Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the most powerful waterfall in Europe.Dettifoss waterfall is the most powerful waterfall in Europe, it is located in the northeast part of Iceland, It’s a 30 minutes hike to the waterfall from the parking lot.
Saturday, 8 June 2013
Friday, 7 June 2013
Iao Valley
Central Maui’s Iao Valley State Park features one of Maui’s most recognizable landmarks, the 1200-foot Iao Needle.Iao Valley is a lush, stream-cut valley in West Maui, Hawaii, located 5 kilometres west of Wailuku. Because of its natural beauty and historical significance, it has become a popular tourist location.
Port Metro Vancouver
Port Metro Vancouver has been a leading homeport for Alaska cruises. The Port’s two cruise terminals, Canada Place and Ballantyne, are conveniently located and only 30 minutes away from the Vancouver International Airport. Canada Place is located in the city centre, close to shopping, dining, attractions, and Stanley Park. Ballantyne is located east of the city centre and close to Canada Place. The cruise terminals are modern, secure, and world-class.
Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya is a city in the Hill Country of Sri Lanka. Its temperate climate gives the city a very different feel from other parts of the country and, along with the colonial architecture, has earned it the name ‘Little England’. Pedro Tea Factory offers fascinating tours.
In the hills nearby there are paths through the tea plantations to wander along. Haggala Botanical Gardens are very impressive. Hortons Plains and World’s End Offer fascinating walks though this temperate mountain environment, with an 800m vertical drop to be found at World’s End.
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Durmitor, Montenegro
Durmitor with Tara river canyon - spreads across 39 000 ha, and since 1980 it has been included in the UNESCO. Žabljak, the town with the greatest height above the sea level in the Balkanns (1456 m) is surrounded by 23 mountain peaks over 2300 m high and 17 glacier lakes called “mountain eyes”. Durmitor is also a famous winter ski center.
Flame Tower Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku-or Baki, as it is oft familiar, is the top of Azerbaijan and the largest port and opening in the Caucasus realm. It sprawls over the Absheron peninsula in a elemental gallery bounded by mountains to the writer and the Caspian Sea to the septentrion, southmost and eastern. A urbane metropolis run according to secular principles, it is an importunate end where locals, expats and visitors of incompatible ethnicities mingle with repose
The Flower of the East Kish Island, Iran
Situated on the Island of Kish, the Flower of the East will place Iran on the map of luxury hotels. The hotel is expected to near completion sometime this year. Just like the name suggests, this awesomely structured hotel will look exactly like a flower. Using a combination of Persian and modern high-tech architecture, the hotel will be a seven star too.
his pretty flower will boast around 200 luxuriously set up rooms. With magnificent views of the surrounding sea, this hotel is sure to take your breath away. The hotel is part of a complex that includes two more five star hotels, 4700 luxury villas, a marina and a 27 hole golf course and a whole lot more. This budding flower is sure to be a major tourist attraction in Iran, when it blooms.
Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres, the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long.The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America.
A north-south range, it is mostly on the Wyoming side of the state’s border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the east slope of the range is in Grand Teton National Park
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia is believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross at different levels at the same spot.
At the lowest (ground) level, the original Richmond and York River Railroad was extended after the American Civil War to connect with the Richmond and Danville Railroad, later part of the Southern Railway System, currently part of Norfolk Southern. The line runs east to West Point, Virginia.
The middle level was the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, now part of CSX Transportation known as the “S” line, just south of Main Street Station. It is planned to become part of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an, that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. Another name
for Petra is a rose city. Petra stands in the southern area in Jordan.
Established possibly as early as 312 BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan, as well as
its most-visited tourist attraction. It
lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the
eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running
from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.
Monday, 1 April 2013
Angel falls.....
Angel Falls (is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 m (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft). The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyantepui mountain in the Canaima National Park , a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Gran Sabana region of Bolívar State. The height figure 979 m (3,212 ft) mostly consists of the main plunge but also includes about 400 m (0.25 mi) of sloped cascades and rapids below the drop and a 30-metre (98 ft) high plunge downstream of the talus rapids.
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