Assumption Cathedral
  • Diamond Fund Exhibition
  • Red Square
  • Gorky Park
  • Bolshoi Theatre
  • Museums and Galleries
  • Central House of Artist
  • The State Museum
  • Ice Sculpture Gallery
  • Terem Palace
  • Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Kremlin is popular holiday destination in Moscow and you can also watch most interesting museums in the world. Red Square is a city square of Moscow and it is connected major streets and highways around the city. It is considered as major tourists’ destination for holiday makers and local people in Moscow. Assumption Cathedral lies on the north side of Cathedral Square of the Moscow, it separates’ from the north from the Patriarch's Palace with the Twelve Apostles Church. Most of the tourists are excited to visit Moscow city to enjoy summer season and its natural beauty.

Must visit Cities:

  • Saint Petersburg
  • Novosibirsk
  • Yekaterinburg
  • Samara
  • Omsk
  • Nizhny Novgorod
  • Kazan
  • Chelyabinsk
  • Volgograd
  • Ufa
Saint Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in Moscow, where you can find lot of attractions all over the city like Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Peter and Paul Fortress, Zayachy Island, Palace Square, The Alexander Column, The Winter Palace, Petergof and Nevsky Prospekt. It is located on the Neva River top of the Gulf of Finland on Baltic Sea. Novosibirsk is reported as one of the most populous city in Russia and holds the dam of the Novosibirsk Hydro Power Plant.

Samara is the capital city of eponymous region, located on the Volga River in European Russia. Samara is the major tourist’s destination of Moscow, where you can enjoy night life and club dances around the city. Ufa is most beautiful city in Russian and amazing holiday destination with several attractions like The House Museum of Lenin, Victory Park and Statue of Salavat Yulaev.


Saturday 27 July 2013

The Historical Monuments and Culture in Ireland

Ireland is popular historical destination and one of the most visited place in Europe. It is an island to the northwest of continental Europe and largest Island in Great Britain divided by the Irish Sea. 9holidays is providing amazing offers for holiday makers to spend great vacation in Ireland. You can watch out several natural wonders on the Atlantic coast, traditional music, culture and merriments.

Ireland is considered as most fabulous place in Europe with stunning natural beauty with historical places. Dublin is the capital city of Ireland and most visited city on the Island. Most of the tourists are excited to watch out culture of Ireland and it is an amazing experience for every one to visit the country.

Best Beaches:

·         Bundoran Beach
·         Rossnowlagh Beach
·         Murvagh Beach
·         Fintragh Beach
·         The Silver Strand

Rossnowlagh is popular beach destination for families and most of the tourists will take part in the surfers, wind-surfers, kite-surfers and swimmers to enjoy around the coastlines. Rossnowlagh is considered as one of Ireland's best Blue Flag surfing beaches. Rossnowlagh will attract millions of holiday makers in summer season to spend great vacation. Fintragh is a beautiful beach in Ireland, located on the south west coast of Donegal on the outskirts of Killybegs town. The Silver Strand is a horse-shoe shaped beach, located at Malin Beag in south-west County Donegal.

Top Attractions:

·         Glenveagh National Park
·         Maamturk Mountains
·         Skellig Michael
·         Cliffs of Moher
·         Aran Islands
·         Blarney Castle
·         Newgrange
·         Davy Byrnes Pub
·         Abbey Theatre

Glenveagh is reported as second largest national park on the Island, where you can find huge number of exotic and fragile plants. Maamturk is colorful mountain with stunning landscapes in Connemara on the west of Ireland. Skellig Michael is well known as the two Skellig Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and also listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Aran Islands are the group of three Islands located on the West coast of Island. You can watch lot of attractions on the Islands such as Black Fort, Dun Aengus, Teampull BheanĂ¡in and many more.

Newgrange is considered as prehistoric monument, located north of the River Boyne. Newgrange is also shares several similarities with another Neolithic structures in Western Europe like Maeshowe in Orkney, Scotland and the Bryn Celli Ddu in Wales.

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