PUBLIC MARKS from alamat with tag town

Taal is a fascinating town. A former capital of one of the Philippine’s most affluent provinces it enjoyed its share of opulence during its heyday, when sugar and coffee prices were at their height. A lesser known fact is that like Vigan, it is one of the country’s most preserved towns featuring a rich colonial heritage.

Remember when the Pirate Bay tried to raise enough money to buy the Principality of Sealand? Well, this is a bit different. Torrentreactor.net, one of the most popular torrent sites on the Internet today, says it has bought the small village of Gar, in the Tomsk province of Russia. The single requirement was that the town rename itself to “Torrentreactor.”