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Chocolate bars by Chocomize – Create your own personalized chocolate from over 100 ingredients. Woodstock 1969 Lineup and Songlist. Volunteer Abroad in Tanzania with Cross-Cultural Solutions. Nestled in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's most epic peak, you'll find the small town of Moshi.

Volunteer Abroad in Tanzania with Cross-Cultural Solutions

And this topographical giant is just one of the incredible wonders of nature that you'll find in the region. During your time as a volunteer in Tanzania with the Chagga community, the people of Moshi, you'll be working in a landscape full of waterfalls, coffee plantations, and banana fields. You'll be working among a landscape full of waterfalls... Among the most prevalent issues that local people in Moshi deal with are those presented by the lack of resources, residual effects of a colonial past, and the impact of HIV/AIDS. As a Cross-Cultural Solutions volunteer in Tanzania, you'll have a chance to work side by side with local communities as they work to address these social issues and work toward a more economically independent and sustainable future.

Check out this video for a firsthand look at the CCS Tanzania experience: Stuffed animal. This is actually quite a good idea!

Stuffed animal

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Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it. In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. When George Lucas was mixing the American Graffiti soundtrack, he numbered the reels of film starting with an R and numbered the dialog starting with a D.

The youngest pope was 11 years old. Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school. Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses. Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner. They have square watermelons in Japan - they stack better. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation. Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. Plnnr - plan the perfect trip, automatically! 10 of the best budget hotels in New York. Posted on: September 21st in Cool Hotels, Travel by Graham Padmore.

10 of the best budget hotels in New York

Like this Post? The Big Apple may be one of the ultimate city break destinations – shopping, art, sightseeing and so much more. It’s also (like most major capital cities) unfortunately notoriously expensive. So for those wanting to maximise their spending money, you will have to seek out some good NYC budget hotels. To save you the time and the hassle here are 10 of the best budget hotels in New York: A good tip is to book as far in advance as possible, this way you’ll get the best price. The Gershwin This Manhattan midtown hotel is just a block away from 5th Avenue and close to both Madison Square Garden and the Empire State Building.

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