Friday, 23 November 2018
Miniature replicas of famous world sites
Image credit
Tobu World Square is a theme park in Kinugawa Onsen that exhibits 1/25th scale replicas of famous buildings from around the world.
Thursday, 22 November 2018
Madagascar's amazing Stone Forest
Image credit
The western coast of Madagascar hosts the Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve which is made up of 666 square kilometer UNESCO World Heritage Site. It boasts breathtaking geography, mangrove forests, and wild bird, lemur and other local animal populations.
The hotel that is a paradise for auto enthusiasts
Image credit
Stuttgart's unique V8 hotel boasts themed rooms with details and many original parts from the iconic cars, including a 70′s Cadillac drive-in cinema, a Mercedez-Benz carwash, a Morris Minor garage and many more.
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Worlds most expensive coffee
Image credit
Kopi luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from a certain variety of wild red coffee beans but only after it has passed through the digestive track of the Asian Palm Civet, a weasel-like animal. This coffee costs between US$35 - US$100 per CUP whereas normal coffee costs between US$2 and US$5 per cup.
Monday, 19 November 2018
The Sign Post Forest at Watson Lake, Alaska
Image credit
One of Alaska's most famous of the landmarks, The Signpost Forest is at Mile 613, along the Alaska Highway. It boasts with over 65,000 signs and takes up a couple of acres. You can even add your own sign when you pop around!
Sunday, 18 November 2018
Manpupuner gigantic rock formations
Image credit
The Manpupuner rock formations also known as the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations are a set of 7 gigantic abnormally shaped stone pillars located north of the Ural mountains in the Komi Republic, Russia.
Yosemite's ephemeral 'Firefall'
Image credit
Horsetail Fall is a small, ephemeral waterfall that flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. The "firefall" effect happens during the second half of February when there is a clear sky and enough snow for the waterfall to flow.
Luxury living in a cave
Image credit
Yunak Evleri means "wash-houses," and that's what part of this cave inn used to be: Ürgüp's clothes-washing place. You wouldn't know it today. The rooms are traditional and stylish at the same time, done in fine taste with nice antique touches and modern conveniences.
Lac Rose (Lake Retba) - The Pink Lake of Senegal
Image credit
Lake Retba (or Lac Rose as it is known by locals) is separated only by some narrow dunes from the Atlantic Ocean and, as expected its salt content is very high.
Moeraki's Spherical Boulders
Image credit
The Moeraki Boulders are huge spherical stones that are scattered over the sandy beaches, but they are not like ordinary round boulders that have been shaped by rivers and pounding seas.
Running the gruelling Sahara Marathon - are you up to it?
Image credit
Marathon des Sables, or MdS, (French for Marathon of the Sands, also known as Sahara Marathon) is a six-day, 251 km (156 mi) ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. The longest single stage (2009) is 91 km (57 mi) long.
The white desert of Egypt
Image credit
Just a few hours from the bursting metropolis of Cairo lies a desert that will make you feel like you’ve landed on the surface of the moon.
A massive radio telescope...
Image credit
The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope located nearby the city of Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The observatory's radio telescope is 305 m (1,001 ft) in diameter and is the largest single-aperture telescope ever constructed.
Saturday, 17 November 2018
Friday, 16 November 2018
Neon Museum of Las Vegas
Image credit
Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum in Las Vegas USA, features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors.
The longest fish in the world
Image credit
The Oarfish is a largely elongated, pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Regalecidae, which has been known to reach up to a massive 110 feet (36 meters) long. It is considered a deep-sea fish.
Paarl Rock - second largest granite outcrop in the world
Image credit
Paarl Rock. This huge granite rock is formed by three rounded outcrops that make up Paarl Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the second largest granite outcrop in the world with Yosemite, USA being the largest). Granite is an igneous rock, that is, it formed (and still forms) below the surface of the earth by crystallisation of a molten rock known as magma.
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Turning English willow trees into cricket bats
Image credit
Cricket bats are manufactured mainly from English willow, a timber that grows in areas throughout Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk in the United Kingdom. All trees are individually planted by hand and is tended by the grower, to ensure that each tree will be suitable for bat making. To protect the industry, countryside and the species, two new willow trees are planted for each tree that is felled.
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
Image credit
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling is a crazy game. In this annual event a round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled down the Cooper’s Hill and competitors flung themselves at it, racing down the steep hillside
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Death-defying tunnel provides access to a small Chinese village
Image credit
The Guoliang Tunnel is located in the Taihang Mountains, in the Hunan Province of China. It is a tunnel dug by hand through the side of a mountain to provide a convenient, yet death-defying access to a small village in China.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Those Famous Brands - How Companies Got Their Names
Image credit Big company names are in your face every day, but do you know what they mean? In order to help you fill this gap of knowle...
-
Video credit: YouTube I've been on a sea cruise in moderate windy conditions before. That was bad enough, but nothing like this. Thu...
-
Image credit Cast Iron....this is a versatile pan and there is no other pan that even comes close to its league. C ast iron pans do carry ...
-
Image credit Tswaing, meaning “place of salt” in the Setswana language, is an ancient impact crater outside the metropolis of Pretoria in ...