LUANDA, ANGOLA — Three years after the end of its civil war, Angola is trying to lure foreign tourists to this nation where decades of fierce fighting littered the countryside with land mines, left much of it in ruins and depleted the exotic wildlife once abundant in lush national parks.Angolan officials are encouraged by the success of other African destinations and undeterred by enormous problems left behind by war and a failed courtship with Marxism.

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Here’s a unique setting for an alternative holiday at the seaside — no diving or energy-consuming water sports, but a week of massages, yoga and ayurvedic treatments combined with an all-vegetarian menu where alcohol consumption is frowned upon.

It may sound like torture if your idea of a vacation is to party all the time or experience thrilling adventures. But if you are looking for something more serene, a spot along the south coast of Kenya offers respite in the tropics of the Indian Ocean.

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