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Avacado : Persea americana
Butter Avacado Avacado Taxonomy: Angiosperms: Lauraceae: Persea americana. Common names: palka, aguacate, butter pear, alligator pear. Avacado is a native tree common to tropical areas, especially the Carribean, Mexico, South America, Central America, Florida, New Mexico, and California. … Continue reading
Hawaiian Botanical Gardens
Hawaiian Botanical Gardens and Beach Cove * 27-717 Old Mamalahoa Highway * P.O. Box 80, Papaikou, HI 96781 * Phone: 808-964-5233 FAX: 808-964-1338 * http://htbg.com/ While travelling along the coast near Hilo with my friend Kawika, we dropped … Continue reading
Akaka & Kahuna Falls
Akaka Falls * Akaka Falls Rd * Off Hwy 19, Honomu, HI 96728 * (808) 974-6200 * (near Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii) * My first day on the Big Island, my friend Kawika took me to these amazing … Continue reading
Pacific Tsunami Museum
Pacific Tsunami Museum 130 Kamehameha Ave * Hilo, HI 96720-2833 * (808) 935-0926 * http://www.tsunami.org/ * The Pacific Tsunami Museum is a non-profit run organization spreading the awareness and preparedness for the natural disaster of the tsunami. They … Continue reading
Thurston Lava Tube
Thurston Lava Tube Volcano National Park, Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii While visiting a friend who lives in Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii we took a late night cruise through the Thurston Lava Tube … which was absolutely fascinating. … Continue reading
Xanten: Legionary Helmet
“Legionary Helmet” Xanten, Germany “Legionarshelm” or “Legionary Helmet”; Bronze; Xanten-Wardt. (4th century BC – 1st century BC) artifact at the Xanten Archaeologie Park, Xanten, Germany. This particular helmet at Xanten looks very similar to the Montefortino Helmet used by the … Continue reading
Xanten: Bronze Cauldron
“Bronze Cauldron” Xanten, Germany “AT THE STOVE Bronze cauldrons with iron rims were most often used for cooking. AM HERD Bronzekessel mit eisernem Rand wurden vorwiegend zum Kochen verwendet. Sie gelangten seit dem i Jahrhundert v. Chr. aus dem keltischen … Continue reading
Xanten: Townscape – Ulpia Traiana
Ulpia Traiana Townscape Xanten, Germany “The Colonial Ulpia Traiana once contained numerous large buildings: temples, thermal baths, administrative and market buildings. Of most of these, only minor traces have remained preserved. After the end of the Roman rule, the ruins … Continue reading
Firehole Canyon / Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Wyoming Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Wyoming Art Gallery of Time “Major John Wesley Powell named the Flaming Gorge and tributaries such as Little Firehole Canyon for the brilliant red sandstone exposed in the … Continue reading
Palmbosch’n’
Lichtenau, Germany ‘Palmbosch’n’ On Palm Sunday, April 5th, while walking through the village of Lichtenau and the city of Ansbach, we noticed spread across the threshholds to a cafe/restaurant (Lichtenau) and a dining hall of a Protestant parish courtyard (Ansbach) … Continue reading