Showing posts with label Country. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Country. Show all posts

11/10/2014

Bullfighting in United Arab Emirates

Dubai is surprising is why attracts thousands of tourists from around the world. They come here to Dubai International Airport, which incidentally is the 6th in the world in terms of international passenger traffic flow. 

In Dubai tourists especially want to see the futuristic cityscapes, and enjoy a beach holiday shopping. However, there is entertainment that is rarely where you can see more of the world - a bullfight. Here there is no matador and picador, but bulls billowing each other on the powerful horns, attracted large crowds of spectators at a bullfight in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Within an hour's drive from the dancing fountains in Dubai attractive city, and hundreds of thousands of fans gather in the city of Fujairah watch as fighting bulls, or rather, as they butt. This sport in the UAE is in combat on the horns of the two bulls, which, as a rule, never ends in bloodshed. 

Bullfighting in United Arab Emirates
Bullfighting in United Arab Emirates

11/05/2014

Missile Hangars are Used for growing Mushrooms in Belarus

Once these hangars were used to accommodate a Soviet missile base, today they serve for growing mushrooms. This farm became the largest in Belorussia, it supplies ten tons of mushrooms monthly to trading networks of the republic and neighboring countries. Right now you are welcome inside the post to see how mushrooms grow in specially created conditions.

Missile Hangars for growing Mushrooms in Belarus
Working mycelium checks on private farms, arranged inside the hangar at a former Soviet missile base in the village Minojty 160 km west of Minsk. © Vasily Fedossenko / Reuters

11/02/2014

Africans on the border with Spain stormed the fence

Escaping Morocco For Melilla — Poverty and unemployment in the African continent added another serious problem - the Ebola virus, resulting in the flow of illegal immigrants has increased significantly. One of the favorite places for overcoming the border with the European Union is the border of Spain and Morocco, near the city of Melilla, which constantly occurs illegals confrontation with the border guards. Described below story took place in mid-August of this year, but as they say the police, like happens here almost every week. Two seven-meter fence with reinforced barbed tape for 16 hours trying to overcome some 800 young people, but getting it done only 30 of them. Others climbed on the grid at the fence and started to sit on it. Most likely, desperate Africans hoped that the National Guard will no longer wait for them and disperse. Those who came down from the fence on Spanish soil, were sent to the Center for a temporary stay of immigrants.

Africans on the border with Spain stormed the fence
Africans on the border with Spain stormed the fence

10/25/2014

The Most Amazing Aerial Shots of Russia by Sergey Fomin

Photographer Sergey Fomin, unlike other, more "mundane" colleagues in communication with the camera, found himself in aerial photography. One of the outstanding examples of his work with the views of the clouds is called "Flying over Russia", work on which he continues today, with the sole purpose - demonstration and dissemination of what is in our country, the beauty of which is infinite and has many faces, with nothing personally I agree on the "one hundred percent"! 

Brown bear, Kamchatka
Brown bear, Kamchatka
The Most Amazing Aerial Shots of Russia by Sergey Fomin

11/12/2013

Meanwhile in Australia

Meanwhile in Australia

Everyone knows about the internet meme "Somewhere in Russia or America", a meme floating around the Net for Australia. People collect unusual shots that are possible only in this country.

10/11/2012

Wonderful Mosque - The Heart of Chechnya (18 Photos)

The wonderful mosque “Heart of Chechnya” and the park around it. Some photos from the roof of the highest building in Grozny as well.


10/09/2012

Beautiful Metro Station Kiev Ring (15 Photos)


"Kiev" - Circle Line station of the Moscow Metro. Opened March 14, 1954 in the section "Belarusian" - "Park of Culture." Located between the stations "Krasnopresnenskaya" and "Park of Culture." Go to Filyovskaya and Intercession Arbatsko-line. The only Metro Ring line is not located in the Central Administrative District of Moscow. Pilon deep-level station. Architects - EI Katonin, VK Skugarev, GE Golubev. Artists - AV Mizin, G. Opryshko, AG Ivanov.

The Original Country

This is a list of the most original of which are specific for its natural beauty, some demographic characteristics, and some of the tourist features. Were taken into account only to sovereign states.

A country with 3 million lakes - Canada

In Canada, there are more than 60 percent of lakes in the world, they are so numerous that their exact number is unknown. In some regions, for every 100 square meters. km for more than 30 lakes.

10/06/2012

Another side of life in the UAE (33 Photos)

Let's look at the "other" side of life in the posh Emirates.
All of these people earn an average of $ 350 a month
and manage to send to their families in other countries for $ 300
leaving their living only $ 50.



Aerial View of Africa (19 Photos)

Photographer Martin Harvey (Martin Harvey) made an incredible journey by helicopter over the expanses of Africa (Namibia, Botswana, Kenya), making pictures of local scenery from the bird's flight.

Nabiyotum crater in Lake Turkana, located within the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.


3/12/2012

Indian Temples Abroad

Lord Venkateshwara Temple , Birmingham , United Kingdom

A look through time. Winter in the Netherlands

 Over the years, heavy snows and frosts caused rather big problem, but at the same time they brought more and pretty pictures.

3/05/2012

The Chocolate Hills — Philippines


The Chocolate Hills is an unusual geological formation in Bohol province, Philippines.[1] There are at least 1,260 hills but there may be as much as 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 sq mi).[2] They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name. The Chocolate Hills is a famous tourist attraction of Bohol. They are featured in the provincial flag and seal to symbolize the abundance of natural attractions in the province.[3] They are in the Philippine Tourism Authority's list of tourist destinations in the Philippines;[4] they have been declared the country's third National Geological Monument and proposed for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Source

1/08/2010

And we say that we are working hard


The future of a community is in the well being of its children. The above fact is beautifully expressed by Wordsworth in his famous lines “child is father of the man”. So it becomes imperative for the health of a nation to protect its children from premature labor which is hazardous to their mental, physical, educational and spiritual development needs. It is urgently required to save children from the murderous clutches of social injustice and educational deprivation, and ensure that they are given opportunities for healthy, normal and happy growth.  More pix after a jump.

Top 25 Universities Of The World

25. Kyoto University, Japan
 
Kyoto University rated as 25th best university in World University Rankings 2009. Founded in 1897, Kyoto University has deeply considered its traditions of liberal and academic freedom, educating many. We continue to actively maintain these principles, which are the foundation of academic freedom. Kyoto University places top priority on basic research, develops advanced technology leading to the acquisition of intellectual property, and then returns this knowledge to society through education, social cooperation, and the opportunity for lifelong education. Kyoto University has 3 campuses nestled in a basin, which forms the main part of Kyoto, a city which in tradition and culture of which Kyoto University is a part.



Lets take a look that which university has which position according to world university rankings 2009.

1/01/2010

Capsule Hotel in Japan — 24 Pictures


Here’s a good example of culture differences. In Japan, it is something common to have such capsule hotels. It is made for businessmen in the first place, who don’t have time to go home and start working very early. Or for people who didn’t catch the last train. Their well developed train system shuts down around midnight.
So, here you go, little boxes where you can only be in a lying position. There’s even a small TV set at your feet. More pix after a jump.

Coolest Flags — 12 Flags


Here are gathered some of the funniest and coolest flags ever.
We’re far here from the simple striped flags; those are a bit more creative…

Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia