Unutterably Silly Let's Go Places!

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Ruyton-XI-Towns

Ruyton-XI-Towns, formally Ruyton of the Eleven Towns or simply Ruyton, is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It has a population of around 1,500 people, falling to 1,379 at the 2011 Census, and lies on the River Perry. Nearby to the east is the large village of Baschurch and to the north the smaller village of Wykey.

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Saweto, Peru

A small town of indigenous people live in Saweto, within the Peruvian Amazon forest, constantly fighting loggers & drug smugglers encroaching on their land & their continued existence.

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Osaka

Osaka is a large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu. It's known for its modern architecture, nightlife and hearty street food. The 16th-century shogunate Osaka Castle, which has undergone several restorations, is its main historical landmark. It's surrounded by a moat and park with plum, peach and cherry-blossom trees. Sumiyoshi-taisha is among Japan’s oldest Shinto shrines.

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Amer, India

Amer, a town with an area of 4 square kilometres located 11 kilometres from Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India. Famous for Amer Fort, located high on a hill, it is the principal tourist attraction in the Jaipur area.

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Ruidoso

Ruidoso is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 8,029 at the 2010 census. The city of Ruidoso Downs and the unincorporated area of Alto are suburbs of Ruidoso, and contribute to the Ruidoso Micropolitan Statistical Area's population of 21,223.

A mountain resort town, Ruidoso lies in the Sierra Blanca mountain range of south-central New Mexico, where it merges with the Sacramento Mountains to the south. Ruidoso is a resort community close to the slopes of Ski Apache, the Mescalero Apache Tribe-owned ski resort on Sierra Blanca, a 12,000-foot (3,700 m) mountain. The tribe also operates the Inn of the Mountain Gods resort in the area, which includes a casino, hotel, and golf course. Ruidoso is the largest community in Lincoln County, and serves as the regional economic hub.

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Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S.

From the Louisiana travel bureau website:

Opelousas is a great place to use your feet, whether strolling over the 19th-century brick sidewalks lining its historic district or participating in the city's deep Zydeco music tradition by dancing at a local club or festival. Opelousas is Louisiana's third-oldest city and is part of the state's Main Street Program with its downtown cluster of antique shops, boutiques and restaurants serving Cajun cuisine.

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Sarilhos Pequenos

Village in Portugal, meaning Small Troubles.

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Shanghai, West Virginia

Shanghai is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The town is nestled in Back Creek Valley between Leading Ridge and North Mountain. Shanghai lies at the junction of West Virginia Secondary Route 7 (Back Creek Valley Road) and Secondary Route 18.

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Inhambabe, Mozambique

Inhambane, Terra de Boa Gente is a city located in southern Mozambique, lying on Inhambane Bay, 470 km northeast of Maputo.

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Eilat, Israel

Eilat is Israel's southernmost city, a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba. The city's beaches, coral reef, nightlife and desert landscapes make it a popular destination for domestic and international tourism.

A friend of mine lives there.


North Beach, Eilat, Israel

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Tomahawk, Tasmania, Australia

The entire Wikipedia entry:

Tomahawk is a small seaside town in north east Tasmania, Australia, overlooking the Bass Strait. This town has a caravan park with a small shop. There is a boat ramp and the area is known for its fishing. At the 2006 census, Tomahawk and the surrounding area had a population of 111.

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Kanakanak

A settlement established near Dillingham, Alaska, following the 1918 flu pandemic and part of present-day Dillingham. The name derives from the practice of counting noses at the orphanage.

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Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 240,832. Kiel lies approximately 90 kilometres north of Hamburg.

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Liliput

Lilliput and Blefuscu are two fictional island nations that appear in the first part of the 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The two islands are neighbours in the South Indian Ocean, separated by a channel eight hundred yards wide. Both are inhabited by tiny people who are about one-twelfth the height of ordinary human beings. Both kingdoms are empires, i.e. realms ruled by a self-styled emperor. The capital of Lilliput is Mildendo.

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Tubbercurry

The second-largest town in terms of both population and land area in County Sligo, Ireland. I'll have a tub o' curry with that.