Google Earth Links

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Because there is nothing like traveling to another country to understand a culture, and because geography tells us huge amounts of information about cultures, and because the Google Earth software gives us an amazing "virtual reality" ability to see these fascinating places, I am placing some useful Google Earth "KMZ" links here for you to download.  First, you'll have to download and install the Google Earth software

Then, you can download and then use each of the following KMZ files to point your Google Earth "browser" to these locations.  They will open as Zip files, so when you click it, the option to "open" or "save" will appear.  With Windows XP, the Zip file can be opened by simply selecting "open", and then you will see the file with the extension doc.kml, double click that, and your Google Earth browser will "fly" to the location.

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Lhasa, Tibet (China)

Machu Picchu Ruins

Mecca, Ka'aba

Mount Everest, Nepal-Tibet border

Mount Fuji, Japan

Nazca Plains, and mysterious lines etched in desert soil

Pyongyang, N. Korea

Sanctuary of the Virgen of the Boat (Virgem da Barca), Galicia, Spain (más información y fotos)

Santiago de Compostela--destination of the Camino de Santiago, also, see "The End of the Earth"--Fisterra

Galapagos Ecuador Cuenca, Ecuador, Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador

Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay, the "secret" location in Paraguay very near where the Bush family and Reverend Sun Myung Moon together own chunks of real estate the size of Rhode Island sitting atop the world's largest underground aquifer, and it's next to a large military airbase.  Lots of weird stuff going on here folks....  What are the Bush family and Moon doing together?  Conspiracy theories abound--will this be the hideout for the Bush family after he leaves office?  Is this a new secret torture site for the CIA?  Is this the new promised land for the Unification Church, complete with American military support?  Is this merely a resource grab to control the fresh water in South America? A military base for attacking Bolivia if they keep electing leftists, and "protect" the natural gas deposits there? Amnesty International article on Paraguay Argentine article on Bush purchase, Paraguayan article, otro artículo interesante y largo en español