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... 8 am with the letting off of a firecracker to announce the release of the bulls from their corral and concludes at Pamplona's Plaza de Toros (bullfighting ring) where the bulls will then be used for bull fights. Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also ...
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... only shops, selling goods that are not available, even at a price, to the local population. We enter a large square, the 'Plaza de la Catedral', where a magnificent, old, stone church dominates one end. Slowly circling to return to the hotel we are met ...
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... . The number 3 features heavily in Mayan architecture and astrology as they greatly worshipped the constellation Tortuga (now Orion's belt), which explains the three temples at top and the three levels in most pyramids. It is interesting how ...
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... cafes, tree-lined avenues, fountains, music...it was so quiet and perfect for a getaway weekend. We kept walking past the Plaza Independencia where we encountered a giant neon representation of the Argentinean seal (a bit tacky if I do say so myself) ...
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... pleasant way to meet some other travellers. On Thursday 3 of us, me and Krisztina (yes, that is spelled correctly) and Orion, did a bike ride. It is something the hostel organises for you. We got a ride in a small truck with the bikes up ...
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... back in the dark. The guards were a bit confused, as we were the only ones out and about. But the stars were gorgeous; Orion, so clear; Betelguese. Venus. And perhaps Jupiter. Lovely. So happy. So relaxed. 26 March Strange rhythms of the night. Though we ...
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... we made the right choice there.) We walked back in the dark. The guards were a bit confused, as we were the only ones out and about. But the stars were gorgeous; Orion, so clear; Betelguese. Venus. And perhaps Jupiter. Lovely. So happy. So ...
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... sitting on the floor of the terrace, due to the continuing lack of chairs, and staring up at the darkening night sky. To our surprise, the Orion constellation was riding high in the sky, a familiar sight in a foreign land. Salud, ...
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... Boyaca. More cattle country, and after the turn off for Medellin, the run became bad, we eventually arrived to another bustling plaza. A 4 year old girl bounced a plastic ball on her lying down sister. She had an open wound on her barefoot that had ...
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... sleeping bags with our bodies still encrusted in dust. But first, we brushed our teeth outside under the magnificent star-studded sky, with Orion front and centre watching over us. After a six am breakfast of three-day-old buns and tea, we were eager ...
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... Incan skies above. The nearer planets are quite visible through the 20 inch mirror as is the spectacular nebula of parts of Orion's belt, though on this full moon, the planets were blank pure white spheres escorted by their moons. I spent several days ...
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... during the evening. On the way to cabin we went forward to the upper deck and looked up at a myriad of stars. We found 'Orion' but anything else was lost in this overwhelming astronomical display. Thursday 10th We were on the east side of 'Isla ...
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... dela cloveka poeticnega - danes sem igrala kitaro od Itaja in res je blo tko ... neopisljivo kul :) pomirjujoce in domace :) in ko se zvecer ozrem v zvezdnato nebo in vidim Orion vem da sem doma - vedno :) Zasanjane pozdrave! :) - to dela okolje ...
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... over the "excesses of the catholic church"), admiring Incan stonework, enjoying the views, sampling a stunning milkshake by the gorgeous Plaza de San Blas and buying the obligatory alpaca-wool jumper complete with llamas, we headed to the offices of our ...
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... much -- but it was incredible food. Lots of beer too. And one night of great tequila with my friends Caitlin and Orion. Went to Stone Island and again ate a lot and consumed lots of cerveza, swam in the ocean. Shopped at the plaza ...
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... hae ever seen! It was extra cool, because all of the constellations are upside down, and we were able to find the Big Dipper, Orion, and even the Milky Way! Then Elizabet, our host sister and the cutest person imaginable, managed to find us in the dark ...
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... Airport After a long tiring Monday, it is finally time for me to start my trip. Armed with a 70L Vaude backpack and a Lowepro Orion Trekker II, I started heading off to the HK Intl airport. The check-in was the worst I have ever had in my entire ...
