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Cape Town's Table Mountain
For hundreds of millions of years it has dominated the coastal skyline of southern Africa, imposing a dramatic and domineering backdrop to an idyllic location.
First China-owned luxury cruise ship
Legendary Chinese admiral Zheng He (郑和) might well approve. A Wenzhou-based tycoon is launching mainland China's first cruise ship, and has his sights set on building up a world-class fleet.
Five essentials for the best homemade pizza
When homemade pizza is at its best it can rival or even better those from fancy restaurants and pizzerias. Yes, we’d all like wood-fired ovens at home but even with a kitchen oven you can be making pizzas to be proud of.
The American baking star Peter Reinhart started a pizza blog called Pizza Quest which goes into brilliantly geeky detail about the dough types, the flours, the different methods and sauces, and answers practically all your pizza making questions. But you must also look at “Slice” on the Serious Eats website. Adam Kuban, the founder and top dog editor, and publisher Ed Levine are obsessive about their pizzas and if it doesn’t get you revved up and into pizza mania then nothing will.
Journey into the Maya underworld
Belize’s forest-clad highlands sit atop Central America’s most extensive cave system, containing some of the largest subterranean passageways and chamber rooms in the western hemisphere. The caves were carved out of limestone by the Chiquibul River, and the watery darkness hosts a variety of resident troglobite cave creatures, as well as the occasional sub-aquatic spelunker. According to legend, the Chiquibul cave system was also the entrance to Xibalba, the macabre Maya underworld.
Kalamata basks in the sun
Throughout its history, Greece has been conquered by the Macedonians, the Romans, Persians and, in modern times, the Ottoman Empire and Nazi Germany.
But now there is a new and different battle being waged against the Greeks, and the enemy is not wielding swords or guns but the threat of bailouts and default. For many, it's a modern-day tragedy that even the Greek classical writer Euripides would have a hard time envisioning.
The new and improved Janadhipathi News web page, (www.janadhipathi.com) with it’s main attraction; round the clock breaking news section and user comments on all current happenings making the headlines, has recorded a stunning average of 2 million hits per day at present. The site has recorded hits from diverse countries and the top five include United States, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Austalia and Canada.
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