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Hakone Sightseeing Cruise

29 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments logen9f $0.04

I don't ride boats often...I don't ride boats at all. It's not that I hate it, it's just living in the Philippine city where there are not many lakes and rivers, boats are not a usual mode of transportation. For me riding boats is not for transporta...

Way Beyond The Rainbow

29 Nov 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.01

To Emily X, Malcolm Y, and Theodore Z, There was rightness with the people at the other place.  It's about $100 cheaper.  Mexico City is at least 4x as expensive as the house I'm being overcharged to live in now.  My neighbor knew I was leaving, and...

Sunday Visit to the Mall with Family

27 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment logen9f $0.03

On Sundays, we usually go out to the mall after going to church. This time, we wanted to buy Christmas gifts to avoid the rush in December. The mall is already decked with Christmas decors while Christmas songs are playing. There is a big Christmas...

The healthful and deadly properties of coconut. Can coconuts really be made of coconuts?

27 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure $0.06

  Coconut nutritional properties This fruit of the coconut palm, in the shape of a large egg, has many precious properties. It generally contains so many nutrients that it meets the body's needs for most minerals and vitamins. It is genera...

The largest Gothic castle in the world - Malbork Castle in Poland

22 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure $0.07

  Next to the Order of Knights Hospitaller and Templars, it was a symbol of the power of the Order of the Hospital of the Holy Virgin Mary of the German House in Jerusalem. It is the most powerful fortress of medieval Europe and an example of...

Monkey Gereza tricolor or Kima punju - Zanzibar

21 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure $0.06

  Where did the name Gereza tricolor come from? Gerezy can be found in many regions of the world where they are favored by the climate. They are found in Asia and Africa, they like mangroves and rainforests. On the other hand, the tricolor ge...

A 5-minute article while waiting at the gate

16 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted $0.05

These days I write all day every professionally, and that means I don't really write that much for other reasons. But when I was younger and dumber, I would write articles, for fun and practice, that I would measure in time, not words. A five-minut...

An ingenious strategy, but am I just a fool?

16 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted $0.04

As a general rule, I avoid anything that requires a 'deposit' of any kind like the plague. Especially if it's a hotel. There are two reasons for this. A small and unlikely and unrealistic one, and a bigger, more realistic one. First, easiest thing...

Palazzo in fortezza, astrology and symbolism - Krzyżtopór Castle (Cross and ax)

15 Nov 2024 2 minute read 2 comments madventure $0.09

  source: Napoleon Oorda's lithograph, album of views, 1882 / źródło: Litografia Napoleona Ordy, album widoków, 1882 Castle in the style of Palazzo in fortezza Krzyżtopór Castle (Cross and ax) was built by Krzysztof Ossoliński Herbu Topór....

The Royal Castle in Chęciny from a bird's eye

10 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure $0.04

  A brief history of the castle The Royal Castle in Chęciny, probably at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. It was built on a hill that is 367 m above sea level. The construction was initiated by the king of Poland and Bohemia - Wacła...