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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 31, 2024 22:12:51 GMT
Kurnool -- city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India famous for diamond hunting as diamonds can be found in the barren land of Kurnool after the top layers of soil are washed away by the monsoon rains. I find this completely remarkable!
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Post by whatagain on Sept 1, 2024 7:22:31 GMT
Furnes picturesque town in Flanders. Called Veurne by its inhabitants.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 1, 2024 7:34:00 GMT
Burnley - Lancashire town. People from Burnley have a very distinct accent.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 2, 2024 3:49:20 GMT
Burnaby - northern suburb of Vancouver
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Post by whatagain on Sept 2, 2024 5:58:45 GMT
Burgundy. Name given to la Bourgogne, another beautiful French area. Good wine there.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 2, 2024 6:06:33 GMT
Fundy - bay between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with the highest tides in the world -- 16 metres, while the world average in just 1 metre.
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Post by whatagain on Sept 2, 2024 7:05:03 GMT
Munda. Region in the south of Spain where Cesar defeated his opponent Pompée the young.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 2, 2024 8:02:50 GMT
Sunday Island - island off the coast of Victoria Oz.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 2, 2024 10:00:41 GMT
Sundarbans - mangrove in the Bay of Bengal
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 2, 2024 16:27:23 GMT
Durban - South African city
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 3, 2024 5:45:36 GMT
Durango (Colorado) - has sister cities in Mexico and Spain. Yes, a bunch of westerns were filmed here.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 3, 2024 10:25:27 GMT
Hanging Gardens of Babylon - one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 3, 2024 15:16:26 GMT
Longchamp - racetrack in western Paris
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 3, 2024 15:26:40 GMT
Long Kesh - notorious N Ireland prison closed in 2000.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 4, 2024 14:42:31 GMT
Teshima - small island of the inland sea of Japan
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 4, 2024 18:39:30 GMT
Lima - capital of Peru
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 5, 2024 8:47:38 GMT
Limassol - second largest city of Cyprus
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 5, 2024 9:20:46 GMT
Masai Mara - huge Kenyan game reserve
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 5, 2024 15:27:28 GMT
Saipan - capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a colony of the United States
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 5, 2024 16:45:08 GMT
Pangea - the original super continent formed at the time dinosaurs arrived.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 6, 2024 3:44:28 GMT
Hangzhou - Chinese city of 12 million people
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 6, 2024 5:30:57 GMT
Zhoushan-- principal island of the Zhoushan Islands, an archipelago of more than 400 islands off the northern coast of Zhejiang province, eastern China
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 6, 2024 9:43:16 GMT
Shanghai - China’s biggest city.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 6, 2024 18:04:26 GMT
Shangri-La - fictional perfect valley in Tibet in the novel Lost Horizon
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Post by whatagain on Sept 7, 2024 7:44:01 GMT
Also a CV (aircraft varrier) of the Us navy commissioned just after WW2.
Cap gris nez. Close to cap blanc nez.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 7, 2024 8:56:49 GMT
Capri - Italian island on the Bay of Naples
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 7, 2024 11:08:21 GMT
São Tomé e Príncipe - island republic off the coast of West Africa
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Post by whatagain on Sept 7, 2024 13:50:04 GMT
Pomerol. Town in Gironde. Home to Chateau Petrus. You can get a bottle for about 4000 euros.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 7, 2024 17:21:33 GMT
Rome - capital of Italy
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 7, 2024 17:46:00 GMT
Brompton - area in London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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