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celticeagle @celticeagle (189957) • Boise, Idaho 1 Nov

I was listening to a person talk about their recent move to a South American country and how different life is there compared to life in America. Think about a place totally layed back. Very little crime. People aren't walking...

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INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE COULD BE FASCINATING

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3487) • Eldoret, Kenya 8 Jun 24

I have always wanted to marry a person from South America or Papua New Guinea. This was after I interacted with some in an old site called elemele.com. That was around 2008. Their respect, their rich culture and beauty attracted...

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Unprecedented global heat is a fact

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382440) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Jun 24

I read today that May was the hottest month on record, marking 12 months of unprecedented global heat. Parts of South and Central America, and south-east Asia spent nearly half the year under unusually hot conditions. For...

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In Perradeniya Botanical gardens trees from 5 continents are kept.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23263) 26 Feb 23

Perradeniya Botanical gardens in Kandy Sri Lanka is a lovely place. There are trees and flowering plants from continents South America, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania. It is a great experience to view the flowering plants, the...

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Travel Places

John Murphree @JWMILLER (3275) • Westmoreland, Tennessee 22 Apr 21

Many times when I am settling down to sleep, I often think of places that I have visited and things that they meant to me. Our last trip was to South America which I found very interesting in its differences from North America....

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Health benefits of Luisa Or so called Lemon verbena!!!

sima sima @jassmine (1460) • Morocco 8 Sep 20

Luisa with a slice of lemon, this is what I am ordering instead of cafe whenever I am out with friends or by myself. I love this drink since I was too young. We here in Morocco use it for babies for helping them have better sleep,...

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Humboldt Penguins

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169568) • United States 21 Jul 20

This is the penguin breed that the Sedgewick County Zoo has in their Penguin Cove. It is a mid sized penguin, and it lives in South America, so it can handle living in Kansas. The exhibit has rocks for them to climb on, and a...

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South America

John Murphree @JWMILLER (3275) • Westmoreland, Tennessee 3 May 20

Last year we took a cruise from Bueones Aires, Argentina below Cape Horn to Santiago, Chile. As we traveled from stop to stop, we began to get a feeling of the places that we visited. This feeling was that South America was...

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Hippos becoming a problem in Colombia, South America

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382440) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Feb 20

Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel were drug traffickers who amassed a fortune in Colombia, South America through their activities which included extortion and mass killings. When Escobar was killed in 1993, his private zoo...

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A case of mistaken identity - the capybara and the coypu

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382440) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jun 19

I muddled my facts with my last discussion and accidentally posted a photo of a coypu saying it was a capybara. My apologies - and thanks to Owl About myLot(@owlwings) for pointing out the error. I thought I should give a few...

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A capybara in France - correction, it is a coypu

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382440) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Jun 19

When we dropped our house-boat off in Dompierre-sur-Besbre, we saw this odd animal among the more common ducks, drakes and swans. The thing that looks like a huge rat is not a capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) as I thought but...

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Reruns on TV while I wait for the morning jobs.

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 20 Jun 19

I woke up today and looking at the paint job in the morning light I see I will have to give it another hand. So I will tell Marco as soon as he arrives. As for now, I´m mylotting in bed, waiting for the outside world to call...

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The Orchid Garden in Kalimpong educates botany students.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23263) 30 Oct 17

There is a marvellous orchid garden in Kalimpong, in the hills of Himalayas. Different types of colourful orchids are kept inside the garden. There are orchids from South America, there are ones from West Africa and other...

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Softly, softly, saki monkey

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382440) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb 17

Do you like going to the zoo? When we visited Singapore a few years ago, we went to their very modern zoo. One of the intriguing creatures we saw was this white-faced saki monkey (Pithecia pithecia). These are found in the...

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Movie Review Up

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Oct 16

2009 – Disney-Pixar – Spoiler alerts There are two children’s animated movies among the One In Four Mental Health studies film festival I have been attending this week. The first was this delightful original Disney movie, one...

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South America – a hidden jewel

Anthony Dezenzio @thauser (35) • United States 6 Nov 15

One of the best-kept secrets among travelers has now been revealed. A decade ago, South America was only known to few travelers of its natural resources and beauty. Today, South America has become one of the most popular tourist...

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Ways to fund-raise to send a kid on an educational trip?

OpinionatedLady @OpinionatedLady (5965) • United States 17 Apr 13

SO first hing first proud Mama moment. My oldest has been invited on a special educational trip through school. She had to have perfect attendance, high honor roll and be nominated by two teachers to be eligible for this trip to...

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Did you go to visit Suriname in South America?

dania67 @dania67 (6) • Canada 2 Apr 13

I plan to go to visit Suriname and i dunno about the food and if people are racist there? I ask just because I am Canadian but my friend is Dutch and Suriname is an old colony of Netherlands, we don't want racist problems when...

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Do you know about Foundation MALPELO in South America?

dania67 @dania67 (6) • Canada 2 Apr 13

Foundation Malpelo is in Island Malpelo in Columbia to protect species in danger! They work specially with sharks. If you want or have time surf their website: www.foundationmalpelo.com. Good Reading!!

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Traveling with more than one child

maximax8 @maximax8 (31042) • United Kingdom 8 Sep 12

When my disabled son reached 24 months old the infant airfares were not possible anymore and then he had to have child airfares. He was 25 months old when my daughter was born. I was very poorly after her birth in 2009 and so I...

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