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Canada
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Mexico
Australia
Europe
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MEXICO CITY
The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish
rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th
century.
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HOT SPOTS IN AUSTRALIA
Venice - Italy
Venice is one of the most beautiful and
picturesque cities of the world. It was
constructed on a group of small islands, in
the Adriatic coast of Italy. Venice is cut by
some canals and the islands are connected
by several bridges.
Venice has buildings with impressive
architecture, many of them are memories of
the Middle Ages, when Venice had a
powerful empire and was an important
cultural center of Europe.
Granada - Spain
Granada was inhabited by the Moors
from 711 until 1492. Its splendour was
reached in 1238, when the Moorish
kingdom of Granada stretched from
Gibraltar to Murcia. Granada is a city
in the region of Andalusia, at the foot
of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Granada has magnificent old buildings
and narrow streets, from a time when
the city was under the rule of the
Moorish kings.
The traditional religion is Islam and the call
to prayer sounds five times a day on almost
every street corner. People adhere closely
to the tenets of Islam in all aspects of their
lives. Family ties are very strong and nearly
sacred. National dress for men is the
kandora (dishdasha), the long white robe
and headdress, and the traditional abbaya
or black cloak for women. The most popular
national sports include camel racing,
falconry and football.
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MIDDLE
EAST:SHARJAH
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ENCHANTMENT OF CENTRAL
ASIA
MONGOLIA:The accompanying
essays go beyond a simple focus on
style, production and history to look
at the nexus between the nomadic
and settled cultures of Central Asia,
and the fascinating and blood-stained
history of this wild and beautiful
region, through which the old silk
roads passed like major arteries
linking the great civilisations of east
and west.
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The Mongolian culture is shaped by nomadism
and the traditional dwelling of the nomadic
Mongolian, the ger, is the focal point of many
customs and traditions. The mixture of these
features with the Mongol myth of Genghis
Khan is the basis of all the potential tours and
opportunities.
It could attract and fascinate both the soft
adventurers interested in exploring the
nomadic lifestyle and the intrepid travelers
searching for peculiar experiences like horse
riding, fishing or trekking.
FarEast
With a kaleidoscope of different
cultures, religion, cuisine and scenery,
there are few parts of the world that
conjure up such colourful and magical
images as the Far East. The region
offers something for every taste and
the warmest welcome.
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EXOTIC LOCATIONS IN FAR EAST
Singapore:
"It is a place that cherishes its past
as it looks to the future."
The earliest known mention of
Singapore was a 3rd century Chinese
account which described Singapore as
"Pu-luo-chung" ("island at the end of a
peninsula"). Little is known about the
island's history at this time but this
matter-of-fact description belies
Singapore's colorful past. By the 14th
century, Singapore had become part of
the mighty Sri Vijayan empire and was
known as Temasek ("Sea Town").
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JEWELS OF FAR EAST
Fields of cane cultivation, broken only by small
villages, stretch over a wide plateau above the
tropical white sand beaches, breezy bays and
glorious seascapes. It was also the island of the
dodo, a large, flightless bird whose good-natured
simplicity resulted in the poor creature’s total
extinction. The island
forms
part of the Mascarene
Archipelago, all that remains of an ancient land
mass which once united Asia and Africa. To the
southwest lies Reunion Island, with its savagely
beautiful volcanic landscape, while some 560 km
east appears Rodrigues Island, a mere dot in the
ocean, surrounded by even smaller islets and
reefs, and an integral part of Mauritius.
The Sahara Desert covers 3,500,000 miles north
to south, and across the entire northern cap of the
African continent to Morocco. It is the largest desert
in the world. The name Sahara comes from the
Arabic word for desert. The Sahara is covered by
mountains, rocky areas, gravel plains, salt flats and
huge areas of dunes. There are dunes in the picture