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A journey into sacred ground. Join fellow Christians, Muslims & Jews for this transforming experience.

2009 Asia Pacific Festival

Oregon's beautiful Mid-Willamette Valley will be the location of the festival.

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Joe Phelan, Friendship Force of Sacramento

Rock-cut tombs at Myra

Rock-cut tombs in the form of temple-fronts carved into the vertical faces of cliffs at Myra. Myra is an ancient town in Lycia, where the small town of Kale (Demre) is situated today in present day Antatolia Province of Turkey

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Featured Exchange Opportunities

Tarapoto, Peru

September 15 to 22
Estimated cost: $1,600 including roundtrip airfare from Birmingham; or $3,050 Sept.15 to 30, including optional tour extension and roundtrip airfare from Birmingham

Contact: Jane Lewis 
jal2305@aol.com
Phone: 205 822.5118 in Alabama

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Hokkaido, Japan

Japan

September 19 to 29
Estimated cost: $1,000 land only

Contact: Sandra Larson slworksco@hotmail.com
Phone: 661 746.6056 in California

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Anywhere Exchange

Anywhere

November 9 to 18
Estimated cost: $1,600 including roundtrip airfare from Miami

Contact: Ellen Simmonds ellen@icofmaine.com
Phone: 603 436-0079

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  • Alexander the Great believed that the boundary of the universe was the Ganges River.

    The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

    The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple in Tanjore. The shikhara(top stone)is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificenttemple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.

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