Posts Tagged with "strange"

More Strange and Beautiful Iceland Pictures

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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More Strange and Beautiful Iceland Pictures

Okay, okay, so people are really interested in pictures of Iceland! I’ve gotten great response from my articles Iceland for Twenty-Somethings and Iceland in Pictures. So, I give in, here are some more highlights of my road trip. Fortresses, craters and deserts: A forbidding pile of rocks that was once used as a viking fortress [...]

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8 Lesser Known Things to Do in London

Thursday, November 26, 2009

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Most vacations to London include visits to Big Ben, Trafalgar Square and the British Museum. If after you’ve seen all the major landmarks you are looking for a more nuanced look at London, here are some lesser known attractions worth checking out: The National Library- Tucked away next to St. Pancras station, the National Library [...]

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Friday Postcard: Madrid, Spain

Friday, November 20, 2009

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Temple of Debod, originally uploaded by StephYo. Did you know that there is an Egyptian Temple in the center of Madrid? The Temple of Debod was given as a gift to the people of Spain by the Egyptian Government in 1968 as a thank you for their involvement in saving archeological treasures from flooding. The [...]

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Inside the Rat Temple with Alex Budak

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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Peering around a dark, damp corner, in search of my source of good luck, I was startled as I felt a strange combination of fur and flesh touch my foot.  I looked down and saw a huge rat sidling up to me, and before you can say “Karni Mata” I was out of there. About [...]

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