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![]() PortugalFor years before Columbus set sail for the New World, explorers looked out from Portugal's Cape St. Vincent, the southwestern most point in Europe, and figured that just over the horizon lay the edge of the world.![]() 'The City'When you refer to "The City", you really are referring only to New York. A very, very small part is seen looking toward the East River from the Empire State Building.Montreal
One of the earliest European settlements in the Western Hemisphere, Montreal also is the
second largest French-speaking city in the world.Moncton![]() Moncton, Nova Scotia, is home to one of the few tidal bores in the world. It has reached six feet high. The water is one level in front of the wave and another behind it. |
![]() Machu PicchuBuilt to be a royal estate in the 1400s by an Incan ruler, Machu Picchu sits 8,000 above sea level in Peru's rugged Andes Mountains.The Temple Mount Revered by Christians, Jews and Muslims alike, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem nevertheless is one of the most
hotly contested pieces of real estate in the world. Go figure.![]() Cape TownIt is easy to see why Cape Town, a city of 3 million people at the southern tip of the African continent, is considered one of the most beautiful in the world.![]() StonehengeDating to 3100 B.C., with evidence of excavation put at about 8000 B.C., whether Stonehenge is an ancient temple or celestial clock, it is a gathering place for neo-Druids. |
![]() Ensenada: In the beginning Baja, baby, BajaIt's been called the most famous race no one has ever seen. One thousand miles nonstop down the ruggedly beautiful
Baja Peninsula -- eating dust all the way from Ensenada to La Paz. Hundreds start in million-dollar trophy trucs,
open-wheel desert racers, Baja Bugs, motorcycles, ATVs, even stock VW Beetles. Few finish, but those that do are
winners by that accomplishment alone. It's the Baja 1000. Maybe, some day.![]() Somewhere in the Baja ![]() At the finish line in La Paz, 1,000 miles and more than 30 hours away from Ensenada. ![]() And, to decompress after the tortuous race, drive 45 minutes across the peninsula to Todos Santos on the Pacific Coast. Life is much more relaxed in the old pueblo of about 7,000 welcoming residents that is home to many artisans and artists. ![]() |
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