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Tune Hotels To Award Exciting Trip Along Silk Road

2012-07-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Tune Hotels will sponsor a winner to explore the ancient Silk Road. Beginning August 5, 2012, and approximately 30 other explorers will begin a month-long four-wheel drive (4×4) expedition spanning over 10,000 kilometres along China’s piece of the Silk Road. The journey begins in Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in western China bordering Tajikistan and ends in the Chinese northern city of Tianjin, near Beijing.

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Last month, on March 21st and 22nd, the Panhellenic Youth Karate Championship (Πανελλήνιο Πρωτάθλημα Παιδων – Κορασίδων) took place in Lavrio, Greece. This prestigious event, organized by the Hellenic Karate Federation (Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Karate) and hosted by the Municipality of Lavreotiki (ΔΗΜΟΣ ΛΑΥΡΕΩΤΙΚΗΣ), saw over 1200 young athletes from across Greece compete for honors. Representing […]

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