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Originally posted on Bermuda Rover:
Several Portuguese towns and villages celebrate Carnaval, or Mardi Gras, in the week before Lent. Whilst the celebrations usually include decorated floats and samba dancers, perhaps the most intriguing of them all is the is…
Originally posted on OAKICTENTER:
Lula, as he is known, was jailed on corruption charges last year Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been granted leave from prison to attend his grandson’s funeral. The seven-year-old died of meningitis…
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Originally posted on PeaceLove&Avocados:
We arrived back from Bahia to grey skies and rain which felt like England and made me feel unsettled in my stomach. The worst part of coming back from a holiday is coming back…
Originally posted on Another Bag, More Travel:
The history of the Spalding Flower Parade stretches back to the 1920s when the acreage and variety of tulip bulbs grown throughout the area surrounding the Lincolnshire market town of Spalding became an…
Originally posted on Boundless Ocean Of Politics:
The Amazonian rainforest – covering much of north-western Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other Latin American countries – is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. The forest is famed for its biodiversity,…
Think Sustainability Volta River Estates Ltd Volta River Estates Ltd (VREL) was set up in 1988 as a joint-venture between Ghana and The Netherlands and was Ghana’s first commercial banana export operation. In 2012 it produced 4,400 tonnes of bananas, … Continue reading
Originally posted on Anna Kenworthy:
My trip to Manchester – as described in my last post– was mainly to go to a concert, but when given the opportunity to explore a new city, I like to try and cram in…
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