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    ෆොරින් කරන්සි USD ලන්කාවෙ බැන්කුවල අන්න කෙල 💥💩

    You are probably correct. Money in a foreign bank operating even within SL is safe as their governance is dictated by their parent banking laws. the SL government cannot touch these funds. But a situation like what happened to the Russians is a possibility. PS: This scare raises its head from...
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    අවංක ලෝයස්ලා කොහෙද ඉන්නෙ?

    They are an extinct species... :unsure:
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    The Seven Beauties of the "Shing Valley" - Panjakent _ Tajikistan

    It's more beautiful in the summer because the water levels rise by at least another two metres due to melting of snow in the mountains. But by that time (from June onwards) places in Uzbekistan can rise upto 40 - 45 deg C. So you need to travel now or after October but before the winter sets...
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    Bali, Thailand, Vietnam වගේ රටවලට ගිහින් long-term remote වැඩ කරන ලංකාවේ උන් ඉන්නවද? එහෙම experience තියෙන අය ඉන්නවද?

    Most likely Methanol added to the cocktails.... That's probably why it's free. Usual alcohols doesn't expire but consuming methanol makes you expire. :unsure:
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    The Seven Beauties of the "Shing Valley" - Panjakent _ Tajikistan

    They have their native dialects but all understand Russian. They use the Cyrillic alphabet. Tajikistan & Turkmenistan are derivatives of Persian & Turkish. We had guides. When there are no guides I usually talk with the teenagers. The girls are very social, and very much like to talk to us and...
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    The Seven Beauties of the "Shing Valley" - Panjakent _ Tajikistan

    This refers to a group of seven lakes located in the beautiful Shing Valley in the Fann Mountains, nearest large town is Panjakent in Tajikistan. The lakes are at different elevations. They are said to be naturally interconected (underground) Also named Haft-Kul in local language (The Seven...
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    Darvaza Crater - The Gateway to Hell

    Yes... We never take tours. I usually drive all the way. But the Five Stans are different. We just can't drive across borders and all the forms that need to be filled are in their language or Russian. The tour operators handle everythiing and hand us across the borders. Turkmenistan is probably...
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    මිනියේ මුනට ඇල්ලුවාට අන්ලොක් වෙලා නෑ... 😢😢😢😢

    AFAIK Apple will unlock but access to data is not going to work unless there's someone who is added as a Legacy contact. He should also know the key which is created at the time he gets added. https://digital-legacy.apple.com/
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    Darvaza Crater - The Gateway to Hell

    We were keen to take a look even going there is a bit of a problem. Nobody knows how long these will keep burning but hopefully it will keep burning. There's natural gas under their land. A litre of water costs about 3.50 manat but a litre of petrol only 1.50 manat. Tajikistan is the cheapest...
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    Darvaza Crater - The Gateway to Hell

    A few shots taken just a couple of days ago in Darvaza. It's located in Turkmenistan, Karakum Desert. It's about 4 hours drive from Ashbagat which is the capital city, also refereed to as the White Marble city. Every building in the city is white marble and also all cars are white. Only the...
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    මිනියේ මුනට ඇල්ලුවාට අන්ලොක් වෙලා නෑ... 😢😢😢😢

    Of course Apple will unloock it once the person is deceased with a proper court order.
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    Guess where?

    No time to write anything... We have a very tight program visiting all 5 countries in the Central Asias. Today arrived early at the hotel to watch a cultural show at 5.15PM. Uzbek traditional Culltural show with music, dancing & their costumes. Food superb!!! I have virtually travelled all over...
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    Guess where?

    Can you guess where?
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    පිලිපීන යාලුවෙක් මාර කතාවක් කිව්වා ` රත්තරං

    It's true that the Phillipines has Gold reserves. Also Mercury is used to extract gold. Mercury has long poisoned gold miners. However now there are mercury-free extraction methods.
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    Now in Bishkek - Kyrgyzstan

    We are now in Kazakhstan. It's 5.27 AM and we are on the way to big Almaty Lake at 6 AM. It's closed for visitors but there are ways to get there. Will post some photos when I got some free time. Sorry. Can anyone guess where we are now .... ------ Post added on 1777642442 CAn anyone guess...
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    Now in Bishkek - Kyrgyzstan

    certain abandoned sites can be visited but no point in going there
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    ලන්කාවෙ Life guard ල.මුන්ට මොකද කරන්න ඕනෙ ?

    Lifeguards should be CPR trained... Otherwise the are not lifeguards.

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