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7. Palm Island, Dubai

Palm Island

Begun as a concept to expand the shorelines of Dubai, the Palm Islands have gone far beyond plans and expectations. Often loosely referred to as the eighth world wonder, the Dubai Palm Islands are three distinctively shaped man-made marvels, boasting high-end luxury living and commercial districts. Located along the Dubai coast in three separate locations, the islands are named Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira.

Each palm island stands true to its name, shaped like a date palm tree, which is a historically and culturally significant icon in the UAE. Complete with a trunk, crown and fronds, each island is different in size, but designed in similar style. Construction on Palm Jumeirah began in 2001, after an initiative by The Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, HRH Sheikh Mohammed. By 2006, most of the residential communities in Palm Jumeirah were completed and handed over to buyers.

Development on Palm Jebel Ali began in 2002, just a few months after Palm Jumeirah was launched. The two islands were in the original development plans, while Palm Deira was added much later, in 2005, because of the high property demand on the original two islands.

Palm Jumeirah

 

 

 

 

 

Palm Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The two Dubai islands, The Palm Jumeirah and The Palm Jebel Ali, will be built in the shape of date palm trees and consist of a trunk; a crown with 17 fronds; and a surrounding crescent island - the back of which forms the breakwater. Collectively, the island will support more than 60 luxury hotels, 4,000 exclusive residential villas (sale), 1,000 unique water homes (sale), 5,000 shoreline apartments (sale), marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities, health spas, cinemas and various dive sites.

Palm Deira

Palm Jumeirah

GreAt BluE HolE

8. Great Blue Hole, Belize.

Great Blue Hole

The Great Blue Hole is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of North America. The Great Blue Hole is a large submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 kilometers from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over 300 meters across and 124 meters deep. It was formed during several episodes of quaternary glaciations when sea levels were much lower. The analysis of stalactites found in Great Blue Hole shows that formation took place 153,000, 66,000, 60,000, and 15,000 years ago.

Blue holes are roughly circular, steep-walled depressions, and so named for the dramatic contrast between the dark blue, deep waters of their depths and the lighter blue of the shallows around them. Their water circulation is poor, and they are commonly anoxic below a certain depth; this environment is unfavorable for most sea life, but nonetheless can support large numbers of bacteria.

The deep blue color is caused by the high transparency of water and bright white carbonate sand. Blue light is the most enduring part of the spectrum; where other parts of the spectrum are red, yellow, and finally green are absorbed during their path through water, blue light manages to reach the white sand and return back upon reflection.

A blue hole is a cave (inland) or underwater sinkhole. They are also called vertical caves. The Great Blue Hole and surrounding reef are commonly home to the Caribbean Reef Shark, the Blacktip Shark, nurse sharks, giant groupers, and abundant other aquatic life. Although not routinely seen, the sinkhole and surrounding reef have also been home to the bull shark and the hammerhead shark.

Skydiving at the Great Blue Hole

Great Blue Hole

This is a popular spot amongst recreational scuba divers, who are lured by the opportunity to dive in crystal-clear water and meet several species of fish, including giant groupers, nurse shark and several types of reef sharks such as the Caribbean reef shark  and the Blacktip shark. Other species of sharks, like the bull shark and hammer, have been reported there, but are not regular sightings.

Snorkeling at the Great Blue Hole

Usually, there are some activities that the tourist can joint which include one dive in the Blue Hole and two further dives in nearby reefs. Recently diving has also been offered from the island Long Caye in the Lighthouse Reef only a couple of miles away from the Great Blue Hole.

EiffeL TowEr

9. Eiffel Tower, Paris

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower  is a wroughr iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. it was built in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. This tower was designed and built by the engineer Gustave Eiffel and Eiffel Tower's name also after his name.

Eiffel Tower at night

Eiffel Tower

The tower stands 324 meters tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building  in New York City was built in 1930. However, due to the addition, in 1957, of the antenna atop the Eiffel Tower, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas it is the second tallest structure in Frace , after the Millan Viaduct.

Top of the Eiffel Tower

The structure was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the exposition Universelle a World's fair marking the centennial celebration of the French Revolution Three hundred workers joined together 18,038 pieces of wrought iron using two and a half million rivets, in a structural design by Maurice Koechlin.

Eiffel Tower had a permit for the tower to stand for 20 years; it was to be dismantled in 1909, when its ownership would revert to the City of Paris. The City had planned to tear it down but as the tower proved valuable for communication purposes, it was allowed to remain after the expiry of the permit. The military used it to dispatch Parisian taxis to the front line during the First Battle of Marnie.

                                                                    

The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated  on 31 March 1889, and opened on 6 May. The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift, to the first and second levels. The walk from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by elevator. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.

At the top of the tower is a small apartment that was used by Gustave Eiffel to entertain guests. It is visible to all visitors in the form of a reconstructed room, complete with period decorations and lifelike models of Gustave and some guests.

NiaGaRa Falls

10. Niagara Fall, New York

Niagara Falls

The Niagara Falls, located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any water fall in the world and has a vertical drop of more than 165 feet (50 m). Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America.

Niagara Falls forms the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S state of New York, also forming the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. The falls are located 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Toronto, between the twin cities of Niagara Fall, Ontorio and Niagara Falls, New York.

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls consists of two major sections which separated by Goat Island. It is including Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side and the American Falls on the American side. Niagara Fall were formed when glacier receded at the end of the last ice age and water from newly formed Great Lake carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not exceptionally high, the Niagara Falls are very wide. More than 6 million cubic feet (168,000 m³) of water falls over the crest line every minute in high flow^, and almost 4 million cubic feet (110,000 m³) on average.




The Niagara Falls are renowned both for their beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Managing the balance between recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 19th century.






The volume of water approaching the falls during peak flow season may sometimes be as much as 202,000 cubic feet (5,700 m³, 5.7 million liters) per second.

Niagara Falls is the second largest falls on the globe next to Victoria Falls in southern Africa.The Falls make a tremendous sound as the water goes over and lands at the bottom.

Rainbow Bridge

Niagara Falls at night

Niagara Falls at night

Niagara Falls

The flow over the American Falls was stopped completely for several months in 1969. The idea was to determine the feasibility of removing the large amount of loose rock from the base of the falls to enhance it's appearance. In the end the final decision was that the expense would be too great.

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11. Venice, Italy

Venice

 

 

 

 

Venice is a city in northeast Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. The city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area with population 1,600,000.  The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century. The city historically was the capital of the Venetian Republic.

Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals". Luigi Barzini described it as "undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man". Venice has also been described  as being one of Europe's most romantic cities.

The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the south and the north Rivers.

San Marco horses

Gondola Grand Canal

The High water

Rialto Bridge Grand Canal

The buildings of Venice are constructed on closely spaced wooden piles. Most of these piles are still intact after centuries of submersion. The foundations rest on the piles, and buildings of brick or stone sit above these footings. The piles penetrate a softer layer of sand and mud until they reach a much harder layer of compressed clay. Most of these piles were made from trunks of alder trees^, a wood noted for its water resistance.

Piazza San Marco

San Giorgio Maggiore Island

The city is divided into six areas. These are Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro, Santa Groce, San Marco  and Castello . Each area was administered by a procurator and his staff. Each area has its own house numbering system. Each house has a unique number in the district, from one to several thousand, generally numbered from one corner of the area to another, but not usually in a readily understandable manner.

At the front of the Gondolas that work in the city there is a large piece of metal intended as a likeness of the Doge's hat. On this sit six notches pointing forwards and one pointing backwards. Each of these represent one of the area (the one that points backward represents the Giudecca).

Baroque Ca' Rezzonico

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bridge of Sighs

Venice is one of the most important tourist destinations in the world, due to the city being one of the world's greatest and most beautiful cities of art. There are numerous attractions in Venice, such as St Mark's Basilica, the Grand Canal, and the Piazza San Marco, to name a few. The Lido di Venezia is also a popular international luxury destination, attracting thousands of actors, critics, celebrities, and mainly people in the cinematic industry. The city also relies heavily on the cruise business.  

BaLi, IndoNesiA

12. Bali, Indonesia

Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands lying between Jaya to the west and Lombok to the east. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. Bali, a tourist haven for decades, has seen a further surge in tourist numbers in recent years.
Balinese culture was strongly influenced by Indian, Chinese, and particularly Hindu culture, beginning around the 1st century AD. The name Bali dwipa ("Bali island") has been discovered from various inscriptions, including the Blanjong pillar inscription written by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 914 AD and mentioning "Walidwipa".

Lagoon Pool

Temple

Temple

Bali is renowned for its diverse and sophisticated art forms, such as painting, sculpture, woodcarving, handcrafts, and performing arts. Balinese percussion orchestra music, known as gamelan is highly developed and varied. Balinese performing arts often portray stories from Hindu epics such as the Ramayana but with heavy Balinese influence. Famous Balinese dances include pendet, legong, baris, topeng, barong, gong keybar, and kecak (the monkey dance). Bali boasts one of the most diverse and innovative performing arts cultures in the world, with paid performances at thousands of temple festivals, private ceremonies, or public shows.

Villa

Pulau-Nusa

There is a lot of activities that we can do at Bali such as we can do watersporst like parasailing, jet skeiing, snorkeling and so on. besides that, we can go at Bali spa, doing underwater walk and many more. Underwater walking which is ideal for those who would love to explore life under the sea but are not confident swimmers or do not wish ti dive. Just relax and sink into the world of freedom as you walk along the ocean floor.