July 2011 - JOEJOURNEYS

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The Last Whalers – An Azorean Past

No longer practised on the islands of the Azores, but whaling was a big industry. A whale’s cadaver was processed for lamp oil, candles, medicines, perfume and machinery lubricants. The blubber was melted down for oil and the bones tossed aside. The first type of whaling done was shore whaling along the New England coast, […]

Hotel Talisman

Hotel Talisman is officially a 3-star hotel located in the centre of Ponta Delgada, the largest city in São Miguel Island and the Azores. Located within walking distance of most attractions and the city, with easy access to the new harbour and marina that was officially completed in 2010. The room was large, clean and […]

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Village Life in the Azores

Blimey Summers, Scorching Canuks

As a fellow Canadian, I completely understand the hardships of weather patterns in Toronto Canada. In 2011 it’s proving to be an especially scorching summer, something that can’t be said about London England. In Toronto the swings of seasons are clear, hot summers, wet autumns, freezing winters and warm springs. Though ask any Canadian and […]

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Ponta Delgada • Azores

Ponta Delgada is the largest city on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, the autonomous region of Portugal. Populated since 1444, the island of São Miguel was a vast territory, with small settlements scattered about, except for Vila Franca do Campo in the central-southern coast, and the community of Ponta Delgada. […]

World’s first HD streaming video of planet Earth

World’s first ever high definition, streaming video of planet Earth, installed on the outside of the International Space Station through a joint effort with the Russian Space Agency, the camera will provide a 40 km wide, high resolution, color image down to as close as 1.1 metres. UrtheCast is building, launching, installing, and operating two […]

Global Debt – Countries with the Highest Debt

Global debt is increasingly becoming a serious global issue. Below is a list of countries with the highest external debts. All the talk of financial crisis it was good idea to get a look at the situation of countries with their debt listed, it proved interesting to see, and shocking. These results are as of […]