Happy Independance Day to India… 51 Years of Independance since 1947. I love these kind of videos of India… it really shows how diverse this country is - bustling with vibrancy!

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Countries of South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
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I have been wanting to find such a list for a long time. A lot of Christian names are very similar with Muslim/Arab names and they are still used in the world till today! I found a really great list of examples…

Aaron / Harun
Abel / Habil
Abraham / Ibrahim
Adam (pronounced eh-duhm) / Adam (pronounced ah-dumb)
Adel / [...]

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3 months… 5 countries… 28 cities. Presenting some 500+ pics from my Europe tour…

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I had a fabulous 3 months traveling in Europe and it would not have been complete with the amazing places i had stayed in…

Valenciennes (Hotel ***) - Le Grande Hotel de Valenciennes
Paris (Hostel) - AIJ Paris
Paris (Hostel) - Paris Jules Ferry
Paris (Hotel **) - Hotel Picard
Tours (Hostel) - AJ de ‘Vieux Tours’
Amsterdam (Hostel) - Shelter [...]

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Countries in Africa:
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire), Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, [...]

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the 2008 listing for world cities in the higest Quality of Living is released… Europe cities dominate!

Zurich
Vienna
Geneva
Vancouver
Auckland
Dusseldorf
Munich
Frankfurt
Bern
Sydney
Copenhagen
Wellington
Amsterdam
Brussels
Toronto
Berlin
Melbourne
Luxembourg
Ottawa
Stockholm

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Bourbon Family has an important monarchy and ruling history in Europe. According to the wiki:
The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty.  By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples & Sicily, and Parma. Spain and Luxembourg currently have Bourbon [...]

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The most popular islands of Greece are: Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Corfu, Lefkada, Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Alonissos, Skiathos, Crete, Rhodes and many others. Great place to explore + travel…

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Some tips on overcoming/dealing with jet lag

road and travel
33 tips for jet lag
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Antwerp, the second largest city in Belgium and the second largest port in Europe after Rotterdam… the name of Antwerp comes from Dutch meaning hand ( English: hand) -werpen (English: to throw).
And the legend goes like this:
According to a legend, a terrible giant, called Druoon Antigoon, lived on the banks of the river Scheldt in [...]

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Fleur de Lis has been both a decorative and a royal symbol for the Bourbon family and many European Monarch.

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 Chamonix, France….

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Some links about Luxembourg…
General

wiki

Things to  See

visit luxembourg

Luxemberg City

Getting Around

transport wiki

map of luxembourg city

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Lyon, south east France…
the View from my hostel was amazing… on-looking the east, you can see the entire Lyon city, the sun rise and the Alpes in the distance!

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Marseille, in south France…. right beside the Mediteranean Sea.

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Ghent or Gent or Gand… Belgium. These are the places i saw while walking through this charming Belgian town…

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some general links…

wiki
tourism site
wikitravel on Marseille
lonely planet guide
things to do in marseille

Things to see..

le Vieux Port (old harbour)
Notre Dame de la Garde
Musée des Docks romains
Musée d’Archéologie méditerranéenne
le Cours Julien and la plaine
la Corniche
Boulevard Longchamp and Palais Longchamp
la Place Castellane
Parc Borély (Borely park)
La cite radieuse
Stade Velodrome
Noailles

Getting around in Marseille

Main rail station - St. Charles
tourist centre in [...]

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some links about the 3rd largest city in France…
Some general news about lyon

wiki
city’s website
wikitravel
10 things to do in Lyon
travel to lyon
lyon from lonely planet

Places to see in Lyon

Mt. Fourviere
The Old City
The Gallo-Roman Amphitheater
Musee des Beaux Arts (Fine Arts Museum)
St John’s Cathedral
Parc de la Tete d’Or

Getting around in Lyon

lyon metro map
a wiki of lyon metro
a pdf format map for [...]

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Megacity is defined as an urban area with population of more than 10 million people… and here are the top few city names…

Tokyo, (36,197,000)
New York City , (29,700,000)
Mexico City (19,100,000)
Karachi, Pakistan (18,600,000)
Mumbai (18,100,000)
Delhi, India (18,050,000)
São Paulo, Brazil (17,900,000)
Shanghai, China (17,600,000)
Los Angeles, USA (17,500,000)
Istanbul (17.8)
Beijing (17,2)
Kolkata (17.1)
Dhaka (16.2)
Cairo (15.6)
Lagos (15.6)
Buenos Aires (13,6)
Manila (13.5)
Lima (12.9)
London (12.5)
Paris (12.0)
Rio [...]

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