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05/15/06 // Blog Post from Lake Plitvice // Lake Plitvice // Croatia: Blue Milk It’s hard to understand, standing on the banks of such crystalline, cerulean lakes, whose dazzling colors come from the mineral rich silt runoff of glaciers, that the largest European conflict since world war two began here, at Like Plitvice Croatia. But indeed this is where the first shots were fired on Easter Sunday in 1991 and the first casualty was … continue reading » Topics: Europe, Karst, Lakes, Mountains, Nature, River, Round The World Trip, War, Waterfalls
02/10/06 // Blog Post from Ralph's Guesthouse // Hin Bun River // Laos (PDR): Water Slides and Spirit Guides The quiet clatter of palm fronds in the evening breeze reminded me of Goa for a while, but soon, as the sun disappeared behind the western mountains, the similarities disappeared, the wind kicked up and the temperatures dropped dramatically, hinting perhaps at an impending storm and which is something that never happened in Goa. The dramatic black karst limestone mountains … continue reading » Topics: Asia, Caves, Karst, Mountains, River, Round The World Trip, Villages

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