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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Congo

October 28, 2018

Katanga is a mining region located on the Lund-Katanga uplift in the south of the vast flat hollow of the Congo. Along the southeastern and eastern frontier, the Mitumba mountain range stretches, in the eastern part of the region lies the vast freshwater lake Tanganyika - the natural border with Tanzania, as well as Lake Kivu. Most of the mines and steel mills of the full cycle are concentrated at the border (up to 95% of the Katanga copper concentrate is processed in Zambia), this is a densely populated technogenic zone with ecology disrupted by industrial emissions.


Tanganyika



This is one of the deepest (along with Lake Baikal) lakes of the planet and just as ancient in origin. In terms of volume and depth, Tanganyika ranks second after Lake Baikal among the lakes of the world. The shores of the lake belong to four countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and Burundi.

Lake Tanganyika is located in the deepest tectonic depression of Africa, at an altitude of 773 meters above sea level and is part of the ancient East African rift system. Underwater threshold of the lake is divided into two deep-water pools. The lake is part of the Congo River basin, one of the largest rivers in the world.

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Venice

May 14, 2017
The city of Venice, Italy, is simply stunning and completely unique. Founded more than 1,500 years ago on 117 different islands, Venice is linked by a series of over 150 canals, 400 bridges and many ancient pavements. The historic city centre of Venice is divided into six quarters (sestieri) - Cannaregio, Castello, Dorsoduro, San Marco, San Polo and Santa Croce. All buildings in Venice are supported on slender oak and pine piles (posts) which are driven deep into the ground to create a solid foundation. As the soil is waterlogged, with no free oxygen, the piles remain strong and do not decay.

Venice is without doubt one of the most beautiful and popular cities in the world, and is always admired by the many tourists that visit throughout the year. There are several tourist information branches operated by the Azienda di Promozione Turistica, located on the Piazza San Marco, the Piazzale Roma, the Gran Viale Santa Maria Elisabetta, the Lungomare Adriatico, the Venice Pavilion and the Stazione di Santa Lucia. A further tourism outlet is conveniently situated in the arrivals hall at the Marco Polo Airport. If you have time for day trips, there are also many interesting towns to explore, such as Burano, Murano, Padua, Torcello, Verona and Vicenza.

There is no question that Venice is an expensive city, particularly when it comes to accommodation, even during the low season (November, early December and also January). In recent years, many new hotels have opened and improved availability, although hotel rooms and Venice apartments with views of the Grand Canal are always in demand, and never more so than on Valentine's Day, when romance arrives in the city. Many of the best hotels stand around the San Marco area, with an increasing number of cheap options residing near to the train station. Accommodation is also in good supply around the districts of Cannaregio, Castello, Dorsoduro, Santa Croce and San Polo, and on the island of Giudecca, within the Venetian Lagoon.

There are numerous famous Venice attractions and sights to see. Highlights include the Basilica San Marco (St. Mark's Basilica) - a vast church which is one of the most famous sights associated with this city; the Piazza San Marco (San Marco Square) - situated in the heart of Venice and affectionately referred to by Napoleon as the 'finest drawing room in Europe'; the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace) - a simply breathtaking waterfront palace and a superb example of Gothic architecture; and the Accademia Gallery - with wonderful masterpieces from the 14th century to the 18th century by world-famous artists, such as Bellini, Giorgione, Rosalba Carriera, Longhi, Picasso, Tintoretto, Titian, Tiziano, Veronese and many others.

For lovers of fine cuisine, Venice offers a wide selection of excellent restaurants serving delicious Italian food, as well as a choice of international cuisine. Pasta and pizza has never tasted more authentic than when eaten on the Piazza San Marco, in the shadows of the Basilica San Marco and the Palazzo Ducale.

The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, is a long stretch of water running right through the city and is often referred to as 'the most beautiful street in the whole of Venice'. The first bridge ever built over the canal was the Rialto Bridge, which has since become one of the main symbols associated with this iconic Italian city. Travelling along this canal and the many others is a great way to see the city, and there are numerous different modes of travel available. Public transport consists mainly of water-buses (vaporetti) and there are also water-taxis (motoscafi), which are faster, more modern motorboats. Of course, who could think of Venice without picturing the well-known and much loved Italian gondolas. What could be more romantic than a nighttime, moonlit trip along a Venetian canal? The atmosphere and reflections are quite unforgettable.


Opera de Monte – Carlo

May 14, 2017
The Monte Carlo Opera House is located at the casino and was (and the famous Paris Opera House) built by the architect Charles Garnier. Upon entrance of the casino you have an immediate impression that the auditorium is not very big but it is opulently furnished.  It has large windows overlooking the sea and has large mirrors which are sustained in the performance. The acoustics are excellent; the orchestra sits pretty low, so it does not cover the singer for the spectators in the front seats.
Monte Carlo Opera House



You will be able to experience a performance of Verdi's Macbeth, where despite the small capacity and the relatively moderate ticket prices singers of the first rank occurred. Unlike the tickets for the opera, the drinks they have in the break come with the local custom overpriced price levels. The Opera de Monte Carlo enjoys exceptional programs that are quite difficult to access because you have to book months in advance without ever being sure to get tickets for the selected show. But don’t get discouraged at all about the online reservation for it is definitely worth the effort once you are settled and seated in its marvelous theater hall.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Urquhart Castle

April 20, 2017
Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21km south-west of Inverness and 2km east of the village of Drumnadrochit.
The present ruins date from the 13th to the 16th centuries, though built on the site of an early medieval fortification. Founded in the 13th century, Urquhart played a role in the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century. It was subsequently held as a royal castle, and was raided on several occasions by the MacDonald Earls of Ross. The castle was granted to the Clan Grant in 1509, though conflict with the MacDonalds continued. Despite a series of further raids the castle was strengthened, only to be largely abandoned by the middle of the 17th century. Urquhart was partially destroyed in 1692 to prevent its use by Jacobite forces, and subsequently decayed. In the 20th century it was placed in state care and opened to the public: it is now one of the most-visited castles in Scotland.The castle, situated on a headland overlooking Loch Ness, is one of the largest in Scotland in area. It was approached from the west and defended by a ditch and drawbridge. The buildings of the castle were laid out around two main enclosures on the shore. The northern enclosure or Nether Bailey includes most of the more intact structures, including the gatehouse, and the five-storey Grant Tower at the north end of the castle. The southern enclosure or Upper Bailey, sited on higher ground, comprises the scant remains of earlier buildings.



Glamis Castle from Aberdeen Scotland

April 20, 2017
Located in Glamis, Scotland, people come to visit especially for folk museum opened here and three beautiful gardens. Glamis Castle is known as one of the most haunted castles in Britain. Castle is the historical place of Bowes-Lyon family, and was originally used as house hunting. In 1372, Robert II of Scotland gave the castle to Sir John Lyon. Four years later, Sir John married the king's daughter, Joanna, and was appointed Chamberlain of Scotland. Their grandson became Lord Glamis in 1445, the title of Earl of Strathmore "was created in 1606, and the title of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, in 1677, and the family name became Bowes-Lyon in 1767. L-shaped castle was remodeled in the seventeenth century. It includes a lobby with a ceiling dated 1621, a family chapel built in 1688, a billiard room in the eighteenth century, where they are and what's left of the rich library, a lounge-century nineteenth century, where the family portraits, and royal apartments used by the Queen Mother and King George VI. Castle is famous as the childhood home of Queen Mother, born at Glamis, where he was born and his daughter, Princess Margaret, in 1930.


 
  Chapel family is haunted by a Grey Lady, who is said to be the spirit of Lady Janet Douglas, burned at the stake as witches, in Castle Hill, Edinburgh, in 1537, is accused of being planned to poison the king . It is possible that the charges have been staged for political reasons. A number of witnesses have seen fairly recent occurrence in the chapel. They say that sometimes appears above the clock tower. They say a woman's ghost haunts the land without language, and sometimes looks out from behind a window or running the castle park. A young black ghost of a servant who was treated cruelly, 200 years ago, haunts a stone bench, near the Queen's bedroom door.


 
  One of the most infamous ghosts is that of Earl Beard, also known as Alexander, Earl Crawford. It says it was a cruel and wicked man, probably because of his attitude against King James II.
They say his spirit wanders through the castle, and she is meant to participate in gambling, for eternity, the devil, in a secret room of the castle and people say they have heard people swearing there, and the sound of dice. Often in literature is confused by the second Earl of Glamis.
 
  Legend says that this castle is haunted because of an old curse brought upon the family of Sir John Lyon, who moved an old bowl or place in Forteviot, where he had to remain forever. Also, the castle is found in the play "Macbeth" by Shakespeare, and the murder of King Malcolm II was said to have taken place in one room. It is unlikely, because the castle dates from the fourteenth century, and the murder was done in the eleventh century.
Perhaps the most famous folk legend is a secret room somewhere inside the castle, a room that holds a terrible secret. At one time, each is said to have hung a towel on every window of the castle, but outside, you can see a window without the towel, suggesting the presence of hidden cameras.


 
  Secret room at home has a number of stories, the most popular is that it would imprison a monster. In 1821, it says that the first son of the 11th Earl was born with several birth defects. To hide this fact, said the child died, but he was locked in a secret room in the castle. Malformed boy survived, and after a while, was born a second son, who was told his brother that he is grown. In some stories, the boy grows and becomes strong, and live over 100 years. Secret hidden camera had to be passed to each heir, the celebration of 21 years. It tells of a worker who made a hole in a wall, accidentally, while working on modifications to the castle, and found a passage to the secret room. He was given a large sum of money to keep quiet and leave the country. In another legend, says that in the room are the bodies of men who were enemies of the family and who died of hunger.
As mentioned above, one of the most notorious figures in the history of the castle was Earl Beard, Lord Crawford, a cruel man. The most commonly heard story is that he lost his soul in a card game with the devil.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Goverla

April 01, 2017
Among the high mountains, covered with forests, has hidden pearl of the Carpathians, the highest mountain in Ukraine “Goverla”.
Hundreds of tourists from all over Ukraine and abroad, according to ascend not forgive trails to the top of the mountain.
Lifting height, not afraid of extremists, it attracts more and more willing to climb to the top.
mountain height is 2061 meters above sea level
Its route can be started from the base Zaroslyak, to enter the territory of the reserve charge.
Territory groomed, there are souvenir shops, campsites, parking can be expanded tent or rent a room.
Climb a mountain, you have two routes:
The first, more convenient, though long 4.3 km, the second tyazheleya route with steep climbs, but shorter, only 3.7 km away.
Most of the tourists prefer to climb a short route, and down long.
No matter which route you choose, good experience and an amazing view of your software.
At the foot of the waterfall is located, its height is 80 meters.
The spectacle is a very beautiful, ideal for panorama photography.
I recommend to visit the lake Nesamovite, it can be reached from the ridge on the Montenegrin Hoverla (the red route).

Easter island

April 01, 2017

The History of Easter Island

Easter Island is believed to have been settled between 700 to 1200 CE, around the same time that settlers first arrived in Hawaii. The first Easter Island settlement is said to have been at Anakena, the landing point on the island that provides the most protection from rough maritime weather. Recent radiocarbon dating seems to contradict this theory however with multiple other Easter Island locations outdating Anakena by as much as hundreds of years.
The first people to settle Easter Island are believed to have been the Polynesians from the Marquesas and Gambier Islands. The language with the most similarity to that used on Easter Island is Mangarevan, the official language of Mangareva in the Gambier Islands, the official language of Mangareva in the Gambier Islands. It is believed that the initial community structure on the island focused around a high chief or ariki, who controlled nine smaller clans and the chiefs who led them. As legend has it, the grand chief was always the eldest descendent through first-born lines of the founder of the island – Hotu Matu’a.

The Building of the Moai

Under the leadership of the ariki the Moai were constructed. In the belief system of those living on Easter Island, the dead and living were dependent upon each other. It was the dead that provided the living with all that they needed to live and in return, the living offered the dead with offerings that gave them a better place in the spirit world. Moai are generally situated along the coastlines of the island since this is where the settlements of Easter Island stood. These Moai were always built with their backs against the water (where the spirit world was located) and their faces turned towards the tribes which they oversaw.

Thriving on Easter Island

The well structured society of Easter Island was thriving until the point that the ecosystem changed drastically. It is unsure as to what really led to this decline in the civilization but some hypothesize that deforestation played a significant role. On an island where the ecosystem was already very delicately balanced, the shift in ecology of the island led to a severe drop in the island’s population. When the European settlers arrived on Easter Island in 1722, the population had dropped to between 2,000 to 3,000 from the 15,000 it was 100 years earlier. This population drop is believed to have resulted directly from deforestation which resulted in less wood to build fishing vessels, which resulted in a lower food supply.

More Devastation on Easter Island

As if internal warfare had not been enough to devastate Easter Island, in the 1860’s Peruvian slave raiders struck. Abducting more than 1,500 men and women – at that time approximately half of the island’s population, the raiders took indiscriminately. The slave raids took enough of a toll on the island that eventually the Peruvians were forced to return some of those taken from the island. Unhappy about having to return their ‘bounty’, the Peruvians returned Easter Island inhabitants along with the smallpox virus. The epidemic that would follow decimated the Easter Island population. In the years following whalers would also introduce tuberculosis to the island and further reduce the island’s population. As natives began to die from these diseases, missionaries and ranchers would move in and buy up the land of the deceased islanders.
As the island was slowly bought up and settled both the overall population and the cultural background of the island were lost. French mariner, Jean-Baptiste Dutrou-Bornier, bought most of the land with the exception of the missionary settlements in Hanga Roa to use it for farming. As conflict began to take place between natives, Dutrou-Bornier and the missionaries, the population of the island plummeted to just 111 in 1871. Somehow over time the islanders built up their numbers, however, it was too late to preserve much of the culture’s heritage.

Removing Moai from the Island

With numerous Moai statues on display around the world, researchers at some point had to move some of the statues from Easter Island. While moving these incredibly heavy statues was a feat for islanders, technology made it much easier to transport these ancient relics. In total, approximately 11 of the Moai have been taken from the island, 6 of these 11 were carved from basalt.

Resurrecting the Moai

It was not only Moai taken from Easter Island that were resurrected, after the TADANO company volunteered a crane to Easter Island, a number of the statues were resurrected. By May of 1995, islanders had utilized the crane to stand 15 of the Moai statues which had fallen in Tongariki ahu. The statues were all placed back on the ahu and can be viewed now as they once were by the original islanders. The Ahu Tongariki restoration project was undertaken by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino.

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