.... travel is by bus, trolley-bus, tram, route-taxi, taxi, and to rent a car. First of call buses, trolley-buses, and trams. These types of transportation run from 5:30 am to 12:30 am. When you want to ride one of these you have to get a ticket you can buy one at ticket offices and city news-stalls or you can buy a monthly pass. Next is the rout-taxi or mini-bus. These vehicles can carry up to 11 people and you don’t need a ticket to ride. You can find these at shopping stores, Metro stations, and other important places, if you see one driving along you can wave it down and it will stop if it has a free seat, there is also a fixed fee of .600-$1.00. There ar .....

.... and who built them. There are many mysteries about the pyramids that are waiting to be unlocked. The pyramids were not built in isolation but as part of a larger complex dedicated to the dead. The Egyptians believed that the physical body has a vital spiritual force, which they called ka. If the physical body was properly preserved and the tomb furnished with all the various objects of regular life, the ka could return and continue its life despite the death of the physical body. The Egyptians also had other means of burial practices. Many of the pharaohs were buried in hidden temples. A famous discovery is the one of King Tutankhamen. King Cheo .....

.... largest city in population (about 15 million), and the nation's leader in finance, industry, and trade. The name Shanghai means "on the sea," and the city aptly lies on the East China Sea coast, just south of the Yangtze River estuary. Tianjin is northern China's main seaport. Numerous rivers as well as China's Grand Canal system run through the city, situated on the Bohai Gulf of the Pacific Ocean (it's been compared to Houston, Texas, which sits on the Gulf of Mexico). With a population of 9.3 million, Tianjin is China's third largest city. Hefei is the capital of east China's Anhui Province. The city, divided into north and south sectors by the Yangtze River .....

.... and recent incidents, it would appear to be highly improbable that there will be a united Korea in the near future. The known history of Korea dates back thousands of years before Christ. It was a nation with a common heritage, language, and ethnicity. Due to Japan's role in World War II and the fact that Japan had occupied Korea, the country was divided. Many Koreans had been displaced by Japanese colonization and others by the establishment of the 38th parallel border line. Korea was not an axis power. It is difficult to understand why Korea would have to be divided as was Germany. At first, Korea was supposed to be unified with a multilateral .....

.... The major one, 240 meters in length, is found above the arches of the inner octagonal arcade, on both sides. The Dome of the Rock, the first Muslim masterpiece, was built in 687 A.C., half a century after the death of the Prophet [Muhammad, pbuh]. A careful "reading" of the monument to grasp its inner spiritual meaning reveals that it contains the germ of the major themes in "Islamic art," whose fundamental purpose is to express the faith revealed in the Qur'an. This "art" is decipherable only if one recalls the tenets of the Islamic faith. This dome is set upon a drum, which, in turn, rests upon the basic octagon that represents the earth, like a perfe .....

.... and Ronald Hofsteider. Hernandez whom has been in Miami since 1962, expressed his views by saying, “Cities should be built around infrastructures. Building a city is building a future.” Hernandez , who submitted drawings for the Brickell Bridge, which is located in downtown Miami, is a firm believer in this philosophy. Though his exact plans for the bridge were not used in its construction, he did see his plans as a start for the city. The point he stressed most frequently was using structures of buildings to tell stories of the city's history. This means designing noticeable objects on buildings that relate to the city. Although Hernandez argued his .....

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.... some 45 mi. inland and is partly overgrown with rain forest. The four principal rivers, the San Juan, Coco (Wanks), Grande, and Escondido, empty into the Caribbean. The natural resources of Nicaragua are primarily agricultural. Deposits of volcanic material have enriched the soil, which is extremely fertile. About half the land is covered with forests. The country has some deposits of gold, silver, and copper. About 77% of the Nicaraguan population is mestizo (people of mixed white and Native American descent), about 10% is white, and the remainder is Native American (4%) and black (9%). The population of Nicaragua is 3,745,000, yielding an ove .....