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I came one day to check out the library since I needed a book, so of course the place you would natuarly go would be the library, when I went though it became aparent that I should have called ahead because they were closed. I kept coming back and they always seemed to be closed in fact, after a while I realized they had forgotten to put up an under renovation sign up! Weeks later I did go into the library and promptly walked out after 20 minutes of browsing realizing that it was one of the lesser libraries I had ever seen, despite its attractive facade and exclusive hours. I will not be going back as the California State University Humboldt provides a library that is much better then your average library and does not require being in Eureka.

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I do not recomend staying in Eureka much but Huboldt is a large county and has a lot to offer. There are many trails if you feel like going outdoors (yes redwoods too), there are local instrument builders like myself, coastline in the north of the county that will leave you breathless. There are lots of coffee shops of decent quality, as for food though Arcata is the only place with really good food in the county, so be prepared to do some searching for food that is not trying to attain a new level of super veganism, unless that is your style. For shopping there are some antique shops that offer some nice products for reasonable prices, one can also look into the alturnative earth type of shops for some unique items but do not expect a great deal because they are not made with sweat shop labor and are certified 27 different ways for being “all natural” to the point you wonder if there doing it to hide something. This is another great spot to check out if you happen to wander up from southern California or down from Oregon on the illustrious 101/Route 1

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Surely, the premier place to go if you want to watch theatre. I saw my first play here when I was a child, Shakespeare’s A MidSummers Night Dream Here I am years later working at a theatre and pursuing my degree in the illustrious field. I still remember the performance I watched though. It is something no one will ever be able to take away from me.

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Wales is a lot like England and Scotland as one would expect but the food is better, the people more polite and quite often you will hear the locals speaking Gaelic but a smoother form of Gaelic then what I have heard from Irish and Scottish speakers. As always you have your Castles and Abby’s but there is something just over all more pleasant about Wales then England or Scotland, not to say the other two are not worth visiting but I would have liked to have spent more time here I believe.

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I lived in England for about a month when I was younger and would take trips with my parents into the countryside, Whales and Scotland. Of course, I went to go see StoneHenge, which you could get quite a bit closer to it when I went, although I was not that impressed, in the end it is a bunch of large rocks assembled to worship the sky, I have seen more impressive engineering feats before. Again, the Abby’s and Castles are impressive and worth seeing although I think I had such an overload of them, that I am not in the greatest hurry go and see all of them again.

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I came here when I was a bit younger, if you enjoy celtic culture and find the English a little stuffy at times Scotland is a great place to go, the castles and abby’s of course are worth a visit. The food is interesting, they will deep fry anything that does not move for too long.

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Well my first visit was not as pleasant as I would have liked perhaps, and I was shocked that in Bangkok would have such a non-existent nightlife. Sure, there were places still open here and there but for the most part the whole city shut down after 11:00pm on the weekdays. There is still a lot to do and see here during the day though. You can go and see the Joe Louis puppet show, and a Muay Thai boxing match (1-2,000bt depending on seats) the Bangkok Temples and Palaces etc. Worth going to see though.

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I first learned of Malaysia from my then friend in college as she was an exchange student studying at my college. Though I already knew a little bit about the place and was better then many of my colleagues simply by knowing where the place was, I found out that it was a culturally enriched country with a diverse background. In fact many of the cultural practices that I like coming from other countries are still alive and practiced here. I came and visited last year for one month, I liked what I had seen so much that I decided to come back and study here for 6 more months.

I find it amazing that so many different cultures, ethnicities and religions can exist here, not in perfect harmony but as close to it as I have seen.

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