NEW ZEALAND The Antipodean islands have long been regarded as one of the best places to live. New Zealand has always been near the top of the Global Peace Index. The 2009 Global Peace Index ranks New Zealand as the safest country to live in. The survey gives New Zealand a very low score on [...]
Kingfishers are small bright colored birds of the three families Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water kingfishers). There are roughly 90 species of kingfisher. All have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. They are found throughout the world. Kingfishers live in both woodland and wetland habitats. Kingfishers [...]
La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol in the Valencia region of Spain. Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world to fight in a brutal battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are [...]
Rio de Janeiro (“River of January”) is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind São Paulo, and the second largest metropolitan area in South America, behind São Paulo. It is the state capital of Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian carnival (Carnaval, in Portuguese) is an annual celebration held 40 days before Easter [...]
STEPS: Clothing Ditch the athletic shoes. White athletic shoes (otherwise referred to as tennis shoes, or sneakers) are stereotypically American. Any shoes that don’t look like they were meant for exercise will suffice. If you do wear socks, make sure they’re dark or match the color of your pants. Flip-flops are also very noticeable as [...]
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