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CUBA CUBA CUBA - October and November 2015 - take your pick - Photography Tour and Competition lead by Julie Lovegrove ... showing you the best of Cuba over 12 days ... http://www.essentialexplorations.com/cuba/october2015/

Cuba Photo Tour - October 2015 It’s not just Havana, but it’s the entire country, the largest island in the Caribbean; locked in an era of the past. That’s incredible isn’t it? In 60 years, nothing progressed except a communist regime that kept its people educated, kept them poor, but also kept them honest! As we study the remind…

Oh dear - just what we DON't want - but looks like we're going to get it ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11664090/Airlines-set-to-reduce-size-of-carry-on-luggage.html

Airlines set to reduce size of carry on luggage Passengers face having to pay to check more bags into the hold as major airlines consider plans to cut the carry on allowance

Photography as a journey ... http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_burkard_the_joy_of_surfing_in_ice_cold_water

The joy of surfing in ice-cold water "Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit," says surf photographer Chris Burkard, as he explains his obsession with the coldest, choppiest, most isolated beaches on earth. With jawdropping photos and stories of places few humans have ever seen -- much less…