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Day of the Dolphin

Posted on 14. Aug, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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We are sitting in a room, getting a dolphin anatomy lesson from a bronze-skinned Antonio Banderas lookalike in electric-blue swimming trunks. He points to a picture of the animal’s blowhole. “Don’t stick anything in the dolphin’s blowhole,” he says. “And don’t touch their eyes. They’re very sensitive.” He then points to the creature’s underside. “This [...]

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Have You Ever Been Experienced?

Posted on 09. Aug, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Only two North American cities can truly boast rock and roll museums that are major tourist attractions: Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Seattle’s Experience Music Project (EMP). The latter, which opened in 2000, has become a city landmark due in large part to its unique and controversial architecture, which is meant to [...]

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Mondo Bizarro (part 2)

Posted on 17. Jun, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Cue the creepy electronic music. We now continue our survey of the world’s strangest festivals, starting with the Amazing Roswell UFO Festival. Located in a barren corner of southeastern New Mexico, Roswell’s claim to fame is based upon one puzzling 61-year-old event. Early in July 1947, a mysterious object crashed on a ranch north of town. The Roswell Army [...]

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Mondo Bizarro (part 1)

Posted on 12. Jun, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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The world is a very weird place. If you doubt this, then come along with me in this first instalment of earth’s strangest festivals, where you will be introduced to such oddball activities as headless-chicken worship, tongue-piercing, cheese rolling, testicle-eating and viking ship arson. Our journey begins in the Spanish town of Bunol, where on the [...]