THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA>LONGEST STRUCTURE

The Great Wall of China (Chinese: 萬里長城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng) is the collective name of a series of fortification systems generally built across the historical northern borders of China to protect and consolidate territories of Chinese states and empires against various nomadic groups of the steppe and their polities. This collection of fortifications known as the Great Wall of China.The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, it winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, stretching approximately 21196 kilometers from east to west of China with a history of about 2700 years. It took more than 2,500 years to finish the construction of the Great Wall. The wall was not built in a single time period, but combined effort of many states and dynasties in history
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SHANGHAI TOWER > THE WORLDs SECOND TALLEST BUILDING (632m) : SPECTACULAR VIEWS

The Shanghai Tower (上海中心大厦 pinyin: Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà -literally: 'Shanghai Center Building') is a 632-metre 128-story megatall skyscraper in Shanghai. It is the world's second-tallest building by height to architectural top
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BURJ AL ARAB FROM ABOVE

The Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs in arabic) is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Of the tallest hotels in the world, it is the fifth tallest, although 39% of its total height is made up of non-occupiable space.Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m from Jumeirah Beach and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The shape of the structure is designed to resemble the sail of a ship. It has a helipad near the roof at a height of 210 m above ground
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PALM JUMEIRAH : THE WORLD´S LARGEST ARTIFICIAL ISLAND FROM AIR !

The Palm Jumeirah is an artificial archipelago in the United Arab Emirates, created using land reclamation by Nakheel which extends into the Persian Gulf. It is part of a larger
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DISCOVER DUBAI FROM TOP OF BURJ KHALIFA @ OBSERVATION DECK 555.7 m ABOVE

Burj Khalifa > The Tallest building in the world since 2009 ! The Burj Khalifa (Arabic for "Khalifa Tower") known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010,
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TAJ MAHAL : AN ICON & A WORLD WONDER 1 – OVERVIEW

The Taj Mahal (Literally : ´´Crown of the Palace´´) is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned
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AIRBUS A380 : LARGEST, LATEST & BEST AIRCRAFT 1

The Airbus A380 is the world's largest passenger airliner, a wide-body aircraft manufactured by Airbus. The first prototype was unveiled in Toulouse on 18 January 2005, with its first flight on 27 April 2005. The full-length double-deck aircraft has
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STATUE OF UNITY : THE WORLD´S TALLEST STATUE 1

The Statue of Unity is a colossal statue of Indian statesman and independence activist Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950), who was the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home minister of independent India and the chief adherent of Mahatma Gandhi during the
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LONDON TOWER BRIDGE : FOREVER AN ICON

The London Adventure : Being on top of the Tower Bridge ! It is a great adventure to be on top of this bridge and be on the glass floor.
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PO LIN MONASTERY & TIAN TAN BUDDHA : THE SECOND LARGEST OPEN AIR BRONZE BUDDHA

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WHAT IS THE PO LIN MONASTERY ? Po Lin Monastery is a Buddhist monastery, located on Ngong Ping Plateau on the Lantau Island Hong Kong The monastery was founded in 1906 by three monks visiting from Jiangsu Province on the Chinese mainland and was initially known simply as “The Big Continue Reading

TIAN TAN BUDDHA : THE SECOND LARGEST OPEN AIR BRONZE BUDDHA

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Tian Tan Buddha is a large bronze statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. The statue is sited near Po Lin Monastery and symbolises the harmonious relationship between man and nature, people and faith. It is a major centre of Buddhism in Hong Kong, and is also a tourist attraction. The statue is 34 metres (112 ft) tall, weighs over 250 metric tons (280 short tons) and was constructed from 202 bronze pieces

HONG KONG ZHUHAI MACAO BRIDGE (HZMB) / THE WORLD’S LONGEST & LARGEST SEA TUNNEL-BRIDGE SYSTEM

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The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) is the WORLD’s LARGEST/LONGEST SEA BRIDGE-TUNNEL SYSTEM, which consists of a series of 3 CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES and 1 UNDERSEA TUNNEL as well as 4 ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS (one of them appears in the video) totalling 55 KM that took 9 years to build and 20 billion + USD to complete. It is BOTH the LONGEST SEA CROSSING & the LONGEST OPEN/SEA FIXED LINK the longest open-sea fixed link on earth

NGONG PING 360-ASIA’s LONGEST BI-CABLE ROPEWAY IN ASIA

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Ngong Ping (Chinese: 昂坪) is a highland in the western part of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It hosts Po Lin Monastery and Tian Tan Buddha amidst the hills which is about 34 m tall. There are several hills nearby which are also an attraction to tourists. It is now the terminus of the cable car ride Ngong Ping 360 which travels to Tung Chung. New facilities and tourist attractions have opened including the Ngong Ping Village, Walking with the Buddha, the Monkey’s Tale Theatre and Ngong Ping Tea House. The second highest peak of Hong Kong, Lantau Peak, is at its southeast. I simply love this amazing NGONG PING 360 cableway

SHANGHAI MAGLEV-WORLD’s FASTEST RUNNING TRAIN (431 KMPH)

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The ride on the fastest moving object on the surface of the earth The commercial high-speed magnetic levitation train with a top speed of 431 KMPH covering a distance of 30.5 KM in little over 7 minutes. In the Video – note the crossing of both the trains that passes in a flash at the 4th minute 28th second with a combined speed of both trains is near 800 KMPH ! I travelled umpteen times on this amazing train !

TAJ MAHAL : AN ICON & A WORLD WONDER 1 – OVERVIEW

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The Taj Mahal (Literally : ´´Crown of the Palace´´) is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658) to house the tomb of his favourite Continue Reading

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