Thursday, February 9, 2012

Do You Know Top 8 Strangest Places in the World? (people, culture, world, weird, tourism, holiday)

Cities above the sea and floating mountains—can places get any stranger than these? All over the world, we are treated to several places which no one, in spite of hundreds of years’ worth of research, can ever explain. For the tourist that enjoys something different, these places are worthy of their time. From time to time, it is nice to have our reasons challenged, and just stare in wonder.

Sure, travel guidebooks abound, and every corner of the earth has been scoured, but these places somehow remain untouched because of their ability to defy reason. Furthermore, these places will challenge your perspectives, and change them. In a world that’s becoming familiar too fast, a trip to these natural wonders—or enigmas—will prove that some things are just beyond our grasp, and will prove to be refreshing. So if you’re a seasoned traveler who thinks you’ve seen them all, think again as you look at this list of the strangest places in the world.

Blood Falls in Antartica

 

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South of New Zealand is Victoria Land, where the 35-mile long Taylor Glacier’s white face is marred with what looks like blood stains. Rest assured, however, that this is not actual blood but a result of a community of sulfur-eating bacteria, which stays underneath the glacier in underground lakes. Their iron-oxide excretions are the color of red, and these dye the ice, creating an illusion of a waterfall of blood. What seem to complete the sordid picture are the corpses of lost penguins and seals scattered in the area, which never decompose. To see this, get a cabin in the final voyage of Kapitan Khlebnikov, a Russian icebreaker which will spend ten days in that region, during October of next year.

Las Pozas in Mexico

 

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This surreal sculpture gardens was created by Edward James, a Scottish poet, trust-funder, and a great fan of the surrealist artist Salvador Dali. It is located in the rainforests of Xilitla—north of Mexico City. Building it in 1949, he kept adding to this wondrous architecture with staircases that lead nowhere, turrets that are off-kilter, and atriums with open sides, until he died in 1984. His own home was a mock Gothic castle that he shared with hundreds of birds, forty dogs, and a boa constrictor. You can visit Xilitla between April and July, for perfect warm weather. His home has also been turned into a budget hotel called La Posada el Castillo.

Eye of the Sahara in Mauritania

 

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In the town of Ouadane is a thirty-mile-wide series of concentric rings, which remind you of crop circles. Unlike their famous counterparts though, we know how these circles came about—the natural erosion of the upwelling of the sedimentary rock has created a rippled pond. It’s not quite easy to travel to Mauritania, as the roads are bad and banditry abound. It is also not easy to see the shape at ground level, so in order to have a great view of the place, hop inside a charter flight from Morocco. The Eye of the
Sahara can be seen from space.

The Boneyard in Arizona

 

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When fighter jets die, where do they go? Where else but Boneyard, Arizona. It’s a dirt lot near Tucson, around three thousand retired military aircraft’s final resting place. These aircrafts range from really old (harvested for parts) to still working (a little polishing will make them fly again).

 

Aficionados will enjoy the one hour tour organized by Pima Air and Space Museum. Where else can you find B-52 bombers? Make sure to reserve weeks ahead, as plenty of people visit.

Socotra Archipelago in Yemen

 

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A the junction of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean is the Socotra Archipelago, a place that has enjoyed its relative isolation since breaking away from Gondwana a hundred million years ago. This has let Mother Nature evolve in different ways. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to interesting flora—trees with blood-red sap, some with smelly, poisonous cucumbers, others that are bottle-shaped—nearly two hundred exotic birds, and seven hundred unique plants and animals found only in this archipelago. And to top it all off, the local language called Socotri, spoken by some 40,000 people living there, is as unique as the species found there.

Door to Hell in Turkmenistan

 

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Geologists who were drilling in the Karakum Desert in 1971 were surprised to find a cavern that’s 300-feet wide, which was filled with natural gas. When they decided that burning the methane was better than letting it seep into the village nearby, they lit it, expecting a fire burning for weeks. But what really surprised them was that forty years later, the fire is still burning brightly. At night, the bright flames seem to be a picture of hell, hence its local name. Organized by Intrepid Travel, get to camp in yurts with the seminomadic indigenous tribes and listen to their stories. You are advised to bring gas masks, as the sulfuric smells can be quite overpowering.

Mount Sanqingshan National Park in China

 

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Tired of visiting the usual mountains? Trek over to Mount Sanqingshan for a different, other-worldly experience. The 56, 700-acre Park is home to several “floating” mountains. Nearly a hundred of them give off the impression that they are floating, as their bases disappear into thick mists. This beautiful view is often capped with a rainbow that accentuates its wondrousness. While you’re there, tour the Sanqing Temple, a Taoist complex that is 1, 600-year old and filled with beautiful pagodas, gardens, and stone carvings.

Neft Da?lar? in Azerbaijan

Originally planned as a drilling platform in the Caspian Sea, this thirty-mile strip of road has incorporated houses, schools, libraries, shops, and other structures, expanding into a hundred and twenty four miles of streets, creating a town with five thousand inhabitants. This industrial city above the sea—“Oil Rocks” as it is more popularly known, even has its own cinema! If you want to see this but don’t have the time for the three-and-a-half-hour ferry from Baku, just buy a copy of the film, “The World is Not Enough” and see James Bond’s battle in a replica of this city above the sea.

Xperia S And Xperia Ion To Be Unveiled By Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson has been long rumored to strategy the put out new devices in this week’s time at the Customer Gadgets Reveals 2012 in Las Nevada, and still, a lot more information on them has just began to appear.

This indicates that the Sony wish the release of in any case two smartphones on the market in the future, and that they will both be involved in the Xperia family. One of these gadgets will be known as Xperia S, while the other will land under the name of Xperia Ion.

Xperia S Seemingly, customers have already searched these gadgets over the World Wide Web before. The Xperia S is not an iota other than the widespread rumored Nozomi (which was anticipated to appear as the successor of Xperia arc), and at the same time the Xperia Ion is thought to be the Sony Ericsson LT28at.
Whether the Xperia Ion is indeed the LT28at mobile phone is still not clear, but not to worry as the truth will be revealed when Xperia Ion appears on racks with a 4.6-inch touch display, will seem to corroborate to. What is more is that it seems it will be published on the system of WiFi service provider AT&T. Past speculation on LT28at recommended the alike.
Xperia Ion Even though it has not been specifically illustrated, both the gadgets are vital to run under Google’s Android managing system when released. The newest associates of the Xperia kind were all Android gadgets. Xperia Ion and Xperia S gadgets are rumored to display only the Sony brand name on the front, LT26i (Nozomi) boasting the name above the display, while LT28at has it below the display.

Last autumn's end, Sony bought Ericsson’s share in the partnership, and affirmed plans to have new smartphones on the market released under the Sony logo. Sony Ericsson will not be abolished but still become a sub-group of Sony starting the season of new year.

Thus, it is a good idea for the two new smartphones on the market to sport only the Sony company, though nothing has been verified on them basically. Gossip has it that both of them will be basically presented soon.

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Weapon Technology Review: Do you know which are the best handguns in this world?

The term handgun usually means a gun meant to be operated by one hand and having a chamber which is integral to the barrel as opposed to the other type of handgun, the revolver, which has a revolving cylinder.

Herstal FN 57

The Fn 57 is a Belgian made semi automatic pistol manufactured by FN Herstal… The FN 57 is a delayed blowback single action pistol firing a 5.7×2.8mm cartridge. It comes supplied with a 20 round magazine and has an effective range of 50 ms .It is currently supplied with fully adjustable sights or fixed sights.

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HS2000

The HS 2000 is of Croatian origin and is produced by HS Produkt D.o.o.The Company’s most successful product HS2000 is a polymer framed semi automatic pistol. It is the standard issue of the Croatian army and is popular amongst the US law enforcement agencies.

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QSZ-92

The QSZ-92 is recoil operated locked breech pistol and uses a rotating barrel locking system. Its country of origin is The Peoples Republic of China. It uses a 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge and is manufactured by Norinco at the Changfeng Machine Shop. It has an effective range of 50m and has a muzzle velocity of 1148 ft per second.

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Walther P99

The Walther P99 is a semi automatic pistol of German origin. It is manufactured by Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen… It is used by the German police, Polish police and the Finnish army. .It fires a 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge. And has short recoil operated, locked breech action. It has a muzzle velocity of 1339ft per second.

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FN-FNP45

The FN Herstal FNP pistol is of joint Belgium and US manufacture. It is manufactured in Columbia by FNH USA. It has been in production since February 2006 and fires amongst others a 9 x 19mm Parabellum cartridge. It comes with a 14-16 round magazine.

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HK Mark 23

The Heckler and Koch Mk23 are of German and United States origin and consist of match grade semi automatic pistol, a laser aiming module and suppressor. It is the standard pistol meant for the US Special Forces. It has a short recoil DA\SA action and has an effective range of 50 Ms. It has been in production since 1991 and comes with a 12 round detachable box magazine.

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Glock-17

Glock is a series of semi automatic pistols designed and produced by Glock GmbH of Deutsh-Wagram, Austria.  It has been in service since 1982. It has an extensive plastic structural content. It has a short recoil locked breech; tiliting barrel action fires amongst others a 9x 19mm Parabellum cartridge is used by the Austrian military and US Law Enforcement agencies.

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Beretta 92F

The Beretta 92 is of Italian origin. It fires a 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge. It has been in production since 1975 and is in service in the Italian, French and US military.

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Heckler and Koch USP

The Heckler & Koch USP is of German origin and is known as a Universal Self Loading pistol it is a semi automatic pistol with a mechanically locked breech and uses the short recoil mode of operation. It fires a 9X19mm Parabellum cartridge. And has been in operation since 1992.

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SIG P250

The SIG P250 pistol is of mixed American and German origin. It is made by JP Sauer and Son and Sig Sauer Exeter. It is a semi automatic pistol. .whose action is based on recoil operation and comes with a 17 round magazine. It has iron sights with a 147 mm base.

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