Panama (Gamboa, Panama City) Gamboa is a small town in the Republic of Panama. It was one of a handful of permanent Canal Zone townships, built to house employees of the Panama Canal and their dependents. The name Gamboa is the name of a tree of the quince family. Gamboa is located on a sharp [Curious? Find out more…]
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Jul 042013
Nam Ngum Lake
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Jul 032013
Laos (Vientiane Province) About 90km north of Vientiane, Ang Nam Ngum is a vast artificial lake created by the damming of the Nam Ngum (Ngum River). The highest peaks of the former river valley became forested islands after the valley was inundated in 1971. Following the 1975 PL conquest of Vientiane, an estimated 3000 prostitutes [Curious? Find out more…]
Tana River & Delta
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Jun 292013
Kenya (Coast Province) The Tana River is 440 miles long and is Kenya’s longest river. It rises in Mount Kenya and the Aberdare mountain range in central Kenya. The Tana River Delta is the second most important estuarine and deltaic ecosystem in Eastern Africa. As Kenya’s 6th Ramsar site, it has a significant local community [Curious? Find out more…]
Ankavanana River
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Nov 082012