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August 21, 2008 8:23:35 AM CDT



Top Thrills for Your Holiday Buck

Posted Aug 25, 07 3:10 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Timid vacationers whose idea of a good time is a book and a beach chair need not peruse this list of adventures, compiled by Forbes.

  1. Dive with sharks in the Bahamas (cagediver.com)
  2. Fly a fighter jet in California (incredible-adventures.com)
  3. High-altitude skydiving in Memphis (halojumper.com )

  1. Train like a cosmonaut in Moscow (cosmonautadventures.com)
  2. Race-car driving in New Zealand (incredible-adventures.com)
  3. Extreme biking and ice-climbing in Bolivia (blacktomato.co.uk)
  4. Tectonic plate diving and snowmobile racing in Iceland (blacktomato.co.uk)
  5. Cave tubing in New Zealand (waitomo.com)

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