Peru: They say Machu Picchu was built in or around the 1400s, over a span of one hundred years. The guide told us that in the 1500s, the locals had removed all the city’s gold and deserted the city to…
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Distraught
KGB terror Misinformation Instigating chaos Casting dispersions Annexation Hammer and sickle Surveillance Informants Disappearances Gulag Torture Former Soviet Block Grim faces Cold demeanors Drab colors Gray candy wrappers USA Strong Nixon to Khrushchev Kennedy to Castro American…
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SWOPA
Ghana. In the Town of Sirigu, you can visit SWOPA to see the traditional exterior wall painting done by women. This women’s art collective, SWOPA, keeps the tradition alive. Sirigu is in the north of Ghana. Each home in this…
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Reflections
Seated on her wooden rocking chair, she looked out the far window. A wide, red spruce’s trunk dominated the view. The squirrels screeched and posed like fluffy stuffed animals. Next to the window was the mahogany staircase that she admired…
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Jerash
In Jordan, in the Gilead Hills, aside of the modern city now called Jerash, lie the ruins of the ancient city of Gerasa. First founded by Alexander the Great in 300s B.C, but then Pompeii conquered Gerasa for Rome around…
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