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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Gibraltar is a small country on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula at the eastern end of the strait of Gibraltar neighboring Spain between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean. It has been a British dependency since the British took Gibraltar in 1704 during the Spanish succession. And by 1713 it had ceded [...]
Dinosaur Spotting on the Island of Kauai
Saturday, August 16th, 2008Have you ever wondered where the movie Jurassic Park was filmed? Do you remember those mountains, tropical forests, open plains and sandy beaches? If it weren’t for a few disgruntled, man-eating dinosaurs, that island would be paradise on Earth, well, at least after Kiribati has gone.
I did a little searching on Google and paid a [...]
Lively Liverpool the city from Mersey
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Liverpool is a city and seaport in the English county of Merseyside next to the river Mersey in the north-west of England. It’s port trading started in the 17th century and unfortunately it became a very successful import centre of the slave traffic from Africa to the West Indies, and then very successful later in [...]
Beijing 2008 Summer Games in Google Earth
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Google has released a fantastic tour of the Beijing Olympics in Google Earth. You can explore it in 2D, but for the 3D buildings, you’ll need to download them from the official 2008 Summer Games by Google page. I found it quite tricky to get all the 3D stuff working, but if your computer can [...]
The Caucasus country of Georgia
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Georgia is a small country in the northwest Caucasus area of southwest Asia. The country is on borders of Europe and Asia, and faces the black sea, and is separated from Russia, by the Caucasus mountains. And with all the problems going on there this beautiful little country is suffering. About one third of the [...]
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Mark Ramsay, globetrotting from an armchair in England.
Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.