The World Below

Magic Juice and English Men

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March 27th 2009
How many people are going? The accent sounded familiar. So far, I have three, replied Eric. When it was time to write down our passport details I wasn't surprised in the least. I turned to him and said: Majhen svet, a ne? / Small world, isn't it? I'm not sure if it was my Ljubljana dialect or the fact he hadn't heard Slovenian spoken in a while, but it took Bo ... read more

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » La Gran Sabana

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Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who ... ... read more