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UFOs and Shopping Malls

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August 4th 2011
Geo: 42.7252, 25.4815A big reason for spending three nights in Veliko Tarnovo was to visit what I considered a must-see attraction - the UFO Monument atop Mount Buzludzha, not on the radar of most tourists passing through here, but I was made aware of it after seeing a few of pictures taken last year by Chami, a guy I met last year in Budva. What exactly is it? Well ... it really h ... read more

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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, b... ... read more