Thinking about planing a beach-holiday this year? Well check out these beautiful beaches

Seeing these beaches may make your heart beat faster!

Should you ever be in need of health care assistance in any of these locations then look on www.medihoo.com/search

Navagio Beach

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Shipwreck Beach, is an exposed cove, sometimes referred to as ‘Smugglers Cove’, on the coast of Zakynthos, in the Ionian Islands of Greece. It has been so named since 1983, when the alleged smuggler ship Panagiotis was wrecked on the beach while transporting cigarettes. located on the north-west shore of Zakynthos (Zante), in the Municipality of Elation. The area is defined by its sheer limestone cliffs, white sand beaches, and clear blue water, which attract thousands of tourists yearly. The strip of beach is accessed only by boat. Regular tours to the beach depart from Porto Vromi to the south, and from Agios Nikolaos and Cape Skinari to the north-east. Boats also arrive from the harbour of Zakynthos city. (wikipedia)

The Baths

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The Baths are a beach area on the island of Virgin Gorda among the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.

At The Baths, the beach shows evidence of the island’s volcanic origins, which deposited granite that eroded into piles of boulders on the beach. The boulders form natural tidal pools, tunnels, arches, and scenic grottoes that are open to the sea.^[2] The largest boulders are about 40 feet (12 m) long.

Since 1990, the area has been a BVI National Park as are the adjacent bays, and the area is a major tourist attraction, with swimming and snorkelling being the main attractions. (Wikipedia)

Tapuaetai

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Tapuaetai or One Foot Island is one of 22 islands in the Aitutaki atoll of the Cook Islands. It is located on the southeastern perimeter of Aitutaki Lagoon immediately to the southwest of the larger island of Tekopua, seven kilometres to the east of the main island of Aitutaki. (Wikipedia)

Zlatni Rat

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Often referred to as the Golden Cape or Golden Horn (translated from the local Chakavian dialect), is a spit of land located about 2 kilometres (1 mile) west from the harbour town of Bol on the southern coast of the Croatian island of Brač, in the region of Dalmatia. It extends into the Hvar Channel, a body of water in the Adriatic Sea between the islands of Brač and Hvar, which is home to strong currents. The landform itself is mostly composed of a white pebble beach, with a Mediterranean pine grove taking up the remainder. (wikipedia)

Oludeniz

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Due to its calm waters even during storms; official translation name Blue Lagoon) is a small village and beach resort in the Fethiye district of Muğla Province, on the Turquoise Coast of southwestern Turkey, at the conjunction point of the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. It is located 14 km (9 mi) to the south of Fethiye, near Mount Babadağ.

Ölüdeniz remains one of the most photographed beaches on the Mediterranean. It has a secluded sandy bay at the mouth of Ölüdeniz, on a blue lagoon. The beach itself is a pebble beach. The lagoon is a national nature reserve and construction is strictly prohibited. The seawater of Ölüdeniz is famous for its shades of turquoise and aquamarine, while its beach is an official Blue Flag beach, frequently rated among the top 5 beaches in the world by travelers and tourism journals alike. (Wikipedia)

Trunk Bay

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Trunk Bay is a body of water and a beach on Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. It has consistently been voted one of the Ten Best Beaches in The World by Condé Nast Traveler magazine and has received similar recognition from other publications. The National Geographic Society has labeled Trunk Bay as the most beautiful beach in the world. It is one of the most popular beaches on the island whose amenities include a snack bar, showers and restrooms, lifeguards, and an underwater trail for snorkeling its coral reef. Trunk Bay is the only National Park beach on Saint John which requires a fee to visit. (Wikipedia)

Maya Bay

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Maya Bay is popular for diving, and has become even more popular after the 2000 movie The Beach was filmed there. According to the Lonely Planet’s Thailand guidebook, the 2004 tsunami dramatically improved the look of Maya Bay. This was due to the fact that the high waves had cleaned up the beach and removed all the landscaping the Fox production team had added.

The main dive sites are at Loh Samah, Maya Bay entrance and Palong Bay, and are often combined with diving at Ko Bida Noi, a rocky outcrop some 500 meters south of Loh Samah. (Wikipedia)

Whitehaven Beach

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Whitehaven Beach is a 7 km stretch along Whitsunday Island, Australia. The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour, as well as Hamilton Island. The Whitehaven Beach Ocean Swim is a 2 km open swimming competition held on the Beach in November each year as part of the Hamilton Island Triathlon Event. The 2012 event was held on 11 November 2012

The beach was awarded Queensland’s Cleanest Beach in Keep Australia Beautiful‘s 2008 Clean Beach Challenge State Awards. In July 2010, Whitehaven Beach was named the top Eco Friendly Beach in the world by CNN.com. Dogs are not permitted on the beach and cigarette smoking is prohibited.

Whitehaven Beach is known for its white sands. The sand consists of 98% pure silica which gives it a bright white color. Local rocks do not contain silica so it has been suggested that the sands were brought to the beach via prevailing sea currents over millions of years.

Unlike regular sand, the sand on Whitehaven Beach does not retain heat making it comfortable to walk barefoot on a hot day. This sand is also very fine, and can damage electronic equipment such as telephones and cameras, although it is good at polishing up jewellery^{[citation needed]}. (Wikipedia)

Tulum

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Tulum (Yucatec: Tulu’um) is the site of a Pre-Columbian Maya walled city serving as a major port for Cobá. The ruins are situated on 12-meter (39 ft) tall cliffs, along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Tulum was one of the last cities inhabited and built by the Mayas; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico. (Wikipedia)

Anse Source D’Argent

Anse Source d’Argent, one of La Digue’s many beaches.

La Digue is the third largest inhabited island of the Seychelles in terms of population, lying east of Praslin and west of Felicite Island. In terms of size it is the fourth largest granitic island of Seychelles after Mahé, Praslin and Silhouette Island. It has a population of about 2,000 people, who mostly live in the west coast villages of La Passe (linked by ferry to Praslin and Mahé) and La Réunion. There is no airport on La Digue; to get there from a different country, one has to fly to Victoria, take the ferry to Praslin and then take another ferry to La Digue. It has an area of 10 km², which makes it relatively easy to travel around on a bicycle. La Digue is named after a ship in the fleet of French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, who visited the Seychelles in 1768. (Wikipedia)

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Source: List & Pictures – Touropia / Text: Wikipedia

Another 13 apps that may ease your travels

1 Medihoo

In need of a health care provider whilst traveling or as expatriate on assignment abroad?

It is not easy to find good providers in a foreign environment and looking for them in local media resources in an new language can be very cumbersome. This app allows you to find health care providers around you. On the website one can also rate and recommend/add health providers. Hence the claim “Let’s Share Good Care”

For: Microsoft Phone (Free)
Source: Medihoo

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2 Photosynth

Normal pictures simply do not excite you anymore…you are looking to capture your travels with something more than static pictures?

This app actually allows you to capture your environment in 3D and 360-degrees. Excellent for travelers that want to remember everything more vividly.

For: iOS & Microsoft phone
Source: Photosynth

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3 Fly Delta for iPad

There are many airline-apps on the market.

This app has a lot of features you would expect from a airline-app (flight schedules, gate announcements, …)

But is also enhances your travel experience with cool features such as bird-eye view of the locations one is flying above.

For: iOS (Ipad – free)
Source: Fly Delta

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4 101 Things to do before you go abroad

Why should only professionals be able to recommend what where you should go and what you should see?

This Facebook app is building a list of 101 best English experiences.

It is directed towards everyone and invites people to vote and make suggestions on what to see and visit in the UK.

For: iOS & Android
Source: 101Thingstodoinengland

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5 Splid

In the time and age where everything sound recordings/pictures can be altered afterwards this app offers a guarantee that the pictures and sounds stored with it have not been altered since they were entered. Under the motto seeing is believing, the app can be an insurance for many things you may encounter on your travels (dirty hotel rooms, car accidents, inedible food, aggression) which might necessitate making a specific claim. This app may offer you the necessary “proof” you need to support your claim.

For: iOS
Source: Splid

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6 Minube

Are you a big fan of communities? Do you like to get infos and recommendations from fellow travelers? Then check out this app:

This easy to use app gives you tips and recommendations on where to stay, what to visit, where to eat and a lot more from millions of fellow travelers.

For: iOS & Android & Microsoft phone
Source: Minube

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7 Airports by TravelNerd

Knowing your way around in any place can be helpful, especially when traveling and passing through an airport

Need to find your way on any given airport? Where are the gates, where is there a free wifi zone, where are the toilets: This app can come in handy.

For: iOS (Free)
Source: TravelNerd

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8 Air France Music

There is music in the air. And this is to be taken literally. This app gives you access to tons of music and other entertainment items.

Also some exclusive non released titles can be found through the app.

For: iOS & Android

Source:  Air France Music

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9 Xe Currency

Every person traveling outside the zone of his home currency will need it: a currency conversion tool. Unless you are a mathematical genius most you will probably benefit from not having to calculate all conversions yourself. This is a straight forward app doing just that. It is accurate and allows you to store historical rates. 

For: iOS & Android
Source: XE Currency Converter

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10 SeatGuru

Every airplane is different. What are the best seats? This app shares this kind of information from millions of flyers.

Which seats are closest to the toilets. Which seats get often bumped into by people moving up the cabin. This unique kind of information is what this app is all about.

For: iOS & Android
Source: SeatGuru

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11 Waze

Yes most of built-in or mobile GPS devices already have some sort of traffic announcements. But before hitting the road you might want to consider downloading this app: a social GPS traffic announcement

Their claim: “Get the best route, every day, with real–time help from other drivers. Waze is the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app. Join other drivers in your area who share real-time traffic and road info, saving everyone time and gas money on their daily commute.”

For: iOS & Android
Source: Waze

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12 SnapCast

You think taking photos of your traveling experiences is just somewhat too boring?

Than try this app: it lets you take videos that you can easily post on your blog or travel website with no necessity to spend too much time editing.

Now you can surprise your readers with existing new post that show your personal videos

For: iOS
Source: SnapCast

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13 TripIt Free

Need some support in organizing your travels? This app may help you in doing just that:

Their claim: The “where have you been all my life” travel organizing app

TripIt automagically creates a master itinerary for every trip for instant access to all your travel plans—anytime, on any device.

For: iOS & Android
Source: TripIt

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Apart from number 1 the list has been taken from CNN
The text is based on respective descriptions on the provider’s websites

REYNOLDS INTERNATIONAL supplier of medical devices in Sialkot / Pakistan is now a member of www.medihoo.com

REYNOLDS INTERNATIONAL

• Airport Road
• Sialkot
• Pakistan

This provider of medical devices is now a member of Medihoo

CENTRE HOSPITALIER NEURO-PSYCHIATRIQUE – CHNP in Ettelbruck / Luxembourg received a positive rating on www.medihoo.com

CENTRE HOSPITALIER NEURO-PSYCHIATRIQUE – CHNP

• 17 Avenue des Alliés
• Ettelbruck
• Luxembourg

This health provider received a positive rating on Medihoo

VEJTHANI HOSPITAL in Bangkok / Thailand received a positive rating on www.medihoo.com

VEJTHANI HOSPITAL

• 1 Ladprao Road 111
• Bangkok
• Thailand

This health provider received a positive rating on Medihoo

Neurogeneticists harness immune cells to clear Alzheimer’s-associated plaques

New research from scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) shows that the body’s immune system may be able to clear the brain of toxic plaque build-up that is the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, reversing memory loss and brain cell damage.

Read more: Sience Daily

Still not found a destination to travel to in 2015? here some more exiting suggestions

Yes 2015 has just started, but it is never too early to start planning a nice holiday…these hotels might inspire you…

Should you ever be in need of health care assistance in any of these locations then look on www.medihoo.com/search

Fairy Chimney Hotel, Turkey

Source: fairychimney.com

The “Fairy Chimney” guesthouse is located at the upper south-west end of the village Goreme in the heart of Cappadocia. Big parts of it are carved out of one of these famous tufa rock cones, which are locally called ‘fairy chimneys’ (peri bahcasi). The “Fairy Chimney Inn” is restored in a traditional way and tries to combine original local style and modern function.

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The Glass Floor Udang House, Bali, Indonesia

Source: bambuindah.com

Udang House or Shrimp House is the most unique home of the Bambu Indah estate and perhaps in Bali. Situated above a fresh shrimp pond, this house has tempered glass floor panels for an underwater panorama of crustaceans in action. Authentic shrimp baskets have been converted into lamps for a total fishing village experience.

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 Harry Potter Hotel, London

Source: georgianhousehotel.co.uk

The chambers have been created to transport you to another world! They have a gothic feel, with 4 poster beds, potion bottles and cauldrons, and unexpected wizardly details! They are completely different to any room you will ever have stayed in, yet in their own way they are very beautiful, and don’t worry, they include full English breakfast in your stay, and not a ghoulish feast of entrails!

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Montana Magica Lodge, Chile

Source: huilohuilo.travel

The crossing of the Andes is one of the most amazing activities you can experience. Huilo Huilo is located near the border (Hua Hum pass), just 80 km away from San Martín de los Andes, in the National Park of Lanín in Argentina.

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Free Spirit Spheres, Canada

Source: freespiritspheres.com

Built on vision and engineering these handcrafted spheres are suspended like pendants from a web of rope. They occupy a truly unique place in the world while providing a habitat for the un-tamed spirit that exists in us all.

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Attrap Reves Hotel, France

Source: attrap-reves.com

At nightfall, contemplate the milky way! Everything here is designed not to close your eyes! Hush, here’s the moon showing its face…Sweet bubble dreams!

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Kolarbyn Ecolodge, Sweden

Photo Credit: wildsweden.com
Source: Kolarbyn

At STF Kolarbyn neither electricity nor running water disturb your wilderness experience. Here you can happily fall asleep in front of the crackling fireplace and awake to beautiful bird song.

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Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden

Photo Credit: icehotel.com

ICEHOTEL is the world’s first and largest hotel built of snow and ice and is located in Jukkasjarvi, a small village at the top of northern Sweden with 1,100 inhabitants and about 1000 dogs.

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Sala Silvermine, Sweden

Source: salasilvergruva.se

The suite is situated next to our festivity hall, 155 m under ground surrounded by winding galleries and thrilling cavities.

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Martin’s Patershof Church Hotel, Mechelen, Belgium

Source: martinshotels.com

Do you like places full of history, or are you looking for an unforgettable experience during your stay in Belgium? Then, the Friar Minor church in Mechelen is perfect for you! Martin’s Patershof offers you the comfort of a 4-star hotel in a breathtaking setting created by the arched ceilings, the imposing pillars, the stained-glass windows and the many religious details.

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 Zaan Inn Hotel, Netherlands

Source: inntelhotelsamsterdamzaandam.nl

Zaandam is known worldwide for the Zaanse Schans with its Oudhollandsche houses and beautiful windmills, and annually attracts around 1 million visitors. It is actually a small village in Zaandam

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The Southern Ocean Lodge On Kangaroo Island, Australia

Photo Credit: John Taylor

Southern Ocean Lodge is Australia’s first true luxury lodge, offering a unique and exclusive travel experience on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Floating atop a secluded cliff on a rugged stretch of coast, the lodge commands peerless views of the wild Southern Ocean and pristine Kangaroo Island wilderness. Sensitive, intimate and sophisticated, Southern Ocean Lodge is a sanctuary of refined comfort and luxe, Kangaroo Island style.

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 “The Crazy House” Hang Nga Guesthouse, Vietnam

Source:  crazyhouse.vn

The Crazy House was formally called “Hang Nga Villa”; the change of name was made because some people copied its original name for their buildings.

Otherwise known as the “Crazy House,” this Gaudi-meets-Sesame Street theme park is one not to miss. It’s a wild mass of wood and wire fashioned into the shape of a giant tree house and smoothed over in concrete.

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 V8 Hotel, Stuttgart

Source: v8hotel.de

In the Swabian car metropolis of Stuttgart, surrounded by the historic charm of a former airport site, you’ll find the exclusive V8 HOTEL.
Extensively restored, this 4-star hotel not only impresses through its historical flair, but also offers an exceptional setting for your stay. Both design and architecture are all about the automobile: legendary vintage cars, sporty young timers, exclusive and special classic cars, make the hearts of the technology enthusiasts, the aesthetes and the nostalgic go racing.

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Wanderlust Hotel, Singapore

Source: wanderlusthotel.com

With each of its 29 rooms featuring original works of award-winning local agencies like Asylum, Phunk Studio and fFurious, it can be said that the hotel was designed with the madcap wanderer in mind.

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Tubhotel, Mexico

Source: tubohotel.com

Creatively styled back-packers hotel in Mexico

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List found on EarthPorm
Pictures and text are taken from the hotel websites

20 great travel-apps…

Looking for some apps that may make your live easier when traveling? Here is a handful of those

1 JetSmarter

Looking for a private jet? This app connects you to carriers near you.

Whether you’re looking for private use or you want to share with others, you can find small to large aircrafts through this app.

For: iOS & Android
Source: JetSmarter

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2 PackPoint

What to pack for your trip?  This app makes up your checklist based on the information your give it: length of your trip, occasion, planned activities, weather at your destination etc.

For: iOS & Android.
Source:  PackPoint

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3 Entrain

Entrain connects users to lighting schedules developed by researchers at the University of Michigan. These schedules are mathematically proven to adjust you to new time zones as quickly as possible. Light is the primary driving input to the circadian clock, and by recording your lighting history, it can simulate your body’s clock and make recommendations for behavior.

For: iOS & Android.
Source: Entrain

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4 Uber

Looking for transportation in a give city? This app connects you to drivers and shows you realtime where they are. It is available in more than 200 cities around the world and is rapidly expanding.

For: iOS & Android.
Source: Uber

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5 SleepSounds HQ

Trouble falling asleep whilst traveling? This app offers instant relaxation with over 600 soothing sounds from around the world. Sleep deeply and wake up fresh and energized.

For: iOS
Source: SleepSounds HQ

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6 HerdTracker

This is a web-app which plots the precise location of the great wildebeest migration in real time to a Google map and in a Twitter-style timeline. HerdTracker is publicly accessible from any web browser – desktop, mobile or tablet.

For: Online application
Source: HeardTracker

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7 Google Maps

This app allows you to find directions on a map and safe your personally favorite locations. It also allow to share recommendations on the places you have visited.

For: iOS & Android.
Source: Google Maps

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8 Worldmate

This app targets business travelers and allows to stores all the vital information you’ll need for managing, planning and organizing your trip (e.g. hotel bookings, flight schedule, connection with outlook and linkedin account)

For: iOS & Android & Microsoft phone
Source: Worldmate

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9 Quintessentially

This is a concierge service app with many possibilities. Whether you are looking to book a table in a given restaurant, needs some VIP cards for a certain venue or want to organise a gift for someone, through this app you can let it all be arranged.

For: iOS & Android.
Source: Quintessentially

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10 The Entertainer

This app follows the principle “buy one get one for free”

It offers discount coupons for business (restaurants, hairdressers, fitness studios ,…) near you and is available in over 15 countries.

For: iOS & Android.
Source: The Entertainer

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11 The Converted by Ideon

Traveling means being confronted with all kinds of different measurement units. This app helps you to convert then into units you know and understand. Whether it is currency, distance or weight units this app converts them all.

For: iOS & Android.
Source: The converted by Ideon

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12 Wikitude

Visiting a city and you don’t know what you’re seeing? With this app and your smartphone’s camera you can hoover and get feedback about what you’re seeing around you. Monuments, accommodations, restaurant etc, many things are available and read from existing information providers such as yelp, tripadvisor, twitter etc.

For: iOS & Android & Microsoft phone & Blakberry
Source: Wikitude

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13 Hotel Tonight

Where to turn when you’re in urgent need of a hotel-room? Frequent travelers know all about what can go wrong e.g. wrong hotel booked, flight delayed / cancelled, meeting unexpectedly extended etc. or are you just not the planning kind of person?

This app allows find last minute available rooms in your proximity.

For: iOS & Android & Microsoft phone & Blakberry
Source: Hotel Tonight

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14 City Maps 2Go Offline Maps

Planing on using a map extensively when you visit a city, but afraid there is not going to be a good network available or simply afraid of the (roaming) costs? This app lets you download offline maps for many locations around the world.

For: iOS & Android
Source: no website only through app stores

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15 The Roller Coaster Guide

Looking for fun when you’re traveling? What about this app…it shows more than 4 500 rollercoasters in more than 1 700 amusement-parks.

A must for rollercoaster lovers.

For: iOS
Source: no website only through app stores

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16 Pingspot

Want to remember wich places you loved during your travels (restaurants, spas, local business) and share with your friends? This app enables you to do just that!

For: iOS
Source: Pingspot

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17 Flying

Keep track of you flights at all time. This app claiming to be the ultimate flight companion it tracks the distance you flew and gives information on our flight details such as departure times, gate etc.

For: iOS
Source: Flying

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18 iStone

A predicament for many travelers. Being somewhere you don’t understand the language and can not express your basic needs. Don’t let that stop you…this app will help you to ask for the most common things in a great variety of languages.

For: iOS
Source: no website only through app stores

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19 Packing Pro

Can be annoying: arriving at your destination finding out you forgot to pack an essential things for your trip. Yep, you can put everything you’re going to need on a piece of paper, or you can try out this app which may help you to pack cleverly.

For: iOS
Source: PackingPro

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20 Postagram 

Are you unable to find an original postcard? Then send a personal card which you have designed yourself with pictures from your smartphone.

For: iOS & Android
Source: Postagram

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List and pictures through CNN

UMC UTRECHT – LOCATIE AZU in Utrecht / Netherlands received a positive rating on www.medihoo.com

UMC UTRECHT – LOCATIE AZU

• Heidelberglaan 100
• Utrecht
• Netherlands

This health care provider received a positive rating on Medihoo

Inspirational TED talks on Fitness, Health and Happiness

Fitness

1. Christopher McDougall: Are We Born to Run?

Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive — and what urges from our ancient ancestors spur us on today? McDougall tells the story of the marathoner with a heart of gold, the unlikely ultra-runner, and the hidden tribe in Mexico that runs to live.

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2. David Blaine: How I Held My Breath for 17 Minutes

In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes — a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) — and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home.

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3. Matt Cutts: Try Something New for 30 Days

 Is there something you’ve always meant to do, wanted to do, but just … haven’t? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way to think about setting and achieving goals.

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4. Ben Saunders: Why Bother Leaving the House?

Explorer Ben Saunders wants you to go outside! Not because it’s always pleasant and happy, but because that’s where the meat of life is, “the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days.” Saunders’ next outdoor excursion? To try to be the first in the world to walk from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again.

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5. Derek Sivers: Keep Your Goals to Yourself

After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it’s better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.

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6. John Wooden: The Difference Between Winning and Success

With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom.

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7. Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.

Health

8. A.J. Jacobs: How Healthy Living Nearly Killed Me

For a full year, AJ Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could — from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surprising things he learned.

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9. Jamie Oliver: Teach Every Child About Food

Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, West Virginia — and a shocking image of the sugar we eat — TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food.

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10. Mary Roach: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Orgasm

“Bonk” author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, ranging from the bizarre to the hilarious. (This talk is aimed at adults. Viewer discretion advised.)

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11. Graham Hill: Why I’m a Weekday Vegetarian

We all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the environment and for the animals — but in a carnivorous culture, it can be hard to make the change. Graham Hill has a powerful, pragmatic suggestion: Be a weekday veg.

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12. Dan Buettner: How to Live to be 100+

To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world’s “Blue Zones,” communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. In his talk, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100.

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13. Daniel Kraft: Medicine’s Future? There’s an App for That

Daniel Kraft offers a fast-paced look at the next few years of innovations in medicine, powered by new tools, tests and apps that bring diagnostic information right to the patient’s bedside. (Filmed at TEDxMaastricht.)

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14. Dean Ornish: Healing Through Diet

Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body’s natural desire to heal itself.

Happiness

15. Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work

We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity. (Filmed at TEDxBloomington.)

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16. Brené Brown: The Power of Vulnerability

Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

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17. Meg Jay: Why 30 is Not the New 20

Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives.

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18. Nigel Marsh: How to Make Work-Life Balance Work

Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity — and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen.

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19. Dan Gilbert: The Surprising Science of Happiness

Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.

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20. Matt Killingsworth: Want to be Happier? Stay in the Moment

When are humans most happy? To gather data on this question, Matt Killingsworth built an app, Track Your Happiness, that let people report their feelings in real time. Among the surprising results: We’re often happiest when we’re lost in the moment. And the flip side: The more our mind wanders, the less happy we can be. (Filmed at TEDxCambridge.)

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21. Stefan Sagmeister: The Power of Time Off

Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali.

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22. Paul Zak: Trust, Morality… and Oxytocin?

What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin (he calls it “the moral molecule”) is responsible for trust, empathy and other feelings that help build a stable society.

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Text Source: TED