26.12.10

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'...

20.12.10

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...

12.12.10

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...

5.12.10

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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