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Betrayal: Ben's treachery!

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January 1st 2008
Geo: 27.7629, -15.5772Happy New Year! Breakfast was Honey Nut corn flakes, and some coconut yogurt and crappy mango-mixed juice rounded out the meal. First town of the day - Fataga - not much there. The landscape so far today is fairly arid, a sharp contrast from yesterday's lush, green valleys. The next town was Santa Lucia de Tirajana - a pretty nice town that it supposed to have a ... read more

Europe » Spain

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more