ForbesTraveler has a neat article about 25 fantastic yet overlooked travel destinations in India, like Orange County, India (yes - you’ve read that right):
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Amongst the myriad of weird houses from around the world, here’s a true gem: the Broken Column House created by aristocrat François Nicolas Henri Racine de Monville before the French Revolution.
Yes - the house was designed to look like an abandoned ruin, complete with fake cracks on the walls!
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All that live must die,Passing through nature to eternity - Shakespeare, Hamlet I, ii
There is perhaps nothing else so distinctive of the condition and character of a people as the method in which they treat their dead. - William Tegg, 1876
Throughout the history of human civilization, different cultures mourn and treat the dead differently. Some, like Tibetan Buddhists, have no use for burials as they dispose the dead by feeding corpses to vultures or by burning them in funeral pyres. Most cultures, however, show their respect by burying the dead, sometimes in complex and ornate tombs, crypts, and catacombs.
This article takes a look at ten of the most fascinating final resting places around the world, from the largest prehistoric burial mound in Europe to the the tombs of pharaohs to the most beautiful mausoleum in the world:
Newgrange
The burial mound of Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland is definitely one of the […]
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In my previous post on matatus, the private buses of Nairobi, Kenya, a couple of commenters said that these vehicles don’t compare to the ones in the Philippines - and boy, they were right!
Here’s the symbol of Filipino creativity and the workhorse of Philippine transportation, the Jeepneys:
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Our previous post on Swastika is all about how the symbol meant other things before it was co-opted by the Nazis.
Neatorama reader Gitai found something else: a town In Ontario, Canada, named Swastika that refused to change its name during World War II, claiming that they had the name before the Nazis ruined it!
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If you’re ever in Nairobi, Kenya, you’ll see a fleet of private buses and old vans called the mutatu ("tatu" is "three" in Swahili, the original fare in shillings).
Each bus or van is "branded" with its own paint scheme and individual names, inspired (mostly) by Western culture. This one above is the "Princess Diana" with the motto "Thay [sic] Shall Bow …"
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If you’re ever in Nairobi, Kenya, you’ll see a fleet of private buses and old vans called the matatu ("tatu" is "three" in Swahili, the original fare in shillings).
Each bus or van is "branded" with its own paint scheme and individual names, inspired (mostly) by Western culture. This one above is the "Princess Diana" with the motto "Thay [sic] Shall Bow …"
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