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Celebrate cigars

For cigar enthusiasts, the 13th annual Ybor City Heritage and Cigar Festival on Nov 19 will be a must-go carnival with all manner of cigar-related activities, talks and live entertainment. Highlights include an outdoor cigar exhibit with some of the world's finest cigars, on-site broadcast of the Cigar Dave show, wine and beer garden, local traditional foods and antique car display.

Known as the "Cigar Capital of the World", Ybor City boasts itself as a cigar hotspot thanks to three Spaniards who started producing cigars here, and a trend was born. For more details, see www. Cigarheritagefestival.com

Paris photo fair

Paris Photo, now widely regarded as one of the world's leading photo fairs, runs at the Grand Palais until Nov 13, with an African focus this year. The annual event includes a special display of portraits from the collection of the German Artur Walther, chronicling the work of three generations of African photographers. It's the center of a web of fringe events, including a major show of emerging-world photography at the Quai Branly Museum and exhibits in galleries across the city. For more details, please log on www.parisphoto.fr

Let's be pirates!

Pirates are on the horizon, cutlasses glinting under the Caribbean sun. Yes, Pirates Week has arrived in the Cayman Islands. Street celebrations, family-friendly heritage days, a pirate invasion, fireworks and parties make the annual Pirate Week a fun time to be in George Town. Through Nov 20, the festival has a fantastic steel pan competition, a pirate costume contest, underwater treasure hunt, glittering parade and sports events for everyone.

For details, please visit

www. piratesweekfestival.com

Whale watching

Imagine watching a humpback whale breach from on board the biggest whale-watching ship in Iceland. Life of Whales invites you to an exciting adventure at sea to search for humpback whales, minke whales, harbour porpoises, white-beaked dolphins and other whale species.

With dramatic outside and inside viewing areas and a safe, family-friendly environment on board, you can see these magnificent creatures with your own eyes. You can also see diverse local birds and enjoy sea fishing. For more information, visit www. hvalalif.is

China Daily - Agencies

(China Daily 11/13/2011 page16)