Tag: parks
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Mount Apsan
This weekend I went up a mountain. I’ve never really understood the fascination the human race has with being on top of mountains, but I’m as fascinated as anyone. This mountain is particularly popular with hikers and has a 790m cable-car and some exceptional views of the city.
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Dust in the wind
There is something humbling about walking through this huge area filled with the head-high burial mounds of what were obviously important and wealthy people, with gold and metal and enough strength in numbers to have burial places lined and topped with stone and built metres high and yet people whose identity and names are lost…
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Park-hunting
I teach several classes that revolve around helping teenagers learn to answer questions articulately in their second language. One of the questions they always seem to struggle with is the question of what there is of interest to see and do in their own city. I’m sure the question is included because it seems like…