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The ancient city of Anuradhapura

    06/12/2008 | Location: Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
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Built in the first century BC by the Sinhalese king, King Dutugemunu, the stupa has since been restored. Painters regularly reapply whitewash to the building's facade, hanging onto the ladder seen here and painting while the ladder is moved along the stupa's circumference.
(Photo and caption by Thushan Amarasiriwardena / LongJaunt.com)
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Chapada Diamantina

03.08.2008 | Chapada Diamantina, Brazil
Who woulda' thought that landscapes seemingly monopolized by America's Southwest could exist in verdant shades of green in Brazil?

Tango in Buenos Aires

02.07.2008 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Care to dance? We hit up a milonga (dance parlor) where late owls dance the tango until three in the morning.

Mopeds, a map and no plan

07.09.2008 | Chiang Rai, Thailand
Did we mention we loved the mopeds? So much, in fact, we used them again to explore Chiang Rai and the surrounding countryside.
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