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Underground Motel, Coober Pedy, Australia80

Top Ten Tips to Save Money Traveling

I have always traveled - usually until the money ran out and I had to get another job! This is a powerful incentive to economise on the stuff that doesn't matter, while still having a great trip. This...

12 comments    how to travel hubmob
"But who will watch my lilies, When their blossoms open white? By day the sun shall be sentry, And the moon and the stars by night!" -- Bayard Taylor  82

Common Edible Wild Plants - Part II

There were times in my childhood when we were probably poor, but I certainly didn't know it. I didn't connect the right dots, when wild rice cakes, dandelion salad, fried milkweed pods, and day lily fritters...

14 comments    garden plants europe
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How to Wear a Sarong

The sarong, as its most commonly known here in Southern California, is a large sheet of fabric that can be wrapped and tied around the body in numerous ways. Commonly sold as a simple beach cover-up in the...

3 comments    advice how to how
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Coup d`etat: French Word, Fijian Reality

Throughout history and in all parts of the world there have been several times governments were overthrown. Whether the government was oppressive to its citizens economically, politically or culturally,...

2 comments    politics history indian
As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world†-- Buddha94

Common Edible Wild Plants - Part I

Sitting at nature's dinner table, most would be surprised at the goodness and variety of the bounty. By learning about just a few wild edible plants, you'll soon be able to recognize them, and never have to...

37 comments    garden plants europe
Scottish Kilts Photo: Erasums, flickr89

Skirts For Men

Skirts are not seen as mainstream fashion in many western countries: well in the USA anyway. Well this is my hub to prove that it is in fact pretty common in many cultures for men to wear skirts or...

34 comments    entertainment advice how to
Arapahoe tipis in camp (public domain)91

Native American Nations - Introduction

Blackfoot Tipis...Thank you, niawen (in Mohawk), for asking this question,jimmythejock. The answer will comprise more than one Hub and I hope that you find the short series informative and enjoyable. It will be...

30 comments    languages native americans
A Douglas TBD-1 Torpedo plane from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise over Wake Island 83

The Guano Islands Act of 1856 - Congress's Bird Poop Law

If you take a close look at a map of the Pacific Ocean you will notice that, next to the names of many isolated islands, the name United States or the initials U.S. appear in parenthesis next to the names of...

0 comments    politics united states economics
Tiki Huts are just cool and are great for parties...74

How to Build a Tiki Hut

Are you landlocked and looking for a way to relive that vacation in the Pacific Island or Hawaii?Are you wanting to throw a themed Luau party in your backyard? Well, no Pacific Island theme party is complete...

2 comments    hawaii tiki hut hawaiian luau
A Sami family of the 1870s.83

Native American Migration from Russia to Iceland (Part XXII)

Part of the DNA structure from Mohawk Nation can be found in Zulu Nation of Congo, as well as all around the Arctic Circle and all along the path of migration of the People of the North. See videos of northern dancing.

2 comments    education history migration
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