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england lake district (http://rodegglestone.co.uk/lakes/index.htm)   india Varanasi: Eden Halt guest house http://www.mandyam.com/Place.htm http://www.dzogchen.org.in/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewalsar http://www.pilgrimage-india.com/chardham/badrinath.html http://www.indiamike.com/india/himachal-pradesh-f29/bharmour-in-himanchal-pradesh-t17435/ http://www.swaminarayan.org/ http://www.swaminarayan.org/lordswaminarayan/divinepersonality/index.htm http://www.akshardham.com/whatisakdm/index.htm * (info and other large mandirs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshardham_(Delhi) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawapuri The Digambar Jain Temple, Delhi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasnath Arambol, Goa Triund Mt. Abu Barabar Caves, near Gaya Ajanta Caves Kumbakonam Vrindivan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarka http://neemkarolibaba.com/ashrams/kainchi.html THE MANIMAHESH hotel dalhousie (has views of Manimahesh Kailash) karzok gompa and lake in ladakh on the way to leh http://rodegglestone.co.uk/travelogue/karzokleh.htm http://www.indianmusicalinstruments.com/ http://www.rikhiram.com/home.php http://alanlittle.org/Gallery/India/NamaRupa/index.html Amritsar Sita Niwas just east of the Golden Temple can't remember the Street name, but locals will know it for sure, some of the rooms look out onto the gardens in the Golden Temple, it can get a little noisy in the mornings been this close to the Temple, but in my mind you can't beat this hotel for location Rajasthan http://www.brahmakumaris.com/index.html Tsungnath temple town Varanasi: Hotel Ganges View   Japan Ise Shinto Shrine, Amaterasu Goddess     Hawaii http://www.kahunavalley.org/index.html http://www.himalayanacademy.com/ssc/hawaii/ http://taropatch.net/ http://www.highergroundhawaii.com/ http://backpackers-hawaii.com/ (Haliewa hostel) oahu campgrounds http://www.andhawaii.com/hawaii/2002/021102.html big island hawaiin music festival (July) http://ehcc.org/music%20festival.htm http://www.bigisland.org/ moana terrace http://www.marriottwaikiki.com/dining_and_entertainment/   Big Island http://www.kahilutheatre.org/ HOLUALOA UKULELE GALLERY P.O. Box 416 Holualoa, Hawai'i 96725 808/324-1688 koaukulele37@yahoo.com   kauai Larry's Music Est. 1952 4-1310 Kuhio Hwy Kapa'a, HI 96746 808 822 4181 newrisingsun@hawaii.rr.com   california http://www.aaeamsterdamhotel.com/ * kirby cove campground music http://pacificwoodsstudio.com/limbic/cloudfire/index.html http://www.virb.com/Fernwood healdsburg guitar festival http://www.lmii.com/GuitarFestival/ sanfrancisco tiburon musical instruments http://www.om28.com/   sanfrancisco hostel/hotel http://www.sanfrancisco-budgethotel.com/index.html santa cruz http://www.grazianoukuleles.com/ http://www.ukebrand.com/ http://sylvanmusic.com/inventory.php?search=Ukuleles&instrument=ukulele   portland http://www.charguitars.com/ukelele.html   florida http://www.augustinoloprinzi.com/   southwest desert http://www.gardenofthegods.com/   Japan http://ttcafe.net/ http://www.sakura-hostel.co.jp/ Himeji Castle   travel general http://www.flightnetwork.com/     destinations Naramata (Nara - Vishnu, Narayana - Mata - Lakshmi) http://www.villagemotel.com/   Shiva sites (according to lonely planet) Wawel Castle in Krakow, Delhi, Delphi, Rome, Jerusalem, Mecca, Velehrad, Czech Republic (festival on 4th of July, then wine festival, check for music festivals, go to hills just outside of town). http://www.slovakcentre.co.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=103

Amsterdam http://www.campingzeeburg.nl/ http://www.ruigoord.nl/ http://www.eatdrinketc.com/amsterdam/ http://www.gaaspercamping.nl/eng/index.html http://www.liveinyourlivingroom.nl/ music studio/rehearsal   England Bristol http://www.pindropclub.co.uk/   Toronto mandir http://toronto.baps.org/index.php   british columbia http://www.britishcolumbia.com/hotsprings/?id=10     hotel residences http://www.hazelwoodhotel.net/   saltspring island http://www.busonline.ca/regions/ssi/ http://www.gangescampground.com/ http://saltspringfolkclub.ca/   Pender Island http://www.britishcolumbia.com/parks/?id=504 http://www.camping.bc.ca/Gulf_Islands_National_Park_Reserve_-_Prior_Centennial_Campground_1464MID.aspx     events http://www.burningman.com/   wine island wineries http://www.saltspringmarket.com/salt_spring_wine.htm     Europe Italy Amalfi coast Sorrento http://www.santafortunata.eu/en/campeggio-sorrento.asp http://www.bluegreenvillage.com/public/sito/EN/default.asp http://www.nubedargento.com/camping_sorrento.php http://www.amalficoastweb.com/beatasolitudo/hostel_camping.html http://www.agriturismoilcampanile.com/english/special-offers.html http://www.camping.it/english/campania/santafortunata/ http://www.baiadomizia.it/baiahtml/eng/amalfi-coast-campsites.html http://www.bookcapri.com/lowcost.htm Rome Cinque Terre Loreto Sienna > http://www.myspace.com/eliasnardi   Czech Velehrad Prague   Poland Krakow (Wawell Castle)   Switzerland Bern, Zermatt   Holland Amsterdam Every Saturday night, musicians from all over the world meet in the heart of Amsterdam at the Iranian Teahouse Mezrab to play in fascinating jam-sessions. The Mezrab is a place where the dream of a Dutch multicultural society seems to become reality. http://www.belhaibaoud.com/index.html Utrecht http://www.orientalinstruments.com/ Amsterdam Sabassi on oud forum * www.noorderlichtcafe.nl Café Bax Brouwerij 't IJ Amsterdam, Funenkade 7 www.cafe-belgique.nl http://www.blijburg.nl/ - beach http://www.wynand-fockink.nl/ http://www.westergasfabriek.nl/home/home.php   Germany Huge music store http://cemmusiccenter.de/  Inh. CESUR METE TATAR saz evi oud ud cemmusiccenter@hotmail.de Hotline: +49 (0) 174-355 04 02 CEM MUSIC CENTER   Hafenstrasse 49  D 68159 Mannheim    MUSIKPARK MANNHEIM² GERMANY     UK http://www.hangoutuk.co.uk/index.htm   malta http://www.maltacampsite.com/   Middle East Turkey: http://www.boranmuzik.net/ http://www.veyselmuzik.com/eng/index.php also check oud page http://www.istanbuloudfestival.com/homepage   Syria   Egypt   Tunisia http://www.myspace.com/khaledbenyahia Tunisia My TUNIS-OUD EXPERIENCE!!!!!!! Hello everybody! Just came back from Tunis and as I promised you I am going to report in few words my Oud experience. Well, I went to study with ACHREF CHARGUI, a young tunisian oud teacher who teachs also at the Tunis Conservatoire. He is absolutely great!!!!! First of all, he's a very nice, funny, intelligent, open minded, intresting, extremily kind and friendly guy. Then, he's a very, very good player, but the most important thing is that he's a very, very, very good TEACHER, that is not the same thing as you know for sure.. He made me understand Maqamat philosophy (well, a part of it!) in few hours, he taught me several incredibly useful exercises, he playd lots of taksims in front of me teaching me how to analyze them, or better to say, how to feel and understand them. He has a "spiritual" approach to Oud, but he's also concerned about tecnique\ I think he gets a good balance between tecnique, knowledge and freedom of expression. He's the kind of teacher you become friend with, very keen on helping you, sharing his knowledge with great pleasure, and he doesn't definitely look at the watch when is teaching\ He feels almost guilty when you pay him!! I am sure that if he was rich he would not even ask for money.. He gave me several music sheets and lots of music, and what it'is important to, we talked a lot, and he answered to all of my thousand questions with pleasure. Of course I am not as much expert as most of you, so maybe I'm not the right person for giving a techical judgement on his playng\ Maybe for me he's very very good musican, for some of you, he's just a good musician, I don't know. What I can definitely say is that he's very good in teaching, he's very knowledgable, he's a great man, and yes, I think that he's a very very good Oud player. I higly recomend at least one try! His name is ACHREF CHARGUI\ anyone can contact me for his number\ Anyway, you'll find him in FACEBOOK. Thank you guys, I am looking forward to study my lessons now, and remember, my room for guests in Palermo, is always ready for every Oud player of the planet!!! Daniele danieletarab   Azerbaijan Baku   Morrocco http://www.belhaibaoud.com/index.html   Armenia   Asia Nepal Kathmandu Patan   North India Golden Temple Hemkund Sahib Mt. Abu Rewalsar Jain mountain near Bodhgaya Bodhgaya Varanasi Sarnath (Chinese temple) Badrinath Gangotri Valley of Flowers Dharamsala Manimahesh Kailash Ladakh