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New Zealand
2007-09-07 05:58:00
When you think about New Zealand , what picture conjures up in your mind? Indeed would I be wrong to suggest a picturesque and totally poster perfect or shall I say wallpaper kind of image appears? New Zealand, a total land area of about 267 990 sq km, is separated to two major islands. Their main population ...
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Antarctica
2007-09-06 17:03:00
After the hot beauty at the desert and nomads, let us now travel to the cool part of our earth. Let’s get downright cold at the magnificent Antarctica . Antarctica is situated at the southernmost and coldest continent of the South Pole, the point at the southern end of the Earth?s axis. Since the ...
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Antartica
2007-09-05 17:44:00
After the hot beauty at the desert and nomads, let us now travel to the cool part of our earth. Let’s get downright cold at the magnificent Antartica. Antartica is situated at the southernmost, coldest, windiest, highest, most remote, and most recently discovered continent, it surrounds the South Pole, the point at the southern ...
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Bedouin Nomads
2007-09-05 06:56:00
The Bedouins are Arabs who live in the deserts of Arabia, the Negev, and the Sinai. They lived a nomadic pastoral lifestyle. They are constantly on the move from oasis to oasis and better pasture ground to tend to their livestocks, such as sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and camels. In ...
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Rio de janeiro :
2007-09-03 22:18:00
   The marvelous city, the former capital of Brazil and the city of carnival Rio de Janeiro (lat 22.54S,long 43.14W) is one of the most visited tourist spots in the world. The land of samba is the main port of Brazil, is situated at the southeast region of Brazil. It has a pure tropical climate.Rio is one ...
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Cairo, the land of Pharaohs
2007-09-03 14:27:00
Cairo is one of the most ancient civilized city in the world. With a lot of mysteries from the ancient Egypt, it is still the first choice of any tourist with historical interest. Cairo is the capital of Egypt, and is situated in the Nile delta in the north of the Egypt and has a ...
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New York
2007-09-02 21:23:00
  The city of high rises, the heart of America is the New York city(lat 40.71,long -74) is situated on the southeastern tip of the state of New York. It is the leading economical driver of the world and is one of the most visited tourist spot in the world. It has five boroughs viz. The ...
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Cairo, the land of Pharaohs?
2007-09-02 20:38:00
Cairo is one of the most ancient civilized city in the world. With a lot of mysteries from the ancient Egypt, it is still the first choice of any tourist with historical interest. Cairo is the capital of Egypt, and is situated in the Nile delta in the north of the Egypt and has a ...
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KOLKATA
2007-09-01 21:51:00
Kolkata( lat 22.5N,long 88.36E) is the heart of the eastern India, the city of joy is situated on the eastern bank of river Hooghly, in West Bengal, India. It was founded in 1690 with the arrival of East India Company in India. It is on the Indo-Gangetic planes and the soil type is alluvial. It ...
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Symbiosis - The Clownfish and Anemones
2007-09-01 15:40:00
As the term symbiosis suggest, which means a varying degree of close relationship between organisms of different species, there is definitely a close relationship between the clownfish and the anemones. The tentacles of the anemone are covered with stinging cells. When predators are attracted to enter in pursuit of the fluttering clownfish, ...
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Serengeti National Park
2007-09-01 11:57:00
Do you like the scenes from the animated Disney film The Lion King? Did you know that the area is inspired by the Serengeti National Park which is located in Tanzania? It is most famous for its annual migration of over one million white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 200,000 zebra. The name Serengeti which ...
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Coconut Crab
2007-08-31 12:03:00
Ever heard of crabs that have an unusual taste for coconuts? Yes, it is named after its favourite food- Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). It is a derived hermit crab which is known for its ability to crack coconuts with its strong pincers in order to eat the contents. Sometimes it is called the robber crab ...
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The Haida - A Unique People of the Misty Isles
2007-08-30 09:19:00
Vancouver, Canada (map), 1991 Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt SOME two hundred years ago, European explorers and traders were both delighted and surprised at their first encounters with the Haida people, the unique inhabitants of a newly discovered group of islands off the western coast of Canada. These initial contacts were both dignified and friendly. Sleek, hand-hewed cedar ...
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Bangalore :
2007-08-30 07:23:00
The queen of the south India, the ?Garden city of India?, Bangalore ( lat 13, long 77.5) is one of the most prosperous cities in the Asia. It was found in 9th century though the modern Bangalore is found in 1537 at the time of Vijaynagar empire in Karnataka. The population of Bangalore is 6.5 million and ...
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Onsens - The Hot Springs of Japan
2007-08-29 10:29:00
WHAT comes to your mind when you think of Japan ? Majestic Mount Fuji? The speeding bullet train? The megalopolis Tokyo? There is more to the land of the rising sun than those famous tourist attractions. Whether for medicinal purposes or for relaxation, millions annually visit onsens?the hot springs of Japan. During one recent year, an ...
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Solid as the Rock of Gibraltar
2007-08-28 04:55:00
Rising steeply from the warm, blue Mediterranean waters to a height of 1,396 feet [426 m], the Rock of Gibraltar certainly looks solid. On a clear day, from miles around in southern Spain and from Morocco, across the Mediterranean, one can easily see the sharp pinnacle of Gibraltar. Gibraltar?s history goes back to those misty periods ...
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Embalming
2007-08-27 10:56:00
Photo source: nationalgeographic.com Embalming can be described as the preserving of human remains, to forestall decomposition. Historians tend to agree that embalming began in Egypt but was also practiced by the ancient Assyrians, Persians, and Scythians. Perhaps early interest in and experimentation with embalming was sparked by the discovery of bodies that ...
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Awana Kijal, Terengganu
2007-08-25 13:57:00
This is the Awana Kijal Resort in Terengganu, Malaysia. The resort is accessible by air and by road. The journey is about 3 hours via East Coast Expressway. There are many wholesome indoor and outdoor activities for the family such as this giant chessboard. It is life sized and you need to move the pieces ...
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Photo Moment
2007-08-25 09:25:00
   Two Mountain Bikers in Alaska, 1993 Photo graph by George F. Mobley Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Wrangell-St. Elias National Park: Alaska’s Sky-High Wilderness,” May 1994, National Geographic magazine Source: nationalgeographic.com Get Wallpaper Share This
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Assuming a New Nature
2007-08-25 00:01:00
Consider that this is the first post, we would like to thank you for a visit to our portal. Our aim is to show the world that there is a new world behind Mother Earth. Get the better world. Please help people to make the world a better place. One heaven like those in our ...
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