Sahara: The Great Desert

Desert is a dry, hot, and full of sand and dusty place burning under the scorching sun yet it is a miracle of Mother Nature. Desertification has become a worldwide problem today but some deserts are naturally occurring and full of surprise. As the world's biggest desert, the Sahara covers a third of the African continent-an area about the size of the United States. It is one of the hottest places on Earth. Even though temperatures there may rise to 136 F (57.7 C), its dryness, not heat makes...

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Pagan Pagodas in Myanmar

Pagan or also known as Bagan is located 425 miles north of Yangon, Myanmar. It is a famous religious city consists of many pagodas, stupas and shrines built around 11-13 AD. Pagan was the capital city of northern Burma for more than thousands of years.  It's believed that more than 13,000 structures once occupied the Pagan plain. Pagan is a religious and archaeological marvel, and some would say it's "a wonder of the ancient World." The temples stretch for eight miles along the bank of...

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Niagara Falls

 Enchantingly magnificent in sight, Niagara Falls can be categorized as the most beautiful and powerful waterfall in the world. Located on the Niagara River in North America, it is 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 Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York. The falls is composed of two parts separated by Goat Island: the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side and the American Falls on...

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Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. Situated as the highest peak out of many in the Himalayas mountain range in Nepal, it extends to the sky as high as 29 002feet (8,848m) or so. Shifting tectonic plates continue to push Everest upward, along with the whole Himalaya mountain range, at 1.6 to 3.9 inches (4 to 10 centimeters) per year. In 1841, Sir George Everest, Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843, first recorded the location of Everest. It was subsequently named "Peak...

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Great Barrier Reef

For almost 2000km long, Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef eco system in the world. It is roughly parallel to the coast of Queensland, Australia and composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people, and is an important part of local...

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Victoria Falls… The Smoke That Thunders….

Located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, this beautiful waterfall is also the known to be the largest in the world. This was found by a Scottish explorer; David Livingstone who gave the name for this falls in honour of his queen. However, the indigenous name of this waterfall is 'Mosi-oa-Tunya' — literally meaning the 'Smoke that Thunders'. While it is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, it is claimed to be the largest....

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Ancient city of Petra

Undoubtedly famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system, this Jordanian ancient city of Petra is found on the slope of mountain Hor, in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is believed that this was built in the 6th century BC as the capital city of Nabataeans. Enclosed by towering rocks and watered by a perennial stream, Petra not only possessed the advantages...

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Serengeti National Park

The name “Serengeti” is from Maasai language standing for the meaning- extended place or endless plains. Most famous for its annual migration of over one and a half million white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra, Serengeti National Park is widely regarded as the best wildlife reserve in Tanzania, Africa due to its density of predators and prey. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo,...

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The Great Canyon

A truly remarkable landmark carved by the Colorado River in Arizona state of United States of America. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 metres) Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing...

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Egyptian Pyramids

At the site of the sunset near the beautiful and calm river Nile, the dead of the ancient are left to seek peace in their after lives. Pyramids were built in such thought that it is a mark of respect to those who were once great kings and queens of Egypt. There are about 138 such pyramids in the banks of river Nile. The shape of these pyramids represents the primordial mound and it is thought to represent the descending rays of the sun and most pyramids were faced with polished, highly reflective...

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The Great Wall Of China

What we find most interesting about the Chinese culture may be the Great Wall of China. It is a world heritage site as declared by the UNESCO and one of the seven world wonders. Some say it is the only man made object that is visible when seen from moon but many debunk this idea. However it truly amazes anyone who has seen or heard about it and just think, a wall in length of 8850 km was built by humans still exists!!!! Although it may be known as one long wall, it is discontinuous and...

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The Taj Mahal

You will get the answer Taj Mahal from anyone if you ask what is the living proof of eternal love for it was built with great love and grief by the Mugal king Shah Jahan for his beloved 3rd wife queen Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal situated in Agra, India is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage." It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and an UNESCO world heritage site. In 1631, Shah Jahan, emperor during...

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