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Where would you find the best beach in the world? Is it Copacabana, or somewhere in Australia or on Hawai? Or should you fly all the way to Pukhet, Thailand to find golden sand and palm trees?

According to one of our readers, Frank, the best beaches he ever saw were in Florida.
"We've been to lots of beaches, from South Carolina to Alabama to all over Florida, and by far our favorite beach is Cape San Blas, FL. It's a little piece of 'Old Florida' in the Panhandle! It's a 20-mile-long peninsula with the bay on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other, and 10 of the 20 miles is all St. Joseph Peninsula State Park! There are no high-rises allowed on Cape San Blas, so the beaches are not crowded and it's white sand as far as you can see."

I just came across a very interesting study about the different languages that are spoken in South America. My first reaction was to think of Spanish, then Portuguese, and then some smaller indigenous languages.

But the results were more interesting.

Portuguese is the most spoken language in South America. It is the official language of Brazil, which holds about 51% of the South American population. Spanish is the official language of most countries of the continent. Dutch is the official language of Suriname; English is the official language of Guyana , although there are at least twelve other languages spoken in the country such as Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese and various indigenous dialects. English is also spoken in the Falkland Islands. French is the official language of French Guiana.

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If you are looking for a great place to find free travel maps from around the world, then you should definitely check out Bugbog. They have a large collection of maps, ranging from world maps to detailed maps of remote regions.

Furthermore, these maps always lead to an interesting travel guide with lots of information about the desired location. You can also find pictures and much more.

Just surf to Great Travel Maps of the World and start planning your next trip or holiday.

You will probably have seen the remarkable pictures of Yann Arthus-Bertrand, a renowned and internationally-recognised French photographer. He originally specialised in animal photography, but later turned to aerial photography of subjects in many locations across the world.

But he doesn't only produce wonderful pictures, he also tries to raise awareness about the terrible way in which men is slowly killing the wonderful planet on which we live.

On Yann Arthus-Bertrand you can read more about it, and even dowload free wonderful wallpaper pictures to put on your desktop.

Here on Betraveler.org we will publish recipes from all over the world. Today we are bringing you the vegetarian - vegan recipe for a wonderful East African soup.

First of all the ingredients :

2 cups chopped onion
2 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp grated fresh peeled ginger
1 tsp salt

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