Haedongyong-gungsa or South Castle on the water is a very famous and old Korean temple located in Busan just north of Songjeong Beach • more

This delicious site has information on the trips that Elias Lönnrot, compiler of the Kalevala, took into the Kainuu region of Finland to collect the oral poetry he stitched together into the Finnish national epic. Illustrations of Kalevala may be found here and here. You can look at engravings and sketches of the Finnish countryside from the late 19th century.  • more

Organizers of the Busan Scooter Scavenger are proud to announce that the first every Rally will be held on July 25th...The Scooter Scavenger event challenges teams of two people to navigate throughout the city and find ten historical or cultural sites. Upon arriving at the sites the teams will have to walk, run or climb there way to monuments, statues or relics and have their pictures taken. • more

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Yesterday's pro-autonomy march in the city of Santa Cruz was well attended. Reports estimate more than 100,000 present (more than any COB march I ever heard of), many w/ the green-white-green departmental flags. • more

My hero Christopher Hitchens is a writer and political mind that rarely keeps still. Once upon a time he was a leftist in the style of Chomsky but has shifted somewhat to the right, supporting Bush, the incursions into the Iraq and has become an US citizen. Despite my own left leanings I find myself agreeing with his arguments, and yet still love radio national. Here Hitch attacks Michael Moore and makes pointed claims that dismiss Fahrenheit 911 as little more than celluloid rewriting of recent history Read up for anyone who thinks that Howard has been led astray by the big bad US. Hardly. • more

Many, many Germans followed the soccer game against the Czech Republic. Many, many Germans hoped that the national team would advance. The first victory in the tournament was needed. A victory was needed. Give the Germans something to be proud of, something to be enthusiastic about. However, in the 77th  • more

I wonder if little Johnny's been reading items from Dubya's recommended reading list?  Upon having a surf of my regular blogs, I came accross this on Exploded Library.  It's a great precis of the Texas Republican Party's operating platform.  And it's scary stuff if you download the PDF and flick through it.  • more

Haedongyong-gungsa or South Castle on the water is a very famous and old Korean temple located in Busan just north of Songjeong Beach • more

Adi is a neat and calm person to chat with. In 2002, she lived in India for seven months, and another three months in Thailand. Last year, without knowing anything about Singapore and only hearing from some people how "nice and safe" Singapore is, decided to visit the country with her brother  • more