Few friend and I are planning a trip late May early June any tips? Whens the best time to travel for cheap air fare-what places should we stop at (keep in mind were four college chicks) any great ...
I will be taking a company trip to Montevideo for a week in October. I want to visit another South American place but have limited time and budget (about US$1.3k). Should I go to Lima, Cuzco and M...
I got a one year contract in Bogota and another year contract in Barranca in Colombia. Somebody told me it is a dangerouse place for drug smuggler. I intend to take my family with me. Any comment /...
I have a couple of weeks off in December and was wondering the logistical possibility of taking buses from Cancun to Panama (ticabus, etc). When I travel I move fast and don't like to spend ...
You see beaded necklaces of all sorts in the "hip" stores but I was wondering if there is anywhere in San Juan, Costa Rica where I can find people selling their homemade necklaces and wares ...
Questions about Peru?
What is there government democrat or republic?
What are there imports and exports?
How old you need to be to dropout of school? Literacy Rate?...
I am planning to attend a school in Guatemala soon to become more fluent in Spanish and would like to know more about the dialect there. The school said they teach "Castilian Spanish". Does ...
Because the actual translation of "Nederlande" (English: the Netherlands) is "the low lands"; at least some of the land is actually below the level of the sea; thus, the Spanish "Paises Bajos" is the correct translation.
tonalc1
Because it's the literal translation of "nether (lower) lands." Much of the country is below sea level.
Vinyl
NO. Not "down". "Low countries" because of low altitude. 1/4 of the country is below sea level. In French they're called "Les Pays Bas". Same thing.
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