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The Maldives Tourist Info by Muaz Adnan
Scattered across the equator across the Indian Ocean, the pearl like islands of the Maldives depicts the rare vision of a tropical paradise. Palm fringed islands with sparkling white beaches. Turquoise lagoons, clear warm waters and corals reefs teeming with abundant varieties of marine fauna and flora, continue to fascinate visitors as it has fascinated…
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Satellite Pics
Google, the search engine can help you access satellite photos of North America’s most significant landmarks and locations, including the Grand Canyon, Alcatraz and Mount Rushmore. You need to enter in a zip code and a photo from space of that location – if available – is then shown. At the moment Google only offers…
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Cockroach Trivia
The Beetle has bad memories about sharing a room with what seemed like a thousand cockroaches in Gilgit in Pakistan a few years ago and was afraid that they would fly on to her bed. (Before you ask, no, Beetles are not friends with cockroaches, they are sworn enemies, but we try and live and…
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Interesting Facts
Interesting Facts Aussies picked up the most medals each at the Sydney Olympics, which brings them into the all time top 11. Finns are perhaps the world's greatest athletes, ranked first at summer Olympics and third in winter games. Almost half of Ecuador is protected. Kenyan women work 35% longer than their men folk. Ethiopians…
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Macchu Picchu
Unesco has warned Peru that the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu might lose its world heritage status if they do not act to protect it. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people visit Machu Picchu. Experts say unrestricted tourism and landslides have damaged the 15th Century citadel and the nearby Inca trail that leads to…
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Ignominy for Beetles
Whilst we are talking about insects: spotted by webmaster Paul, US Entomologists Quentin Wheeler and Kelly B. Miller recently had the task of naming 65 newly discovered species of slime-mold beetles and named three species after the US president George W Bush, vice president Dick Cheney and defence secretary Donald H Rumsfeld. The newly found…
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Traveller's Diseases: Bird Flu
What is it: there are believed to be at least 15 different types of avian flu that routinely infect birds around the world. The current outbreak is caused by a strain known as H5N1, which is highly contagious among birds and rapidly fatal. Unfortunately, unlike many other strains of avian flu, it can be transmitted…
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Mutual Aid
Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a place or country – want to share something with us – why not visit our Mutual Aid section of the Website: Mutual Aid Monique is looking for people to share a jeep from beginning September to middle September for a trip down the Rift Valley…
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UK Tax Free Goods
For UK travellers returning to the UK after a shopping spree could be in for good news. In the recent Budget speech, the Chancellor Gordon Brown announced the amount travellers can bring into the UK tax-free is likely to rise from £145 to £1,000.
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10 Interesting Facts
10 Interesting Facts The United States has the most money, power, airports, cell phones, radios and ISP's. The United States consumes more energy than India, the Middle East, South America, Africa, South East Asia and Oceania combined – which means more than 3.1 billion people. The top 5 energy consumers are all cold countries. The…
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10 Interesting Facts
10 Interesting Facts The United States has the most money, power, airports, cell phones, radios and ISP's. The United States consumes more energy than India, the Middle East, South America, Africa, South East Asia and Oceania combined – which means more than 3.1 billion people. The top 5 energy consumers are all cold countries. The…