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Steve Rodoquino on Chinese Poetic Gardens by Steve Rodoquino, Blog by Steve Rodoquino
A Travel Blog by srodoquino
... wet monsoons, which lead to a pronounced temperature differences between winter and summer. In the winter, northern winds coming from high-latitude areas are cold and dry; in summer, southern winds from coastal areas at lower latitudes are warm and moist. ...
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8 degrees S Latitude - 30+ degrees C and 90% Humid
A Travel Blog entry by phfive from Sanur, Bali, Indonesia
... airplanes landing about 1/2 hr apart, all trying to get through before Nyepi - the Balinese New Year, a day of silence (beginning March 16 0600h to 0600h next morning). It was all a bit confusing - first queuing for visa purchase ($US 25 pp ...
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Burma
A Travel Blog entry by ericgardner from Rangoon, Myanmar
Thursday, October 12, 2006 13:11 Local Time Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar) Latitude: 16° 39.8' N Longitude: 96° 15.0' E Greetings, I hope this post finds you well. I am writing this as we leave Burma, a country that is more conflicted than ...
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Quick Position Update
A Travel Blog entry by windwalkergv from Roatan Honduras, Bay Islands, Honduras
Hi to everyone. Windwalker Latitude:16.35446 Longitude:-86.44476 GPS location Date/Time:12/28/2011 19:07:41 EST Message:This is where we are now. Click the link below to see where I am located. ...
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Hong Kong/China
A Travel Blog entry by ericgardner from Hong Kong, China
Monday, September 25, 2006 21:10 Local Time Latitude: 16° 1.4' N Longitude: 113° 37.5' E Hello again, Sorry for being late on this update, the internet has been down and I've been in port in Vietnam. I'll post my 'Nam blog when I can, but for ...
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This is as far south as we are going to go.
A Travel Blog entry by coryandlaura from Neumayer Channel, Antarctica
... arrived off the Neumayer Channel at around 11 am. We reached our furthest most souhern point of the cruise at latitude 64 degrees 59.4 degrees south. We were 3898 nautical miles south of the Equator!!! I had wanted to experience sitting in the ...
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Hey whos the guy in the tuxedo?
A Travel Blog entry by coryandlaura from Elephant Island, Antarctica
At 4:30 am while we slept, we passed latitude 60 south making it official. We are in Antarctica! The waves started to really pick up last night. The boat was really rocking. I can't imagine how it would be on a smaller boat. The wind was blowing ...
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A NEW SETTING (LUDONG UNIVERSITY IN YANTAI)
A Travel Blog entry by modernoddyseus from Yantai, Shandong, China
... given me energy to combat Yantai's weather. Yantai is about two-thirds of the way up China's east coast, at an even latitude with South Korea. Snow fell just before I arrived on March 3rd, and the hills are still white beneath naked, deciduous ...
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We're in love with South Georgia and King Penguins
A Travel Blog entry by diannemurray from Falkland Islands, East Falkland, Falkland Islands
... nbsp; Salisbury Plain-near Prion Island-Hercules Bay-Fortuna Bay (South Georgia) 8am readings – latitude 54 deg03’.3”, longitude 37deg 19’2”W, location Salisbury Plain, miles sailed 1296nm, ship speed- ...
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The New House - Casa Beba
A Travel Blog entry by travellerdalton from Platanillo, San José, Costa Rica
... I had a lot of fun watching our progress. Teleport to: our house in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Latitude:48.44955789421332 Longitude:-123.33556652069092. April 16 we arrive in BC. Situated at the end of Wordsworth street it is a perfect place to ...
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boipeba
A Travel Blog entry by tysonv from Boipeba, Brazil
... here, Andy? The equation is X = 6Y, where X = time traveled in hours, 6 is the constant of 6 hours per degree of latitude crossed, and Y = the number of degrees latitude traveled. Ya dig? I left São Paulo - located on the Tropic of Capricorn at 22.5 ...
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By the Numbers: 200 Days Down
A Travel Blog entry by adarandjeremy from Chiang Mai, Thailand
... , 53 min per day) + many more hours researching travel options, buying tickets, and waiting for the bus/boat/train Greatest latitude reached North: 51 degrees, 40 minutes Greatest latitude reached South: 53 degrees, 9 minutes # of times we've crossed the ...
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Exploring the Falkland Islands
A Travel Blog entry by diannemurray from Stanley, East Falkland, Falkland Islands
... nbsp; West Point Island, Falklands – Carcass Island, Falklands 8am readings – latitude 51deg 20’8” S, longitude 60 deg 40’4”W, location West Point Island, Falklands. Total miles ...
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Adventures in Medical Care
A Travel Blog entry by stevecori from Salta, Argentina
... exactly come to a logical or well defined conclusion, but we did settle on at least one important contributing factor: latitude. Diversity, it seems, is important to not only presidential cabinets, but also geographic splendor. We figured that outside ...
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The Final Count
A Travel Blog entry by adarandjeremy from Huntington Beach, California, United States
... Bed: 173 Tent: 37 Teahouse: 16 Bus: 9 Train: 6 Plane: 6 In our car: 5 Couch: 2 Boat: 1 Shipping Container: 1 Greatest latitude reached North: 51 degrees, 40 minutes Greatest latitude reached South: 53 degrees, 9 minutes # of times we crossed the equator: ...
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Denham (Shark Bay) & Monkey Mia
A Travel Blog entry by chris-and-megan from Denham, Western Australia, Australia
... is significant enough to signpost both on the main coastal highway and on the road into Denham. In central Australia, the latitude of 26S marks the boundary between South Australia and the Northern Territory, so those folk might have reason to make ...
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Tortola to Sint Maarten
A Travel Blog entry by sv.equinox from Simpson Bay, Saint Martin
... first waypoint of Latitude 18°23’N / Longitude 64°15’W. From there we were to head for St. Maarten - Latitude 18°03’N / Longitude 63°11’W. We had a quick breakfast on board and finally cast off from “A” ...
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Lets go! Down to the ice.
A Travel Blog entry by bruceontour from Drake Passage, International
... Magallenic Straits, however the next day he was caught in a big storm that pushed his ship, The Golden Hind, below 57 degrees latitude south. It was here that he found the meeting of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the turbulent area that is now known ...
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Sri Lanka - Kandy and the Hill Country
A Travel Blog entry by diannemurray from Ella, Sri Lanka
... housing, estate buildings, and the remarkable number of tall, straight gum trees growing on the hills. Climate-wise at this altitude and latitude, it must be pretty close to the NSW north coast where these trees grow like weeds. Once we get ...
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