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Thursday, June 18, 2009
JoJo the Dolphin, Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of sub-tropical islands in the West Indies, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are situated about 600 miles (970 km) southeast of Miami in the United States, and 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas, and have a total land area of 166 square miles (430 km2). The islands are geographically contiguous to the Bahamas, but are politically a separate entity.
Grenada
Grenada is an island nation and sovereign state consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Its size is 344 km² with an estimated population of 110,000. Its capital is St. George's. The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada Dove.
Read more...Bhutan
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked nation in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and is bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by People's Republic of China. Bhutan is separated from the nearby state of Nepal to the west by the Indian state of Sikkim, and from Bangladesh to the south by West Bengal. The Bhutanese call their country Druk Yul which means "Land of the Thunder Dragon".
Read more...Belém Tower, Portugal
Belém Tower a fortified tower located in the Belém district of Lisbon, Portugal.
The Belém Tower was built in the early sixteenth century in the Portuguese late-Gothic style, the Manueline, to commemorate Vasco da Gama's expedition. This defensive, yet elegant construction has become one of the symbols of the city, a memorial to Portuguese power as it was during the Age of Discovery. In 1983, it was classified, together with the nearby Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery), as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Luxembourg
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Ville Haute is a quarter in central Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.
Hollerich s a quarter in south-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.
Saint George Fountain, Trier, Germany
The Saint George Fountain is a fountain in the district of Mitte / Gartenfeld of Trier. He is considered one of the most beautiful rococo fountain Germany.
It is located on the grain market in the Old Town. The Saint George Wells was in the years 1750 to 1751 according to plans by the court Johannes Seiz, the builder of the Electoral Palace, in honor of the sovereign elector Franz Georg von Schönborn with depictions of the seasons and the St. George was built. He was like the Peter Fountain on the main market to the 19th century by the Holy Daufborn today when Mr. Chen announced Brno fed. The tip of the fountain stands approximately eleven meters in height.
Trianon Park, Brasil
The Parque Tenente Siqueira Campos, known as the Trianon Park or Parque Trianon, was inaugurated in April of 1892 with the opening of the Avenida Paulista in the city of São Paulo. It was designed by landscape French Paul Villon.
Read more...Porto Alegre, Brasil
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil and the capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre is one of the most important cultural, political and economic centers of Southern Brazil. Two Mercosur countries, Argentina and Uruguay, border Rio Grande do Sul. It is also the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area.
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Tikal, Guatemala
Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now modern-day northern Guatemala. Guatemala's Tikal National Park and in 1979 was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The closest large modern settlements are Flores and Santa Elena, approximately 64 kilometres (40 mi) by road to the southwest.
Read more...Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
La Antigua Guatemala is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala famous for its well-preserved Spanish Mudéjar-influenced Baroque architecture as well as a number of spectacular ruins of colonial churches. It has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Read more...Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal, Mexico
Uxmal is a large pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. It is 78 km south of Mérida, Yucatán, or 110 km from that city on Highway 261 towards Campeche, Campeche), 15 km south-southeast of the town of Muna.
Read more...Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca, Cuba
The Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (also known by the less formal title of Castillo del Morro or as San Pedro de la Roca Castle) is a fortress on the coast of the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba. About 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the city centre, it overlooks the bay.
Read more...Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, Chile
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile. They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
Humberstone and Santa Laura are located 48 km east of the city of Iquique in the Atacama Desert in the Region of Tarapacá in northern Chile. Other saltpeter works or "nitrate towns" include Chacabuco, Maria Elena, Pedro de Valdivia, Puelma and Aguas Santas among many others. Chacabuco is a special case since it was also used as a concentration camp during Pinochet's regime, and to this day remains surrounded by lost landmines.
Maya Site of Copan, Honduras
The Pre-Columbian city today known as Copán is a locale in western Honduras, in the Copán Department, near to the Guatemalan border. It is the site of a major Maya kingdom of the Classic era (5th through 9th Centuries).
The kingdom, anciently named Xukpi (Corner-Bundle), flourished from the 5th century AD to the early 9th century, with antecedents going back to at least the 2nd century AD. Its name is an apparent reference to the fact that it was situated at the far southern and eastern end of Maya territory. The nearby modern village of Copán Ruinas itself may have anciently been known as Oxwitik.
Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia
The Tasmanian Wilderness is a term that is sometimes used for the World Heritage Area in South West, Western and Central Tasmania, Australia.The World Heritage Area is one of the largest conservation areas in Australia, covering 13,800 km², or almost 20% of Tasmania.The area constitutes one of the last expanses of temperate wilderness in the world, including the renowned South West Wilderness.Remains found in limestone caves attest to the human occupation of the area for well over 20,000 years.
Read more...Lord Howe Island Group, Australia
Lord Howe Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean 600 kilometres (373 mi) east of the Australian mainland. The Lord Howe Island group was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1982 in recognition of its unique beauty and biodiversity.The NSW Lord Howe Island Marine Park and Commonwealth Lord Howe Island Marine Park (commonwealth waters) protect the waters surrounding the island group.
Read more...Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australia
Shark Bay is a world heritage site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. I An expedition led by Dirk Hartog visited the area in 1616, becoming the second group of Europeans known to have visited Australia. Shark Bay was named by William Dampier, in 1699.
The area has a population of fewer than 1,000 people and a coastline of over 1,500 kilometres. The half dozen small communities making up this population occupy less than 1% of the total area.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
100 different countries have visited this site!
Hello Everybody,
Today this blog has a visitor from the 100th unique country. The 100th country was Belarus.
I thank everybody who visited my blog and also special thanks to all of you who follow my blog. You are very special to me.
Thanks a lot for your continuous support.
Monday, June 15, 2009
View to the Old-Town from Monchsberg, Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Salzburg's "Old Town" (Altstadt) with its world famous baroque architecture is one of the best-preserved city centres north of the Alps, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The city is noted for its Alpine setting. It is the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the setting for parts of the musical and film The Sound of Music, which features famous landmarks in Austria, but focuses mainly on Salzburg. Salzburg is a student city, with three universities.
Read more...Pelourinho, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
Salvador (historic name, São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos, in English: "Holy Savior of All Saints' Bay") is a city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first colonial capital of Brazil, the city is one of the oldest in the country and in the New World; for a long time, it was also known as Bahia, and appears under that name (or as Salvador da Bahia, Salvador of Bahia so as to differentiate it from other Brazilian cities of the same name) on many maps and books from before the mid-20th century. Salvador is the third most populous Brazilian city, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and it is the ninth most populous city in Latin America, after Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Lima, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and Caracas.
Read more...Ilha do Mel, Honey Island, Brasil
lha do Mel, Honey Island, is a warped whale-shaped stretch of land just over two miles off the coast of Brazil. It is inside the Atlantic Forest Reserve in Brazilian South-Ease coast.
Read more...Sunday, June 14, 2009
Cateral of Brasillia, Brasil
Brasília is the capital of Brazil. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central.
Read more...Church of Sao Francisco de Assis, Brasil
São Francisco de Assis is a small Brazilian town in the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It has a population of 20,645 (2005). Its elevation is 151 m. It has an area of 2,530.9 km². It is located 434 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre. The nickname of the city is Sao Chico.
Read more...Häme Castle, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Häme Castle is a medieval castle in Hämeenlinna, Finland. The castle is located on the coast of lake Vanajavesi in the city center. The castle was originally located on an island.
Read more...The Evangelical Church, Kokemäki, Finland
Kokemäki (Swedish: Kumo) is a town and municipality of Finland.
Read more...Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa USA
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum is the Presidential library of Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States. Located in West Branch, Iowa next to the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, the library is one of twelve presidential libraries run by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Read more...Petaluma Adobe, Sonoma County, California, USA
Courtyard of the Petaluma Adobe, General M.G. Vallejo's Rancho, C. 1836 Ovens of the period are used for living history programs. Petaluma adobe is located a few miles east of Petaluma on Adbove Road.
Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, U.S. Its population at the 2000 census was 458,614. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa.
The Wolf House, Sonoma County, California, USA
The Wolf House, to have been the new residence of Jack London and his wife Charmian, burned mysteriously before its completion in 1913. Its ruins are located at the Jack London State Historic Park, Glen Ellen.
Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, U.S. Its population at the 2000 census was 458,614. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa.
View from the harbor, Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants. The port of Hamburg is the second-largest port in Europe, and the ninth-largest in the world.
Hamburg's official name is the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. It makes reference to Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, as a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, and also to the fact that Hamburg is a city-state and one of the sixteen Federal States of Germany.
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