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Large triangularish island being booted toward Africa by Italy's toe; autonomous region of Italy; active volcanoes: Stromboli & Mount Etna; tourism hotspot; where sonnets originated; only 1.5 miles (2.41 km) from mainland Italy; ethnic melting pot; Archimedes (“Don’t disturb my circles”); sunny beaches, beaches, and more beaches; archaeological haven
Sri Lanka ?
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)/ an island south of India in the Indian Ocean./rainforest/ highlands and sandy beaches/Buddhist ruins/ 5th-century citadel Sigiriya/ Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka's ancient capital/ Capitals/ Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
Gibraltar?
Déjà vu... #762
British territory; peninsula attached to Spain; one of the Pillars of Hercules; Rock of Gibraltar; Gibunco Gibraltar International Literary Festival: November 15-18, 2018; Do Not Feed or Pet the Monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar (Barbary Macaques); St. Michaels Cave (one of over 150 caves in the Rock of Gibraltar). New stuff: the road into Gibraltar is perpendicular to an airport runway and is shut down when a plane needs to land; Gibraltar is only 9-miles (14 1/2 km) from Africa.
Myanmar ?
Myanmar formerly Burma/ Southeast Asian/ more than 100 ethnic groups /Yangon formerly Rangoon the country's largest city/bustling markets/the towering gilded Shwedagon Pagoda/Capital Naypyidaw.
Portugal?
Henry the Navigator; Luís Vaz de Camões; Vasco da Gama; corks; surfing; oldest country in Europe; world's oldest bookstore; 1755 estimated 9.0 Richter All Saint's Day earthquake in Lisboa; Port; Madeira
Tasmania
Tasmania an island state off Australia, parks and reserves. On the Tasman Peninsula, the 19th-century Port Arthur is now an open-air museum. In Hobart, the port capital, Salamanca Place's is now galleries and boutiques.
The Nethertland?
High fallutin' name for Holland; Dutch; flat land with much below sea level ( >25% ); windmills; tulips; clogs; invented gin; "highest English-proficiency in the world" ( 86% ) - I assume that's after GB and the USA... but I could be wrong; orange; largest beer exporter in the world
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Islands
China
Cradle of civilization/invention, dynastic, pandas, silk, porcelain, stamp collecting, Three Gorges Dam, poets/poetry...
Estonia ?
Estonia Northern Europe,/borders the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland/more than 1,500 islands/ rocky beaches/ forest / lakes/castles/ churches and hilltop fortresses. The capital, Tallinn.
Finland?
Helsinki; Linux; 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands; Air Guitar and Wife Carrying world Championships are held there; Tango; Heavy Metal; home of Santa Claus to many; much prior to the EURO being established squirrel skins were used as currency.
Maldives ?
Sinking underneath the water. The president of the Maldives is desperately trying to buy land so his people have a place to live when the island is sunk by global warming.
United States? (for people living outside the US).