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Happy Christmas. & Happy new year

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Wishes for a bright and cheerful Christmas.

NAVIGATION ON IVAÍ RIVER

2009-10-28T01:56:00.004+06:00

Here it is my last image of this serie. You can see the boat taking visitors to the river and, in the background, you can see the ferry-boat coming from jardim Alegre Municipality to Grandes Rios Municipality. You aren't able to see the little boat that push the ferry because it is in the other side of the ferry-boat. How I told you before, a drunk guy died at this place few time after this shot.

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Aqui temos a minha última imagem desta série. Em primeiro plano aparece o barco levando os visitantes para dar um passeio e, ao fundo, aparece a balsa fazendo a travessia entre Jardim Alegre e Grandes Rios. Vocês não podem ver o rebocador que impulsiona a balsa pois ele está atrás da balsa. Como já mencionei antes, um rapaz embriagado morreu afogado nestas águas pouco tempo depois que tirei esta foto.

saucer museum at Rio de Janeiro

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Built in a place where I used to have a beer with my girl friend.

Bay Veiw of Rio de Janeiro

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On the other side of the bay.,there is the famous sugarloaf.On this side used to be good and quiet.,not any more.

HOBBITON

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The Hobbiton movie set of The Lord of the Rings is on the North Island of New Zealand

Black Water Rafting.

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black water rafting is an experience that is unique to New Zealand. It involves the use of an inflated rubber inner tube, as a flotation device to take you down subterranean rivers. This ripper of a trip combines the best elements of black-water rafting with walking, swimming and climbing through dry sections of the spectacular Ruakuri Cave

Waitomo Cave Entrance

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A cave entrance in the area.

Waitomo caves

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The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti. The community of Waitomo Caves itself is very small, though the village has many temporary service workers living there as well. The word Waitomo comes from the Māori language wai meaning water and tomo meaning a doline or sinkhole; it can thus be translated to be water passing through a hole.^[1] These Caves are believed to be over two million years old.

Bay of Tunis and the harbour at Sidi Bou Said

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View from the top at late evening

Sahara desert ~ Tunisia,

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Around forty percent of the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile soil and a 1300 km coastline.

Al-Zaytuna Mosque

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The mosque is the oldest in the Capital of Tunisia and covers an area of 5,000 square metres with nine entrances. It has 160 authentic columns brought originally from the ruins of the old city of Carthage. The mosque is known to host one of the first and greatest University in the history of Islam

Matmata house

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Hotel Sidi Driss

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The Hotel Sidi Driss, a traditional Berber troglodyte underground building in the village of Matmata, Tunisia. The hotel served as the home of Luke Skywalker on the planet Tatooine in the Star Wars movies. Note the remaining set pieces incorporated into the walls.

Well at Pali, Rajasthan

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Lake Palace and City palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan

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Phosphorus transformation plant, East of Udaipur, Rajasthan

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Cotton drying with the sun at Jaipur, Rajasthan

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Dyer’s vats in Sanganer, Rajasthan

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Brickyard, Agra east, Uttar Pradesh

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Waste from marble factory near Kishangarh, Rajasthan

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Dungs drying with the sun, near Agra, Uttar Pradesh

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Agricultural work, Jaisalmer south, Rajasthan

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Cotton fabrics drying in the sun, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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The state of Rajasthan in northeastern India is an important center of textile production, renowned for centuries for the crafts of dyeing and printing on cotton and silk fabrics. This work is highly prized by tourists and is carried out by women. Indian women bear the brunt of the extreme poverty that affects 25 percent of the population, and traditionally Indians have a B preference for boys, who represent the future of the name and the family, no matter how humble. They look after their parents in old age, and see to it that when they die the religious rites of cremation are properly performed. By contrast, girls leave their family when they get married and the parents have to provide a dowry, so they are often regarded as a burden. The abortion of female foetuses (now illegal but still widespread), the sudden death of baby girls, and saris that catch fire (rarely by accident) occur at all levels of society. It has been established that in certain states there are now less than 800 women to every 1,000 men, and the increase in such incidents is a source of concern for the government, which is trying to implement new legislation.

agon's Blood trees

2009-08-29T03:31:00.007+06:00

Dragon's Blood tree known locally as Dam-al Akhawain, or blood of the two brothers, are seen on Socotra island,Yeman.

Strand by strand

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An Indian worker hangs strands of vermicelli to dry at a factory in Allahabad, India, on Aug. 26. Vermicelli is in demand among Muslims when they break their daylong fast during the holy month of Ramadan

Bright lights, old city

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Palestinians sit as others make their way to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in an alley of Jerusalem's old city, decorated with festive lights for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

A peaceful view

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A Tibetan looks at sunrise at a camp located 11,155 feet above sea level on Mount Fuji, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 22. Some 50 Tibetans, Mongolians and Japanese made a pilgrimage to Japan's highest peak to pray for world peace and the freedom of Tibetans and other ethinic minorities in China on the 50th anniversary of Tibet's uprising against communist Chinese.

Dubai hotel at Jumeirah Beach

2009-08-27T18:05:00.001+06:00

Dubai hotel at Jumeirah Beach is in the city center of Dubai.

jumeirah Beach, Dubai

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In Dubai, it can get very hot. At the height of summer the sea itself warms up to around 37°C / 98 F – so you can be sure that the beach becomes screamingly uncomfortable to walk on. This is bad news for beach-front hoteliers…but let’s not forget that this is ultra-wealthy Dubai,

Burj-al-Arab Inside Beautiful view

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Burj - al - Arab Stunning View

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Burj - al - Arab Luxuries Bathroom

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Burj - al - arab Inside Room

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Burj inside

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Burj - al - Arab indoor

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Al-Muntaha

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One of Burj Al Arab’s restaurants, Al Muntaha

Burj -Al - Arab Exterior.

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The Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) out from Jumeirah beach, and is connected to the mainland

by a private curving bridge. It is an iconic structure, designed to symbolize Dubai's urban transformation and to mimic the sail of a boat

Burj Al Arab

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The Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 m (1,050 ft), it is the second tallest building in the world used exclusively as a hotel.

Inside the Burj Al Arab

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Inside the Burj Al Arab is a 590-foot atrium that is garnished with 22-karat gold.

Desert View

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Maranjab desert in Aaran & Bidgol, Iran.

Albor Mountain Range,Iran

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Alborz or Elburz is a mountain range in northern Iran stretching from the borders of Armenia in the northwest to the southern end of the Caspian Sea, and ending in the east at the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. The tallest mountain in the Middle East, Mount Damavand, is located in the range

Aran o Bidgol Desert , Iran

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Aran o Bidgol is a city in Isfahan province, Iran. It is one of the ancient desert cities of the province and once composed of two separate cities, Aran and Bidgol. It is close to Kashan.

Cactus garden Mahallat (Iran).

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Mahallat is a city located in the Markazi province of Iran. In ancient times it was an important location for Zoroastrianism. It has a cold climate and strong winds during spring and summer. The city is one of the major producers and exporters of flowers in Iran. Every September the city holds a flower festival. In addition, the area surrounding the city is rich with travertine deposits, which are refined into tiles in nearby factories.

Burj Al Arab At Night

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the billowing sail soars to a height of 321 metres. It is the tallest building used exclusively as a hotel.

The Grand Hyatt Shanghai

2009-08-27T16:14:00.002+06:00

The Grand Hyatt Shanghai is located in the Pudong area, the financial hub of the city of Shanghai. The 555 room hotel occupies the top 36 floors of the 88-story Jin Mao Tower.

The hotel was the highest hotel in the world until the Park Hyatt opened in the neighboring Shanghai World Financial Center. The hotel features a dramatic 29-story atrium. The hotel offers spectacular views of The Bund, a stretch of historical buildings restored to their former glory, along the famous Huangpu River.

Jin Mao Tower (China).

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The Jin Mao Tower "Golden Prosperity Building" is an 88-story landmark super tall skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. Until 2007 it was the tallest building in the PRC, the fifth tallest in the world by roof height and the seventh tallest by pinnacle height.

Along with the Oriental Pearl Tower, it is a centerpiece of the Pudong skyline. Its height was surpassed on September 14, 2007 by the Shanghai World Financial Center which is next to the building. The Shanghai Tower, a 128-story building located next to these two buildings and now under construction, will be even taller.

Burj Al Arab (Dubai)

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The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Petronas towers

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KL skyline with Petronas towers

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Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque at night

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Illuminated royal barge at dusk

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Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque with golden domes and pond at night

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Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque at night

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Brunei river

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The Brunei river and the Kampong (Kampung) Ayer water village. Kampong Ayer is a collection of 28 centuries-old water villages on the Brunei river. About 30000 people live there.

Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque

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Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque

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Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque

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Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque

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Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque

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Rockaway peninsula

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The Rockaway peninsula, a barrier beach on the South Shore of Long Island, has been the cult New York destination for surfers since 1912, when Hawaiian swimmer, Olympian and "father of surfing" Duke Kahanamoku chose Rockaways waters for his first N.Y.C. surfing exhibition.

Fort Tilden State Park

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Situated at the edge of the Rockaways, Fort Tilden State Park is 140 acres of unspoiled grassy wilderness with a wide sandy beach less than two hours' drive from Manhattan. Even on weekends you may get a 50-yard stretch of beach to call your own.

Somerset, England.

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Hamilton Pool

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Hamilton Pool Preserve, in Austin, Texas

Hamilton-pool-stream

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Small stream draining Hamilton Pool

Hamiltonpool

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Waterfall Trickling during 2006 Drought

Banff, Canada

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Southern Storm(Australia)

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Beautiful Landscapes of Brazil

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breathtaking colorful fish

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Etisalat Tower and Dubai Creek Tower

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Skyscrapers along the creek

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Creek and Deira waterfront

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Twin towers

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Water taxi crossing creek

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Dhow restaurant

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Creek and waterfront

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Al Juma mosque minaret

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Creek and Al Juma mosque

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Motor boat

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Dhow boats anchored in creek

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Ferry boat

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Deira Waterfront with buildings

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Humming harbor

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Amsterdam harbor and historic buildings are illuminated at night by traffic racing through the streets. The harbor is one of the most important commercial centers in Europe.

Sound architecture

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The Music Building, located on Amsterdam's IJ Lake, has a restaurant, theater, plaza, and outdoor cafe.

Holland icon

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Once a corn mill, the Molen De Gooyer windmill is now a brewery and tourist attraction. The windmill was built in 1725 and towers over the Nieuwevaart Canal.

Artsy city

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A visitor visits the exposition "Barcelona 1900", at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The exposition shows the artistic and social life in the Spanish city in the period 1880-1909.

Museum Square

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Four museums are located around Museumplein (the museum Square): the Rijksmuseum (center), the Van Gogh Museum (left), the Stedelijk Museum, and the Diamond Museum.

IJburg Bridge

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IJburg is a residential community currently under construction east of Amsterdam. The neighborhood is being built on man-made islands situated on IJ Lake.

Have a Heineken

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Large copper kettles used in brewing beer are seen at the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam, a museum where visitors can learn about brewing and the history of Heineken. The museum reopened in December after a major renovation.

Waterfront property

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Loenersloot castle is located between Utrecht and Amsterdam, on the Angstel River. The castle was first inhabited by the Van Loenersloot family who played an important part in the life of the village in the 12th century.

Urban escape

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People relax at Vondelpark in Amsterdam. In the park are a film museum, an open air theatre, a playground, and several food service facilities. Vondelpark sees around 10 million visitors a year

Sign of spring

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Varieties of red tulips in bloom in Amsterdam.

Fresh picks

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A vendor selling flowers and plants hands over a bag to a customer at Albert Cuyp market. The market is the busiest in all of the Netherlands and is said to be the largest daytime market in Europe.

Flower power

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No longer the bargain city of Europe, Amsterdam is still a city of wonders that can be had for a discount, and sometimes for free.

City of wonders

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A canal boat with tourists negotiates a lock near the harbor in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The inner city of the Dutch capital is compact with heritage buildings, museums both grand and odd, hidden gardens and outdoor markets — all within easy reach by any mode of transport — except the unwelcome car.

Le Pantheon

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Le Pantheon was originally intended to be a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve to fulfil a vow made by Louis XV while he'd fallen ill. It was used for religious and civil purposes until 1885 and now functions as a famous burial place.

Prestigious avenue

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The Louis Vuitton department store is located on the stunning Champs-Elysees, one of the world's most famous and beautiful streets.

Grand design

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The Grand Palais (Big Palace) was built for the World Fair of 1900. The building is best known for its enormous glass-domed roof, making it one of Paris’ most recognizable landmarks. The Grand Palais was the work of three different architects, and is currently the largest existing ironwork and glass structure in the world.

Grand design

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