Times Square. That’s huge number of animated neon and LED signs. Nowadays, it’s one of New York's highlights, a symbol of the intensely urban Manhattan.
In central Laos, near Phonsavan city, there are about 20 areas containing extensive ancient stone jars,. Each locality contains several of big jars, one of the biggest ones – locality No.1. (Thong Hai Hin) there are even hundreds of them.
Similan Islands. The paradise hidden in the middle of the sea northwest of Phuket, Thailand. Nine granite islands covered in tropical jungle, surrounded by crystal clear blue waters of Tropical Ocean. Reefs full of corals and fishes. One of the best world diving spots. Definitely worth of visit.
The famous Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden known as one of the world's leading botanical gardens is located on the eastern slopes of the Table Mountain in Cape Town. It was founded in 1913, by Professor Pearson. It consists of landscaped gardens of plants and trees, watered by the Liesbeek River, as well as natural forest that extends up the lower slopes.
Gooseberry Falls as one of the most spectacular waterfalls at North Shore area are known as the gateway to the North Shore Scenic Drive. The Gooseberry River plummets down a wall of rock creating the scenic falls.
Erawan Shrine is one of the most popular Bangkok Shrines. It’s located in the middle of modern city. Hundreds of people are visiting Erawan Shrine daily, wishing for luck in business or love. They make small offerings such as food and drinks, all kinds of flowers and wooden elephants as well.
Marabou Storks are one of the largest flying birds in the world. A large male Marabou Stork, standing up to 1.5 m (60 in) tall and weighing nearly 9 kg (20 lbs); their wingspan is nearly 2.9 m (10.5 ft). Females are generally smaller. As scavengers, they eat pretty everything, whether alive or not. They like to pick through lions’ and tigers’ leftovers.
Karnak Temple in Luxor is an extensive complex of shrines, temples, pylons and obelisks. All these buildings are sanctified to Thebes’ gods and Egyptian emperors of Middle and New Empire. All buildings here are huge; the whole complex is 1500m wide and 800m long. It’s big enough to include over 10 cathedrals. The whole complex had been built during long 1500 years and was one of the most important places in Egypt during Thebes’ rule. It used to be called ‘The Best Place’ (Ipet-Isut).
While Senegal River is not so important transport thoroughfare as it used to be, it’s still worth of visit. During French colonial era, it was the only way how to get to the center of West Africa area, until the Dakar-Bamako railway was built.
Inle Lake is one of the most spectacular Burmese highlights. In the middle of central highlands there is a flat plateau and 22 km long and 11 km wide Lake Inle. The plateau surrounded by mountains has extremely fruitful land, so it’s highly inhabited by Intha Tibetan-Burmese ethnic. They have their own language, archaic Burmese dialect. They are mostly Buddhists. Nowadays there are about 70,000 people living along the Lake Inle.
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