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June 27, 2007 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC/BETT R Passport Destination: Rainy Places Packing Round 1. Mt. Waialeale on this Hawaiian island is said to be the rainiest spot on the planet. KAUAI 2. The world`s largest tropical rain forest is found in this place. AMAZON JUNGLE 3 Rain doesn`t keep locals or visitors away from this center of Seattle`s nightlife. PIONEER SQUARE 4. This southern U.S. city is the home of Loyola University and Audubon Aquarium. NEW ORLEANS 5. This capital city of Florida is famous for its canopy roads. TALLAHASSEE 6. All of these Washington cities are situated on rainy Puget Sound except SPOKANE . Picture: waterfall Departure Round 1. All of these dishes are specialties of the wet Louisiana bayous except BIGOS . 2. Calling itself America's first settlement, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA held its Fiesta of Five Flags May 30-June 10th. 3. A mixture of water and MILK was used for the rain in the 1952 movie "Singin' In The Rain". 4. The highest peak in the northeastern U.S. is in New Hampshire`s White Mountains. MT. WASHINGTON 5. "Chinglone" is the national game in this country whose capital is Yangon. MYANMAR Picture: very tall highrise On Tour 1. The Alaskan tourist town of Ketchikan rests in the TONGASS National Forest. 2. Yakutat, Alaska, is the gateway to this largest tidewater glacier in North America. HUBBARD 3. This island off West Palm Beach, Florida, holds a bunker built for JFK during the Cold War. PEANUT ISLAND 4. This city in India formerly held the Guinness record as the wettest place on earth. CHERRATUNJI 5. This rainy town is home to British Columbia's oldest surviving salmon cannery. PRINCE RUPERT 6. Quillayute, located in this state, gets about 102 inches of rain a year. WASHINGTON 7. This historic village in Lafayette, Louisiana, recreates life as it was in 1765-1890. VERMILIONVILLE Picture: Victorian large building with a dome 8. Billed as Europe's rainiest city, BERGEN , Norway, holds an annual Rain Festival. 9. This city in American Samoa was the subject of W. Somerset Maugham's short story "Rain". PAGO PAGO 10. This city on the Gulf Coast of Texas was severely damaged by 2005 Hurricane Rita. PORT ARTHUR 11. Rainy Buenaventura is an important port in this South American country. COLOMBIA 12. Plenty of rain helped Srimangal become the TEA capital of Bangladesh. Bonus Question One Mobile, Alabama, one of the rainiest U.S. cities, is home to this French fort replica. FORT CONDE Bonus Question Two Where on the map of Alabama is Mobile found? Area 5 Picture: bridge over a river Slide Show 1. Pee Pee Falls is one several waterfalls in this second largest city in Hawaii. HILO 2. This rainy state capital boasts the tallest capital building in the United States. BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 3. This palace is located on the Buriganga River in Dajka, Bangladesh. AHSAN MANZIL 4. This bridge over the Willamette River is one of Portland, Oregon`s most photographed sites. FREEMONT BRIDGE Clues for next destination: Tribes Totem poles Cliff dwellings America |