Two leading American public radio presenters, Stephen Smith from Minnesota and Nick Spitzer from New Orleans, offer a provocative cultural tour of the city's road to renewal.

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Women wishing to experience more of local life than just sightseeing can check out the tours organized by Asia Getaway ( www.asiagetaway.com), a California-based cultural-tour operator that offers travelers opportunities like learning cooking at a Thai farmhouse.

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The Grand Tour was a European cultural jaunt focused on Italy that became part of the education of 18th-century high society.

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From the moment he enters the Greek cultural center that serves as the tour's home base, people are after him, begging for autographs (Baldwin obliges) and introducing their wannabe-actor friends (Baldwin is polite).

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But the cultural elitists' aversion in no way diminishes Amis' tour de force.

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Several diving tour companies are specialized in the organization of underwater touristic excursions to discover their underwater cultural heritage.

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The President will begin his visit with a tour of the Wat Pho Royal Monastery, which is one of the iconic religious and cultural sites in Thailand.

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They will be taken on a sightseeing tour to give them a flavour of what the whole of Wales has to offer, from the cultural and urban highlights of Cardiff, to the panoramic views of the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.

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