Dubai in UAE
Serving as a crossroad between the East and West, Dubai has always been a meeting place for thousands. A courtyard of different cultures that witnessed this land turn from a village, to a bustling town, to a prosperous city.
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Dubai in UAE
Serving as a crossroad between the East and West, Dubai has always been a meeting place for thousands. A courtyard of different cultures that witnessed this land turn from a village, to a bustling town, to a prosperous city.
OOh! OOh! "I"!!!
Intercourse, Pennsylvania! :D
Yes, it is a real place!
Intercourse, Pennsylvania (pop. roughly 1,000) is an unincorporated village in Leacock Township, Lancaster County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is ten miles east of Lancaster along PA 340. The village is located within the 17534 ZIP code, 717 area code, and 768 local phone code.
As with the nearby towns of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, Blue Ball, and Paradise, Pennsylvania, Intercourse is a popular site for tourists on account of its location in "Amish country". Its name has acquired sexual connotations unrelated to the reasons the village was named. Sign posts for the town are frequently targeted by thieves.
Apart from and despite its name, Intercourse is also famous for its Amish communities. For this reason the movie Witness was filmed in Intercourse and For Richer or Poorer was set there, though not filmed in Intercourse.
next letter....e. :)
Embarrass Township is a township in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population is about 691. It has a nickname of "THE COLD SPOT", having a low temperature of -54 degrees in 2005.
The township name Embarrass was derived from the French word "embarras" based on its meaning of "to hinder with obstacles or difficulties". It was given this name by the French fur traders who were some of the first Europeans to visit the area, and who found the narrow, shallow river very difficult to navigate, and named the river "Embarras"
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Sungai Besi is a town and division in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. The deepest tin mine in Malaysia is located here. It also has the best chilli crab I ever tasted!
I is next.
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, excluding the included towns, at 798,382 in 2008. It is Indiana's largest city and is the 14th largest city in the U.S., the third largest city in the Midwest (behind Chicago and Detroit), the second most populous state capital (behind Phoenix, Arizona), and the largest state capital east of the Mississippi River. It is one of two state capitals that share their names with their states (The other is Oklahoma City).
For much of its history, Indianapolis oriented itself around government and industry, particularly manufacturing. Today, Indianapolis has a much more diversified economy, contributing to the fields of education, health care, and finance. Tourism is also a vital part of the economy of Indianapolis, and the city plays host to numerous conventions and sporting events. Of these, perhaps the most well known is the annual Indianapolis 500 mile race. Other major sporting events include the Brickyard 400 (formerly the "Allstate 400 at the Brickyard") and the Men's and Women's NCAA Basketball Tournaments.
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Salzburg Austria! A favorite of mine. Home to the Salzburg music festival, Mozart and the setting of the Von Trapp family of the Sound of Music. "Salz" means salt and I am still using the salt I bought on a visit there last year!
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Graz, Austria- my niece lives there.
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I have been waiting for Z!!! Zalna, Slovenia. A small village about 20 kilometers south east of Lubljana between the larger towns of Grosuplje and Visnja Gora..
Where my grandfather was born...
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Antioch, CA - made most known by being the place the creep kept Jaycee Duggard for 18 years.
Antioch (formerly, East Antioch, Smith's Landing, and Marshs Landing) is a city in Contra Costa County, California. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, it is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland. The city's population was 90,532 at the U.S. 2000 census.
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Hartsel is an town located in Park County, Colorado, United States. Hartsel was founded in 1880. Located at the geographic center of the state, it is often referred to as "The Heart of Colorado". The community's namesake is Samuel Hartsel, a local cattle rancher. The area has a population of 677.
Hartsel's elevation is 2,702 meters (8,864 feet). Hartsel is located in "South Park" a vast plain at 9000 feet sandwiched between 14,000 peaks. The area has a unique High Protein Grass that is Ideal for cattle feed. There is a Buffalo ranch at Hartsel where my group, of Mtn Bikers on "Cycle the Divide Colorado", spent the night after crossing Boreas Pass (11,481) from Breckinridge.
http://www.adventurecycling.org/ride...l.cfm?r=1FA6FD
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Leipzig Germany- that's where the movement started to open up former GDR :)
So G is next.
Gstaad, Switzerland
A village with a population of 2500 located 1500 metres above sea level, in the German speaking section of Canton of Berne in southwestern Switzerland. It is known as one of the most exclusive and expensive ski resorts in the world and has also been the location of Institut Le Rosey's winter campus since 1916.
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The Town of Dillon in Summit County, Colorado,...... Dillon , Frisco, and Silverthorne are three quaint mountain towns conveniently located within minutes of Summit County's four world-class ski resorts. Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Keystone offer a variety of skiing experiences for every member of the family, regardless of snowriding ability. Winter fun includes cross-country skiing on miles of touring trails, snowmobiling, ice skating, sleigh rides and for the extra adventurous, heli-skiing. Summertime is why the locals live here; with hundreds of miles of paved biking trails, hiking trails, Mtn biking trails, scenic Lake Dillon and a myriad of shops and restaurants to enjoy, you won't be bored in Summit County!
During My bike Excursion we took a rest day and camped on Dillion Lake in a vast park sandwiched between Silverthorne and Frisco. This was an Ideal stop over location because we were able to do things like laundry and actually eat restaurant food instead of what we usually had to prepare over a camp stove. This is a very Beautiful area.
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That's an easy one....
Newburyport, MA.
On the south side of the muckymack (Merrimack) river from Hampton Beach. Home of the Clipper Fleet, a very good deep sea Charter boat, several other deep sea fishing party boats, Hilton's Whale Watching, The Fish Tale (Good Diner), and many commercial fishing boats.
Their town hall is powered by a windmill.
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Taipeh- that's Taiwan's capital. I could have chosen Taormina in Sicily but there were already so many As.
H is next ;)