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At the
request of the Catholic Church in Lisbon, members of the Royal Archeology and
Historical Association (RAHA) of Portugal excavate 78 mummies in a crypt
beneath the altar of the Sacramento Church in Lisbon. In the course of
excavation the researchers find handwritten books indicating there is a large
amount of treasure buried - somewhere - near the mummy crypt. They also
discover the exotic history of many of the mummies, including one known as 'The
King of the Congo.'
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Without him, this entire trip wouldn’t have been possible.
Also, thank
you to Hunza Serena Inn (https://www.serenahotels.com/serenahu...) for
sponsoring our stay in Hunza Valley.
The goal of
today’s food tour was to uncover some of the secrets of the long life food of
Hunza Valley. Especially traditionally, people were known to live very long and
healthy lives - a combination of eating seasonally, lots of nuts, and apricots,
and fresh mountain air - we also discovered a few dishes that must have led to
long life.
But we began
our day in Gilgit, and first thing at daybreak, we drove about 20 minutes
outside of Gilgit to start our morning from a strategic viewpoint. There’s a
confluence where three of the highest mountain ranges in the world - Himalayas
(Mount Everest), Karakorams (K2), and Hindu Kush, mountains come together. It’s
a magical place, and we were literally the only people there.
We then
headed back to Serena Gilgit Hotel for breakfast before starting our day to
Hunza Valley. The drive was spectacular from start to finish - you will
literally feel your jaw dropping as you drive and you almost cannot believe the
scenery will possibly get better… and it does.
Chapshoro
Point - Along the Karakoram Highway from Gilgit to Hunza Valley one of the most
famous foods is chapshoro, a meat filled dough pocket. It’s a great tea snack -
and we’d be having a few more of these today.
Total price
- 900 PKR ($6.74)
Hunza Valley
- We arrived to Hunza Valley and immediately checked in to Hunza Serena Inn,
with an almost unbelievable view from our patio.
Baltit Fort
- We quickly hiked up to Baltit Fort, a spectacular and iconic fort within
Hunza Valley and then walked down for a quick bite to eat.
Hunza Food
Pavilion - Just a small little cosy restaurant, yet so inviting and so many
good aromas coming out of the kitchen. We ordered chapshoro again, and daodo
soup, both of which were amazing.
Total price
- 630 PKR ($4.72)
Osho Maraka
- Hunza Serena Inn - We then headed back to the hotel where they wanted to
prepare a local Hunza Valley food lunch for us. The food was good, a little on
the plain side for me, but very fresh and local ingredients.
Eagles Nest
- Next we drove up one of the main mountains of Hunza Valley for the view.
Although we were late for the sunset, the view was still spectacular.
Traditional
Hunza Valley food - In the evening is when the real authentic Hunza Valley food
and cultural learning began. We were invited (thanks to the Gilgit Baltistan
tourism ministry for setting it up) to a 400 year old home for a time of music
and local Hunza Valley food. The old home was beautiful, and they immediately
started playing amazing local music. The food was authentic and local - lots of
whole grains, walnuts and almonds, and plenty of apricot oil. One of the
dishes, a tortilla like bread filled with walnut paste and apricot oil was one
of the secret dishes of longevity - so I was told! Whatever the case, the food,
people, and experience, was outstanding.
By this time
I have to stay I was tired, cold, and ready to go back to the hotel to sleep,
but they said, we need to stop at one more place.
It was
completely dark, and looked abandoned.
But we
stepped inside a home, and there were at least 20 people huddled in the house,
waiting for us.
I was blown
away and humbled.
They made us
tea and a few local pancake like snacks. It was beyond special.
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everyone involved, and to the families for their amazing hospitality and
kindness. Another absolutely incredible day of food and people in Pakistan.
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Do you know that lions only succeed in a quarter of their hunting attempts — which means they fail in 75% of their attempts and succeeds in only 25% of them.
Despite this small percentage shared by most predators, they don't despair in their pursuit and hunting attempts.
The main reason for this is not because of hunger as some might think but it is the understanding of the “Law of Wasted Efforts” that have been instinctively built into animals, a law in which nature is governed.
Half of the eggs of fishes are eaten... half of the baby bears die before puberty... most of the world's rains fall in oceans... and most of the seeds of trees are eaten by birds.
Scientists have found that animals, trees, and other forces of nature are more receptive to the law of "wasted efforts".
Only humans think that the lack of success in a few attempts is failure... but the truth is that: we only fail when we "stop trying".
Success is not to have a life free of pitfalls and falls... but success is to walk over your mistakes and go beyond every stage where your efforts were wasted looking forward to the next stage.
If there is a word that summarizes this world, it will simply be: continue all over again.
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From New
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an extraordinary journey through American history.
This train
journey begins in the "cradle of jazz" - New Orleans. Three famous
express trains start and terminate here: the City of New Orleans, the Sunset
Limited and the Crescent, named after a New Orleans neighborhood. Every morning
at 7 a.m. the Crescent sets off from New Orleans on its 1,377-mile journey from
the Deep South to pulsating New York City.
The distance
is covered in around 31 hours. The route takes in various famous cities on the
journey northeast. Birmingham, Alabama is also known as "Bombingham"
after the attacks launched there by the Ku Klux Klan during the civil rights
movement era between 1947 and 1965. The train then heads to Atlanta, the
largest city in Georgia. Charlotte in North Carolina was named nearly 250 years
ago after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the German wife of Britain’s King
George III. Our next stop is Washington D.C., capital of the United States
since 1800. Beforehand that honor had gone to a city further north:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Declaration of Independence was
proclaimed in 1776. The final stop on this unique train journey is New York
City aka the "Big Apple".
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From Prince
Rurik to the Russian Revolution, this is a compilation of the first 5 episodes
of Epic History TV's History of Russia.
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'Great' or 'Formidable'. So why is he known as Ivan 'the Terrible' in English?
Because he was evil or useless or because of anti-Russian bias? No, because
'Terrible' in English also means awesome or formidable - this was well
understood when 'Гро́зный' was first translated into English centuries ago, but
now fewer people understand this. (see definitions 3 & 4 here:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/terr...). The name stuck, and Ivan IV has been
known as Ivan the Terrible ever since.
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Inside a
locked vault at Johnson Space Center is treasure few have seen and fewer have
touched.
The
restricted lab is home to hundreds of pounds of moon rocks collected by Apollo
astronauts close to a half-century ago. And for the first time in decades, NASA
is about to open some of the pristine samples and let geologists take a crack
at them with 21st-century technology.
What better
way to mark this summer’s 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on the
moon than by sharing a bit of the lunar loot.
“It’s sort
of a coincidence that we’re opening them in the year of the anniversary,”
explained NASA’s Apollo sample curator Ryan Zeigler, covered head to toe in a
white protective suit with matching fabric boots, gloves and hat.
“But
certainly the anniversary increased the awareness and the fact that we’re going
back to the moon.”
With the
golden anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s feat fast approaching —
their lunar module Eagle landed July 20, 1969, on the Sea of Tranquility — the
moon is red-hot again.
After
decades of flip-flopping between the moon and Mars as the next big astronaut
destination, NASA aims to put astronauts on the lunar surface again by 2024 at
the White House’s direction. President Donald Trump prefers talking up Mars.
But the consensus is that the moon is a crucial proving ground given its
relative proximity to home — 240,000 miles (386,000 kilometers) or two to three
days away.
Zeigler’s
job is to preserve what the 12 moonwalkers brought back from 1969 through 1972
— lunar samples totaling 842 pounds (382 kilograms) — and ensure scientists get
the best possible samples for study.
Some of the
soil and bits of rock were vacuum-packed on the moon — and never exposed to
Earth’s atmosphere — or frozen or stored in gaseous helium following splashdown
and then left untouched. The lab’s staff is now trying to figure out how best
to remove the samples from their tubes and other containers without
contaminating or spoiling anything. They’re practicing with mock-up equipment
and pretend lunar dirt.
Compared
with Apollo-era tech, today’s science instruments are much more sensitive,
Zeigler noted.
“We can do
more with a milligram than we could do with a gram back then. So it was really
good planning on their part to wait,” he said.
The lunar
sample lab has two side-by-side vaults: one for rocks still in
straight-from-the-moon condition and a smaller vault for samples previously
loaned out for study. About 70 percent of the original haul is in the pristine
sample vault, which has two combinations and takes two people to unlock. About
15 percent is in safekeeping at White Sands in New Mexico. The rest is used for
research or display.
Of the six
manned moon landings, Apollo 11 yielded the fewest lunar samples: 48 pounds or
22 kilograms. It was the first landing by astronauts and NASA wanted to
minimize their on-the-moon time and risk. What’s left from this mission — about
three-quarters after scientific study, public displays and goodwill gifts to
all countries and U.S. states in 1969 — is kept mostly here at room
temperature.
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