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place-name etymology
Posted June 08, 2006 at 10:13 PM by brankin
Two kinds of colonial naming: erasure and appropriation. But when it's always the colonists doing the naming, is one really preferable to the other? The recently created Nunavut (Inuktitut for "our land") is perhaps the only exception in the hemisphere.
Colored regions show names from the same language family (as categorized by the [...]
Roraima
Posted December 26, 2007 at 06:51 PM by msbatista
On 20th of October we arrived at Caracas,Venezuela. We went straight to the bus terminal to go to Puerto Ordaz where we would find a van which would take us to Santa Elena de Uairen. At sunday night we check in our hostel and enjoyed our last dinner with regular food before we went trekking. The trekking had beatiful landscapes and good [...]
umayyad mosque
Posted May 26, 2006 at 09:44 PM by
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus is located in the heart of the old city. The most visually dramatic way to reach the mosque is to walk through the central path of the Hamidiyah Marketplace. (You'll understand why once you're there.) Ruins of the Roman Temple of Jupiter still stand erect around the mosque providing [...]
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Posted July 10, 2007 at 05:47 AM by hkman
Madame Tussaud's wax museum is the fairly predictable tourist trap in the Peak Tower, the mall at the terminus of the tram ride at the top of the hill. In addition to buying tickets at the museum, you can buy tickets at the foot of the hill when you guy your tram tickets. Buying the combination pack will allow you to cut the long line [...]
downtown beirut
Posted August 24, 2006 at 08:33 PM by
Martyr's Square in downtown Beirut on a Friday night. Beirut is the capital of Lebanon and one of the most religiously diverse cities of the Middle East. The city is brimming with restaurants, beach clubs, centers for performing arts, music venues, movie theatres, a casino, and a number of discos, pubs, and bars. From sipping coffee at an open [...]
