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Some Wonderful Lakes of the World 2008-05-08 21:41:28 Some WonderfulLakes
of the World
Each lake; a world of its own
Lakes are not seas; they are enclosed water bodies of substantial size; they nurture the people around giving them almost all their day today needs like food, water, transportation recreation etc. they support a bio system around its peripheries to evolve independently and develop [...]
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City USA 2008-05-04 22:11:02 Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York City
USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
And a museum was born
After the end of the American Civil War there all around prosperity leading to increased interest in works of art. John Taylor Johnson an enthusiast in collection of artworks –by profession he was a rail road executive- [...] Read more:Metropolitan
, Metropolitan Museum
Carlsbad Caverns National Park 2008-05-01 22:23:40 Carlsbad Caves (Carlsbad Cavern National
Park), New Mexico, US
Carlsbad Caverns Rail On the tour route
No one knows how many caves are there in the world; but definitely there are many more to be discovered than what have been listed. There is something weird about caves; they are far more than mere emptiness; [...] Read more:National Park
Teotihuacan 2008-04-27 10:09:23 Teotihuacan, the biggest prehistoric city; bigger than Rome!
Avenue of the Dead flanked by the Pyramid of the Sun in the background.
Where men became gods
It existed in a junction between BC and AD (between 500 BC and 700 AD) and influenced the entire Mesoamerican Civilization including the Maya City of Waka giving a new resurgence to [...]
Venice 2008-04-14 19:17:51 Venice (Commune de Venezia) Italy
gondolas docked in Venice
All waterlogged cities are not Venice
The city of Venice is located at the northern part of Italy within the Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea. Venice is perhaps the city with most surnames; it is the Queen of the Adriatic, ‘City of Water’, City of Lights’, ‘City [...] Read more:Venice
Pompeii 2008-04-08 20:58:15 Pompeii, the burned and ruined city of Rome
The Forum seen from inside the basilica
One more feather on Fontana’s cap
River Sarno is a small steam flowing through Campania Region of Italy which is at present in news due to its extreme pollution levels (it contains 120,000 tons of filth!) used to inundate the [...]
Palace of Versailles 2008-04-06 21:09:04 Palace of Versailles (Chateau de Versailles) Paris, France
Palace and Park of Versailles
Eiffel, Louver and Versailles
The Palace of Versailles was a creation of Louis XIV; it is said that he had made for his amorous trysts. It is located at Versailles few km away from Paris and remains as one of the top [...] Read more:Palace
Sistine Chapel 2008-04-02 21:50:43 Sistine Chapel
(Chappella Sistina), Vatican Rome, Italy
Exterior of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican, Rome
A physical chapel of the Papal Chapel
The Sistine Chapel located in the Vatican complex was made for Pope Sixtus IV and was mainly intended for the solemn functions of the Papal Conclave. This chapel happened to be the venue for one [...]
St Peters Basilica 2008-03-30 21:07:18 St Peter’s basilica, Vatican City, Rome (Basilica di San Pietro)
The facade of St peters basilica
And I say also with thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Taken from the Gospel of Mathew; Chapter 16; verse 18.
[...] Read more:Peters
Louvre Museum 2008-03-28 21:48:17 Louvre Museum
(Musee du Louvre) Paris France
Kings, revolutionaries, conquerors and ministers; all worked for enriching it; and their works did not go waste; Louvre remains as the most famous museum in the world.
Louvre Museum located between Rue de Rivoli -Paris’s commercial street with the most fashionable shopping arcades- [...]
Yosemite National Park 2008-05-15 21:09:04 Yosemite National
Park, California US
yosemite National Park Lower Cathedral Lake
Pronounced as ‘yo – SEM – it – ee’ The Yosemite National Park is a 761266 acre wilderness reserve is thesecond national park in US after Yellowstone National Park. It is located in Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties in the State of California [...] Read more:Yosemite
Yellowstone National Park 2008-05-24 21:15:07 Yellowstone National
Park, Wyoming, US
Yellowstone National Park in Winter
A natural museum of geographical features
The Yellowstone is the first designated national park in the United States; established in March 1, 1872; it has an area of 8987 sq miles. This park is mainly located in Wyoming State with some of the [...]
Banff National Park 2008-05-29 21:56:40 Banff National
Park, Calgary Alberta Canada
Moraine Lake, and the Valley of the Ten Peaks
The oldest national park in Canada – pronounced as baemf
A change of role
The ascent of Homo sapiens (human species) as a super power among animals did much damage to ecology, by 18th century there was a shift in his role he [...]
Forbidden City 2008-06-08 21:03:26 Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng – Purple Forbidden City or Gu Gong = old palace), Beijing, China
forbidden city china Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
Gu Gong (old palace)
Located in the middle of Beijing the capital of China; this ‘once forbidden city’ remains not just as a mere complex of several [...] Read more:Forbidden
, Forbidden City
Bali Island 2008-06-17 21:22:58 Bali Island
, Indonesia, ‘The ultimate island’
The Mother Temple of Besakih one of Bali’s most significant Hindu temples
The Island of Bali is unique in many aspects; it is a cultural entity; an island in the Islamic sea of the Indonesian Archipelago. A tiny island that still remembers the myths it was taught by the [...]
Qin Terra Cotta Warriors 2008-06-23 21:20:54 Terracotta Warriors
, China
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Some farmers, a well and a mystery
In 1974 some farmers belonging to Lintong County of Shaanxi Province China were for a well; quite unexpectedly they stumbled upon some potteries and unusual materials; even in their wildest dreams they did not see that site was going to be one [...]
Lake Tonle Sap Cambodia 2008-06-29 21:09:07 Lake Tonle Sap Cambodia
(Boeung Tonle Sap), Great Lake of Cambodia
Water dwelling on the lake of Tonle Sap near Siem Reap
The largest fresh water lake of Southeast Asia
Lakes especially the large ones have the power to influence the life style of the people who live around it by giving them food, water and transportation. But [...]
Bagan Temples and Pagodas 2008-07-14 03:57:43 Temples of Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
Bagan Temples and Pagodas
A city of ten million temples
Bagan is located in the Mandalay area on eastern bank of Ayeyarwady River at about 160 km from Rangoon (Yangon) Burma. Though small in size it is really big in its cultural heritage with countless temples most of them in various stages of [...] Read more:Temples
Banaue Rice Terraces 2008-08-10 20:13:59 Banaue Rice Terraces (Hagdang Palayan ng Banaue), Ifugo, Philippines
God and worship
Banau Rice Terrace image courtesy: wayfaring.info
Rice is a cereal grain and food to about half of the world’s population; but it is far more than a cereal to the ancient cultures who toiled to produce it. Rice was for them a life giver that [...]
Golden Temple of Dambulla Srilanka 2008-07-27 20:54:21 Dambulla Cave Temple
(Golden
Temple of Dambulla) Sri Lanka
Some mystical impact
Caves are defined as natural underground voids large enough for a man to enter; they had been the original abode of human beings; which gave man shelter, canvass and inspiration to express his literary and artistic talents. Being in a cave is an ample provocation [...]
The Southern Cross Flight 2008-11-29 23:50:31 The ‘SouthernCross
’, the first flight across the Pacific (Eightieth Anniversary),
First trans-Pacific flight celebrates its 8oth anniversary in August 2008.
The Southern Cross inside the Kingsford Smith Memorial, a climate-controlled sealed glass building
Our commercial flight operation is eighty years old.
Smith and Ulm were youngsters from the Imperial Air Force of Australia with u Read more:Flight