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On our planet.

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There seems to be an infinite number
of beautiful.

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Places.

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One can visit with an equal number
of spectacular things to admire.

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It requires nothing more than a.

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Curiosity to observe
what is all around you.

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The miracle of nature manifests in.

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Countless ways from breathtaking vistas
to the simple.

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Movements of a common heifer.

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The purpose of this program
is to present you with the extraordinary

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diversity of our miraculous blue planet
so that you can discover.

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These things for.

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Yourself.

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Today
we are headed for the Czech Republic.

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And to the region of Southern. Moravia.

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Did you really think that orchids
only thrive.

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In the. Tropics? Far from it.

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These phenomenal and.

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Exquisite plants also flourish.

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In the very. Heart of Europe.

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Later, we will go back to the Caribbean.

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To Cuba.

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Cuba is a place of.

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Unbelievable natural beauty.

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And of brutal cockfighting.

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Then finally.

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We will visit. Fiji in the Pacific Ocean.

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Its enchanting
nature is often untouched by humans.

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And so it is perceived
as a true paradise on earth.

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We begin in the Czech Republic.

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The energy moment of the day
in the sculpture workshop of.

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Ottmar Oliva begins with a. Prayer.

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Only after prayers does he.

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Begin the casting of bronze. Sculptures.

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Welcome to Slow Vasco.

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A region of southern Moravia in the Czech.

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Republic. In the. Very heart of Europe.

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It is a plentiful land
with God fearing people.

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Clinging to their traditions.

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The sun is rising above Vella Road.

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The foundations of the monastery
originate in the 13th century.

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But it was considered.

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Religiously significant
even earlier in the 1990s,

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Pope John Paul,
the second, made an official visit here.

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Which only added to the status
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The sculptures.

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Originating in the workshop of Master.

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Oliva are world.

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Renowned.

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Usually they depict religious motifs.

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Not surprising, since southern Moravia
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to be the most religious region
in the otherwise atheistic Czech Republic.

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The casting is the hardest part
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Thorough cooperation
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Traditions are preserved and closely
followed during the working weekdays.

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People no longer wear richly decorated
folk costumes, but during folklore.

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Celebrations you find they.

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Follow a very different script.

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The vaults of Right of the Kings
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Around the world.

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A boy representing.

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The king is chosen as the main. Character.

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The king's private party accompanies.

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Him on horseback.

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According to experts and ethnicity.

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This ceremony is some sort of an.

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Initiation ritual whereby boys become men.

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Did you believe that only African tribes
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Not quite.

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Similar traditions also take place
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Southern Moravia remains a predominantly.

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Agricultural. Region.

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During similar festivities.

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It is easy. To understand the locals.

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Obvious appreciation.
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Each year.

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The manual meadow mowing.

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Competition is a huge attraction.

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Naturally, the winner is rewarded
with a shot of local.

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Schnapps

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and a lovely song from honest
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Though unschooled voices.

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The folk
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No wonder they serve as inspiration
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Of the most famous Moravian.

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Composers, Leos Janacek,
who Waskow is well known for both its.

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Traditions and for its picturesque nature.

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The white.

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Carpathian Mountain Range.

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Lying where the Czech Republic borders.

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Slovakia is pristine and breathtaking.

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A war memorial was erected here.

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In memory of the 20.

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Eight American pilots that.

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Died in 1940. Four.

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During the Battle.

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Of Slovenia.

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Sweeping vistas across.

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Stunning landscapes have inspired.

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Countless local poets to write touching
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Of the countryside.

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Unique flora abounds here.

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Did you believe that orchids only.

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Thrive in the tropics? Far from it.

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Some of the most.

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Rare species of these.

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Fascinating plants. Flourish.

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This happens to be an exquisite, wild
rose, a lovely and rare orchid with the.

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Poetic name.

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Lady Slipper is prized
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It is the most endangered species.

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Of flora. Found in Moravia.

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Myriad flower species.

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Resplendent with color,
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source of natural wonder.

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Mowing

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here must be done manually,
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So as to protect such beauty.

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The mowers
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They did during the popular
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But their work is no less rewarding.

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Thanks to their labor and dedication.

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The rare. Flora of the white.

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Carpathian Mountains is.

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Preserved for future generations.

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Beautiful flowers, however, are not
the only privilege of Slovak scope.

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The service tree is very unique.

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This tree cannot be found anywhere else
within the Czech Republic.

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It is impossible to plant the service tree
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Its fruit
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System of a. Bird.

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The service tree is a. Kind of Rowan
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The locals make fantastic compote
and an excellent schnapps from its fruit.

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The making
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Tradition in Slovak school.

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They can make it from practically
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Apples, pears, apricots or peaches.

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Surely, though, a sliver of it is by far
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Homemade. Spirit.

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It is made from plums, locally known as.

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Blackthorn.

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Sour. Made from fruit.

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Is distilled twice. In the small still.

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These stills are to be found
all over Slovaks go.

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The result is a very strong spirit,
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Content being anywhere between.

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40 and 80%.

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Since the best sliver of its usually.

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Has an. Alcohol volume. Of about. 50%.

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It is often diluted with water.

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Slow. Vasco is also a wine region.

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Predominantly white wine is cultivated
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Riesling and Pino. Grapes.

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The pride of the region
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It was cultivated right
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The giant sequoia is.

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Yet another local wonder.

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This huge tree may live up to 3000 years.

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This particular tree was planted.

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Here in Habana in 1870. Two.

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None dare to guess how long it will live.

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It is a very healthy tree indeed.

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In 19. 72, it was struck.

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By lightning and split in two.

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Yet here it stands today.

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Amazing.

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Now we have reached Hana,

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another plentiful region
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In this region.

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We find the regal town of Olmos.

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The River Moravia.

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Affects these fertile fields, bringing
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In immense plains stretches in between
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and Jasinski in the north.

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This is a local specialty.

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Not to worry.

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They're not making opium
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These seeds are ground.

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And mixed with. Sugar.

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To make a.

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Lovely cake and pie filling.

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Even though Moravia is more of a wine
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Hops are also grown here.

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Hops are a very characteristic Czech plant
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World renowned Czech.

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Beer is made.

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More poppies.

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If the truth be told, in the old days,
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Just an. Ingredient in local delicacies.

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It was also.

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Commonly used to make a mild concoction
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As a sleep
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No wonder then that in Hannah.

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A pleasantly lazy ambiance often prevails.

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Watch out for this bridge.

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It is found in Little Veld.

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And was built in 1590.

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Two, which makes it the third oldest.

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Bridge in the country. Sadly.

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It was damaged in the.

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Tragic floods of. 1997.

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Those floods were the worst
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In the last 1000 years.

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The reconstruction works
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Unfortunately, weren't the best.

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This is it.

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River.

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Moreover, the culprit
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Destruction in 1997.

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It appears pretty harmless now.

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Flowing and meandering.

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Lazily through the alluvial forests.

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All sorts of fresh water
fish thrive in its waters.

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No wonder its crooks are considered
a fishing paradise.

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The most picturesque

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Czech Castle goes off lies
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In the 19th. Century, it was converted.

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From a.

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Fortress
into a beautiful and romantic castle.

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A stone's

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throw away from bazaar
lie the yavuz which caves.

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It is an incredibly intricate complex
of mighty domes.

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Abysses and cracks.

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Geologists have mapped about 4000 meters
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The underground area
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with up to 40 meter height differences.

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The caves are decorated.

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With stunning. Stalactites.

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The most amazing stalactite
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bearing poetic names.

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The Detritus Dome.

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Dome of the Giants. And fairy tale cave.

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The unique formations within the.

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Caves called the eccentric stalactites.

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Are found here.

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These formations seem to defy gravity as
they grow into the shape of a bent tube.

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The formations are caused by wind currents

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that often sweep through the cave system.

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Dripping water created. Magnificent.

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Diagrams on the cave walls.

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The most interesting formation by.

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Far is the so-called curtain.

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It is a rather peculiar. Thin formation.

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That appears to light up red.

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Due to its high iron.

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Content, the sun.

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Sets over Hanna and we say our goodbyes.

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Welcome back to the Caribbean.

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Today we are in Cuba.

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In a region called Pinar del Rio.

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The red crabs offer
an incredible spectacle

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as they roam sideways all over the place.

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These crabs normally live inland,
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They troop to the seashore
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Thousands of these fascinating little.

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Creatures cover several. Kilometers
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The coast.

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There are apparently no barriers
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their mission.

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They seem quite frightening.

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Perhaps if Alfred Hitchcock lived in Cuba.

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He might have written a horror about crabs
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Imagine the mayhem.

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Should thousands of. Crabs.

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Suddenly.

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Materialize in the city streets?

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The crabs haven't got it
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The mating grounds.

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A number. Of roads stand. In their way.

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Not every driver manages to avoid them.

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The vultures lurk nearby,
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treat.

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Cuba has.

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Plenty of natural miracles to. Bestow.

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There are colorful, wild flowers.

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Seemingly. Everywhere.

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And pineapple.

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Despite a. Common misconception.

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Pineapples do not grow on palm trees.

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But rather resemble a sort of cactus.

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Pineapples are grown on expansive

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plantations in Pinar del Rio.

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Besides intriguing fauna and flora.

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Pinar del Rio also offers picturesque.

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Nooks with streams
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Among all kinds of palm trees.

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And other tropical vegetation, it is.

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Undeniable. That this is the Caribbean

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in many places.

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The streams create high waterfalls
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In the surrounding rocks and.

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The flora.

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Found in Pinar.

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Del Rio is so beautifully colorful.

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Is almost.

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Heart stopping.

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The vultures also.

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Seem to indulge in the sleepy afternoon.

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Siesta. Actually.

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They are merely patiently awaiting.

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Their next meal to come along.

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Partially alive or completely dead.

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Everyone rests.

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Animals included.

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This is the Matanzas Province.

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A land of palm groves
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Matanzas lies in.

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The west of Cuba, its northern shores
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The Gulf of Mexico
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By the Caribbean Sea.

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Cuban oranges
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While being rather difficult to peel.

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They are filled with the sweetest nectar.

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The largest orange plantations in Cuba

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are in the vicinity of Grande de.

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The Matanzas Province is also known
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Despite being illegal,
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The fights take place regularly in a palm
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In a location only known as Mama.

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It is a cruel pastime, but one

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the locals find incredibly
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The only consolation is that the.

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Cocks selected for these fights
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And in.

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Between fights are treated as royalty.

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Needless
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Win an attractive amount of cash.

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It's a rather risky. Investment.

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As wild betting takes place,
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The referee lifts the cage.

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Separating the opponents
and the cocks. Charge. At one another.

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The spectators

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wildly support their favorite.

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Some root for their favorite
in very peculiar ways.

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The Cocks are equipped with special spurs
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These are extremely sharp.

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And are manufactured from turtle
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The contest is over
and the winner is clear.

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Cock blood is rinsed away by the rough
sea bathing the.

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Shores of the Matanzas Province.

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Its center is a town of the same name
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It used to be the Sugar.

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Industry and Trading Center.

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Of Cuba.

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This is where we bid Cuba goodbye

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and welcome to Fiji.

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It is an isolated archipelago of three.

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Hundred and 22 islands of.

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Either Volcanic or Kaleen origin.

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Situated in the tropical.

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Zone of the Pacific Ocean.

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The almost bottomless ocean.

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Washes
the shores of this fairy tale place.

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The tropical sun

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scorches the land, palm trees
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Coconut palms make up the vast majority.

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Of the local vegetation.

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More than half of its area
is covered in tropical

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rainforest growth.

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Turquoise sea.

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Contrasts. With the lush greenery.

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And creates mesmerizing.

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Scenery.

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The islands were inhabited
more than 3000 years ago.

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The exact origins of.

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The first inhabitants
of the islands of Fiji remain a mystery.

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What is clear, however, is that
Fiji was settled by two distinct races.

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Today,
known as the Melanesian and Polynesian.

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Races.

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The European Explorer expeditions
discovered.

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Fiji in the 17th century.

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Europeans settled.

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Here only in the 19th.

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Century when the islands.

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First came under the British
administration as a colony in 18. 74.

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And in 19. 70, Fiji gained independence.

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Warm wind from the

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sea rustles tropical vegetation.

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The foaming ocean washes sandy.

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And rocky.

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Beaches alike.

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The boughs of trees form
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Owls, parrots.

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Reptiles and insects.

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Make up the indigenous
fauna of the islands.

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Mammals such as horses
were only brought to the islands

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by settlers.

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Unique sand dunes are.

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To be found near the.

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Town of Sigatoka.

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The wind spills the sand.

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In the dunes, as in an.

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Hourglass.

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No signs of civilization.

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Only verge in nature.

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This is Fiji.

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One of the gems of the.

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Pacific.

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A stunning rainbow arches above the ocean.

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We are watching it from the.

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Island of Viti Levu,
the biggest of the islands

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that make up Fiji.

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The ocean forever
bathes the shores of Fiji.

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The scorching. Sun slowly begins.

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Its descent.

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Setting sun colors.

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The clouds
with all sorts of breathtaking hues.

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The tropical. Climate.

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In Fiji ensures a particularly favorable.

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Environment.

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For a wide variety of richly colored

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flowers.

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The mountain range in the distance.

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States clearly that.

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Fiji is mostly.

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A volcanic origin.

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It is truly.

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A fantastic. Scene.

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Peter Jackson could have chosen Fiji

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as the setting for his Lord of the Rings
trilogy.

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This really isn't far off
from the idyllic Hobbiton.

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One last peek.

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At the fascinating flora.

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Of Fiji.

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We bid Fiji farewell.

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From one of its smaller islands.

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One that measures
only a couple of hundred meters across.

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Our journey

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to the miraculous nooks of our planet
comes to an end.

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For now.

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On the next.
Exploration. Of our compelling and.

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Bountiful planet Earth,
we will travel to the Holy Land, Israel.

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We will start in the South.

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And work our way to the north.

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Along the way,
we will stop to admire several locations.

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Some of the stops will take us
to incredible works of nature,

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while others are the
setting of biblical tales.

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We will also present

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places that are associated
with historical turning points.

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In the north of Israel,
we will climb the Golan Heights,

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whose natural beauty,
sadly, is overshadowed.

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By the ongoing. Conflict.

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That's all right here.

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On Miracles. Of Nature.

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We hope you'll join us.