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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 11:05:42 GMT -1
each day, one person picks a country, then the next a city or area.... then find as many different facts about the place....
ok, i'll start..
Guatemala
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jul 25, 2007 11:08:55 GMT -1
Full name: Republic of Guatemala Population: 13 million (UN, 2005) Capital: Guatemala City Major languages: Spanish, more than 20 indigenous languages Major religion: Christianity, indigenous Mayan beliefs Life expectancy: 63 years (men), 71 years (women) (UN) Monetary unit: 1 quetzal = 100 centavos Main exports: Coffee, sugar, bananas, fruits and vegetables, meat, petroleum, cardamon GNI per capita: US $2,400 (World Bank, 2006) Internet domain: .gt
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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 11:13:14 GMT -1
Flores, El Petén
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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 11:15:24 GMT -1
Cinema, Calle Central (near Las Puertas restaurant). A small cinema with removable chairs and roll-down screen that shows Western movies.
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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 11:21:39 GMT -1
It is located on an island in the lake Lago Petén Itzá
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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 11:22:47 GMT -1
Flores is very close to Tikal, the most famous Mayan ruins in Guatemala!
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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 11:27:53 GMT -1
1 quetzal = 0.09632 € = 0.06456 £
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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 11:30:55 GMT -1
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Jul 25, 2007 12:03:42 GMT -1
The country name comes from the Nahuatl Cuauhtçmallân, "place of many trees", a translation of K'iche' Mayan K’ii’chee’, "many trees" (that is, "forest").
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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 13:28:34 GMT -1
you can travel on chicken buses
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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 13:30:41 GMT -1
looks nice ;D
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Post by thales on Jul 25, 2007 13:32:08 GMT -1
the best beer in Guatemala is Moza, but you may have to make do with Gallo in flores....
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Post by thales on Jul 26, 2007 7:21:57 GMT -1
chad
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Post by Shippers on Jul 26, 2007 7:24:48 GMT -1
*unrelated fact*
It's proven that sharks only ever attack human's when they're wet.
To be on the safe side I've given up showering.
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jul 26, 2007 7:27:15 GMT -1
chad The Country Chad was named after an American Football quaterback Chad T. Fellingious the third
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Post by Shippers on Jul 26, 2007 7:29:04 GMT -1
chad The Country Chad was named after an American Football quaterback Chad T. Fellingious the third St Chad's is the name of the cathedral in Birmingham. St Chad is the patron saint of surfing and saying "gnarley"
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Post by Peschi on Jul 26, 2007 7:32:20 GMT -1
Capital - N'Djamena
Got its independence from France on the 11th of August 1960.
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Post by Shippers on Jul 26, 2007 7:39:11 GMT -1
you can spell chad backwards.
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Jul 26, 2007 7:57:55 GMT -1
chad
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Post by Shippers on Jul 26, 2007 8:02:48 GMT -1
That's interesting Hannah, as St Chad was often known as St Chad the Rad!
He was also known as St Chad the lazy assed surfer who needs to get him a real job.
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