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Close Encounters
This is a top pick! Wandering around the streets of Edinburgh I was enchanted by the little 'closes' all along the Royal Mile. Walking by these narrow passageways at first, went unnoticed between the shops, cafes, and pubs. But soon I started to take notice of ...
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This is a top pick! Today was a day of practicality. We are in need of fuel before we leave so that we may cook on the road. Seeking this out is more difficult than we had anticipated. Our stove will burn anything, but we would prefer white gas (or FUEL), ...
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This is a top pick! At the airport, we made our way to the British Airways desk to drop our main backpacks off, and I greeted the gentleman behind the counter with a friendly "ohio gozaimasu." He seemed to take an eternity to look at our passports, and was busy pressing ...
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This is a top pick! My first morning I awoke to a coating of ice on my tent. All that rain the day before had apparently solidified due to the extreme warmth of the night. Yes, but my sleeping bag has certainly proven itself! There was very dense fog until 9 am, which I got ...
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Helpful British terminology chart
Posted by starfish
... counted as such. The British Isles contain two sovereign states; the Republic of Ireland (often shortened to Ireland) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (often shortened to UK). There are also the crown dependencies of Man (in ...
Helpful British terminology chart
Posted by Paul
Hmmm, interesting. I didn't know that difference between Great Britain and United Kingdom. (although I will probably forget it soon anyway.) I am no expert on this subject and should probably stay out of it - but my thinking would have been the ...
Helpful British terminology chart
Posted by starlagurl
This is neat, an easy way to visualize the difference between the United Kingdom and the British Isles. Because you know, sometimes we forget...*ahem*
Why people stay away from the USA
Posted by netravel
Here is one of the articles I read. Statistics were in the BBC. "According to the BBC News, handgun crime in the United Kingdom rose by 40% in the two years after it passed its draconian gun ban in 1997.18 And according to a United Nations study, ...