BOTSWANA | Tuesday, 3 Jul 2007 | Views [459] | Comments [1]
Creator of the Botswana renowned "pero-perm" Mma Rotswe waits excitedly once more for a customer. Mma has taken the BBH (Botswana's Best Hair Stylist) award in consecutive years with her unbeatable: Peroxide-Perm, which involves unloading ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Monday, 25 Jun 2007 | Views [205]
Shopping in Madrid is often frustrating for tourists and locals as stores open and close with confusing irregularity. The local council introduced an incentive of compulsory double expresso shots after breakfast, however many employees became tired ... Read more >
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FRANCE | Monday, 18 Jun 2007 | Views [288] | Comments [2]
It has been said that the French revolution was enough to make anyone cranky, especially with the onslaught of such political and social upheaval. So following years of violent turmoil and executions as a form of repression its understandable why the ... Read more >
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FRANCE | Tuesday, 12 Jun 2007 | Views [217]
A question as simple as this really does not require an answer. However there is a definative answer. NO it is not. The verdict is overwhelming, however no opinion has been quite so eloquently put as the world renouned Chef: Anton Bruleè, who once ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
FRANCE | Monday, 11 Jun 2007 | Views [325] | Comments [6]
It has always been a point of conjecture whether the Mona Lisa Portraite is in fact the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The proof of such a connection is whimsical at best, and it has been strongly debated that the portraite is of Leonardos much adored ... Read more >
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SWEDEN | Thursday, 7 Jun 2007 | Views [575] | Comments [1]
Three popular theories can be argued. The first, but least interesting is that its just genetics and its simply bound to happen when everone is blonde. The second and more complex theory begins when two magnetic fields on the suns surface collide which ... Read more >
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ITALY | Thursday, 31 May 2007 | Views [266]
It is said that by standing in the afternoon sunlight shed from the dome aloft of St Peters Cathederal, ones sins can be forgiven. However don't bask in it for two long as the complex concave curvature of the stainglass window intensifies the sun passing ... Read more >
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JORDAN | Monday, 28 May 2007 | Views [319]
The simplest way to avoid being mistaken for an American citizen is simply not to declare war on their country. And the easiest way to convince them you are Australian is simply to avoid acting like an American - but just a side note, it may involve ... Read more >
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JORDAN | Sunday, 20 May 2007 | Views [290]
One. Unless the spare is flat and another tyre needs to be transported from camp. The Beduin pride themselves on living in the desert without food and water. In fact there is a proud tradition of the Beduin brothers outlasting one another for days ... Read more >
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JORDAN | Thursday, 17 May 2007 | Views [378]
Walking into Petra is like a child walking into a candy store. And if you turn right at the entrance gate, you actually will be in a candy store. By continuing forward the local beduin will offer a a horse ride to the siq opening, and for a few extra ... Read more >
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