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Town

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Mining town in Sierra Madre Mountains at over 8000 feet altitude. Almost desereted until a few years ago it is coming back to life with many outsiders moving to the area.

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Real de Catorce
Nearest Larger Town: Matehuala
State: San Luis Potosi
By bus Real de Catorce is about 10 hours from Mexico City

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This colonial mining town once [...]

The absinthe burned my throat on the way down. Breathing in through my nose I contemplated how it was getting easier every time and when I felt it was safe I let out a high pitched roar. It was 11.30pm and there was me and Scooby and Corco and Masterson-Nolan and we were in our [...]

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Pop Cafeteria – A nice cool Place to eat

Category
Eating

Date
15 Sep 2000

Description
Pop Cafeteria is just two blocks off the main plaza in Merida. When its 105º F in Merida its wonderful to walk into this air conditioned restaurant.

Address
Pop Cafeteria
Calle 57 between calle 60 and 62
Merida, Mexico

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(99)28-61-63

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$2.50-$6

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Pop Cafeteria is named after “pop” the fist month in [...]

Stories from a Market
Pasar Mardika, like any market, is a microcosm of the society it serves. On the surface it is the thriving, if ugly, commercial heart of the city, but the market also exemplifies the roiling tensions and brewing conflict that threatens to tear Indonesia apart.
Within Mardika are sold those goods which it is [...]

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A dem fine piece of engineering, wot!

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Westminster, London

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A tube ticket!

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Each of the new stations [...]

An utterly spectacular mountain drive awaits you in Western Crete. From the city of Hania on the Northern coast, the roads go south through the Lefka Ori (White Mountains) to the soutern coast of the island. We hit Crete during a heat wave in the dead of summer, so we got a rare oppurtunity to [...]

There are places and situations in life that make you feel like you’re part of a large monochrome puzzle all made of the same material. A place where you can feel utter harmony, utter peace. Finding those places in the world is rare, but definitely possible. In Prague, the Czech Republics old, bohemian capital, I [...]

Certain cultures give off different feelings to the viewer, resonate different auras. Two places, that are only a few hundred metres apart geographically, can give off a totally different emotional response on an outsider.
After London, I took a train along the coast to Scotland. I instantly fell in love with the area and all [...]

Description
The Hospedaje Bed and Breakfast Madero 83 is a bargain with a bed in a clean dorm room and breakfast for only about $4.

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Calle Mader #83
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"This bloke had his backside over the edge of the dinghy” said Colin, our host, nursing his fifth beer of the evening, in a strange and desolate place called Shark Bay in Western Australia.
“His shorts were down by his ankles, but mate, ya know, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go. I told him, [...]