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Jack Yan

Not really a go-anywhere hatch

I’ve waited for ages to get the Vox compose screen: anyone else with this issue? Here was what I wanted to post an hour ago: Which goes to show that there’s nothing particularly 21st-century about cars such as the old Rover Streetwise (now MG 3 SW), Volkswagen CrossFox, and other jacked-up...

jontyjago

3 out of 5 ain't bad

The Guardian has published its Readers Travel Awards 2009 - of the 5 winners in the Best Overseas Travel Destination: 1. Iguazu Falls 2. Macchu Pichu 3. Ankgor Temples 4. Grand Canyon 5. Great Barrier Reef I've been to 3 of 'em in the last year. My Top 5 is, in approximate order: 1. Macchu Picchu,...

Catalina

Congratulations Rio!

CONGRATULATIONS RIO! If anyone can put together a totally awesome Opening Ceremony, it will be the Brazilians! SAMBA!

andiedg

águas de março

sempre foi o meu mês preferido por causa do sol ao fim da tarde! e as chuvas matinais! mas no brasil, fecham o verão.

Kyoto Observer

Planeta Júpiter e seus 4 Satélites Galileanos (23/07/2008 - Brasil) - Jupiter and Galilean moons

Four-hundred years ago, Galileo would have seen an image like this through his telescope. You probably think so what. But it was heresy then to say four points of light orbited Jupiter (an observable fact); ie, not Earth. Nothing has changed since then. Controlled demolitions powderized the Twin...

Know Better

What I learned about Brasil on the flight over...

While reading 'Lonely Planet's' Rio Guide, I learned that while Brazil outlawed slavery in 1830, the shipment of Africans (from Angola, Congo and surrounding areas) and the system of slavery was entrenched until 1888. According to the Guide "The British (out of economic self-interest) finally...

W♥M

Putumayo Presents: Brazilian Café

Putumayo Kids Presents The Picnic Playground Tour 08/01/09 JOHNNY BREGAR Seattle, WA • Woodland Park Zoo 08/02/09 JOHNNY BREGAR Portland, OR • Oregon Zoo 08/01/09 JAY MANKITA Amherst, MA • Eric Carle Museum 08/02/09 JAY MANKITA Boston, MA • Boston Children’s Museum 08/08/09 JAY MANKITA...