Piazza San Marco – often known in English as St Mark’s Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza (“the Square”). The Piazzetta (“little Piazza/Square”) is an extension of the Piazza towards San Marco basin in its south east corner. The two spaces together form the social, Continue Reading
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THE EIFFEL TOWER : FOREVER AN ICON
The Eiffel Tower (French: tour Eiffel) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair – it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures Continue Reading
GLACIER EXPRESS : THE SLOWEST EXPRESS TRAIN IN THE WORLD !
The Glacier Express (GEX) is an express train connecting railway stations of the two major mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz via Andermatt in the central Swiss Alps. The train’s name honours the Rhone Glacier – which is near Gletsch on the Furka Pass What is the Glacier Express ? Where Continue Reading
VENICE : MY MOST FAVOURITE PLACE ON EARTH
VENICE – THE MOST AMAZING & SPECTACULAR PLACE ON EARTH & MY MOST FAVOURITE MAN MADE STATIC ICONIC WONDER – THERE IS ONLY ONE VENICE Venice (Italian : Venezia , Venetian : Venesia or Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated on a group of 118 small islands that are Continue Reading
WORLD’s LARGEST HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECT 1 : THE DAM
THE DAM, SPILLWAYS, POWERHOUSE, TURBINES & GENERATORS. The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam has been the world’s largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) since 2012 Continue Reading
QINGZANG TIELU (THE QINGHAI TIBET RAILWAY) – THE HIGHEST RAILWAY IN THE WORLD
On the amazing World¨s highest Railway (Tanggula : 5072m) : Golmud – Lhasa Qinghai Tibet railway 1142 KM (960KM over 4000m & 550KM of it built on permafrost) over earthquake zones, in rarified air with oxygen supply carriages, 675 bridges, environmental friendly (totally trash free) and 33 wildlife crossing railway Continue Reading
WORLD’s LARGEST, LATEST & BEST CRUISE SHIP : PRE-INAUGURAL SAILING
Pre inaugural on the largest, latest and best cruise ship in the world – The Symphony of the Seas : Hop on to the ship for a special pre inaugural session straight after the brand new ship is released from the Shipyard at St Nazaire, France and sea trials after. Continue Reading
