Underwater Sculputures - By Jason De Caires Taylor

How do you take sculptures and make them worthy enough for the world to travel specifically to see them? 'Drown them' was the idea Jason De Caires Taylor came up with. Jason de Caires Taylor’s underwater sculptures create a unique, absorbing and expansive visual seascape. Highlighting natural ecological processes Taylor’s interventions explore the intricate relationships that exist between art and environment. His works become artificial reefs, attracting marine life, while offering the viewer privileged temporal encounters, as the shifting sand of the ocean floor, and the works change from moment to moment. From 'Jason De Caires Taylors'...

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The Nabateans Culture - Archaelogical sites in Middle-East

The Nabateans were an ancient Semitic people of southern Jordan, Canaan and the northern part of Arabia. The Nabateans archaelogical sites are not a single site but a group of sites at Petra, Shivta, Avdat, Bosra  and other places providing a glimpse of the ancient architecture making up for an exciting trip. Petra Established sometime around the 6th century BCE as the capital city of the Nabateans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourism attraction. Petra was chosen by the BBC as one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die". Excavations have demonstrated that it was the ability of the Nabataeans to control...

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Plitvice Lakes National Park - Croatia

We humans have always attached colours with happiness. The rainbow is the perfect example of it. Plitvice Lakes located in Croatia is another fine example with its ever colour changing lakes. Plitvice lakes National Park  is a national park in Croatia in the Plitvice Lakes Municipality, in the mountaineous region of Lika. The lakes are renowned for their distinctive colours, ranging from azure to green, grey or blue. The colors change constantly depending on the quantity of minerals or organisms in the water and the angle of sunlight. The lakes are separated by natural dams of travertine, which is deposited by the action...

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Blue Grotto - Capri

The Blue Grotto is a marvellous sea cave located on the islnad of Capri in Italy. Just like all things Italian beginning from food to cars and girls, The Blue Grotto has its own charm. Because there is no headroom, visitors must lie on their backs in the bottom of the rowboats as they clear the entranceway. Once inside, the grotto is quite roomy and it is possible to sit upright, until conveyed back out through the same tiny hole. When the weather is fine, waterborne traffic jams frequently occur outside the grotto, as the rowboats jostle for positions to enter the cave in single file Sunlight, passing through an underwater cavity...

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London Bridge is falling down-Port Campell National Park.

London Bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady.   Time to go back to school if these lines do not remind you of your kindergarten days. If I ask you to guess the monument I am talking about, you will probably say the London Bridge, England. You are close to the answer. Some thousands of kilometers close. What I am mentioning here is the natural bridge named the London bridge located in Victoria Australia.    London bridge is a major natural arch created by water erosion. Recently renamed as the London arch after the breaking down of a major portion, it is one of the major...

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Oldest hotel in the world.

When was the last time you saw a structure that was built in 1300 years ago? Add to that the last time you got to stay in such a place. Hoshi Ryokan( Ryokan is a traditional Japanese inn) in Ishikawa, Japan which was founded in 718AD is the oldest inn in the world. This fact has also been acknoldged by the Guinness Book of world Record. Also appreciative is the fact that Hoshi Ryokan is the oldest continuous operating company in the world with the same owners running it for forty six generations. The hotel came into operations when an inn was built near a hot-water spring said to have miraculous healing properties. The waters are still celebrated...

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Bhangarh Fort - Haunted at night

The Bhangarh Story The story (and the history) of the Bhangarh began in the year of 1573 when the fortress was established. Built by Raja Bhagawant Das – the ruler of the city of Amber, Bhangarh Fort had become the residence of Madho Singh, ruler’s second son who fought alongside his father and brother in many wars. The decline of Bhangarh Fort started in 1630 after Chhatr Singh, son of Madho Singh got killed in a violent attack. The decline continued until 1783 when the fortress and the city were completely abandoned following that year’s famine. Bhangarh is famous because it is a ghost town. Recognition of this fact by the official...

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Sedlec Ossuary- Human bones never looked more beautiful

How many times in your lifetime have you been excited to tour a monument famous for its gallery made with the help of Human bones? Let me present to you the Sedlec Ossuary, A small Roman Catholic Chapel in the Czech republic. For those who do not know an Ossuary is a place where human bones are kept as final burial in places where space is scarce. The Sedlec Ossuary has skeletons of between 40,000 to 70,000 people. The Chapel become a famous burial ground before the black deaths in the 14th century. In 1870, Frantisek Rint, a woodcarver, was employed by the Schwarzenberg family to put the bone heaps into order. The macabre result...

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The Highest Waterfall in the world.-Cainama National Park

Ironic to begin with but it came as a surprise that most people think Niagara Fall, Niagara Ontario in Canada is the highest waterfall in the world amongst the list of major falls. Angel falls located in the Cainama National Park in Venezuela takes the first prize with a height of 3212 feet(Niagara falls is around 67feet). Falling off  Auyantepui mountains, The water fall is a UNESCO world heritage site. The biggest waterfalls were not known to the outside world until American aviator Jimmie Angel flew over them on 16 November 1933 on a flight while he was searching for a valuable ore bed. Returning on 9 October 1937, Angel tried to...

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