Hoover Dam is on the road 93 to 16 km east of Boulder City, Nevada and 50 miles southeast of Las Vegas. From the reception center visitors tourists start guided. Also, trips are made and Las Vegas, which has its own international airport.
The great river, over which was the barrier, Colorado, has a total length of 2333 km, during or watering one fifteenth of the United States of America. From its sources in the Rocky Mountains, Colorad...
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After the Suez Canal in 1869 Viscount Frenchman Ferdinand Lesseps dreamed of a larger project: the Panama Canal. Lesspes decided to cut a path across the isthmus of Panama in order to unite the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. He knew that a trip around South America would be useless for vessels transporting cargo around the world.
Extravagant project finally became reality, but during the execution process it stole over 25...
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If your holiday destination is Washington really need to visit the Kogod Courtyard. "Robert and Arlene Kogod" courtyard, with the elegant glass roof, designed by world renowned architect, Norman Foster, is situated in a historical building called the Patent Office, which houses the Art Museum and National Gallery of Portraits Smithson. Foster has worked with the Institute Smithson at the center of the gym building. The roof is not on the original structure of the buildin...
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A symbol of New York as important as the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building is one of the highest skyscrapers in the world. Designed by the firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates, the Empire State Building is built in Art Deco style with a step-shaped silhouette.
The foundation works started in January 22, 1930 and construction has progressed incredibly quickly with 4.5 floors per week. Empire State Building was completed...
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Antarctica is the only continent where there doesn't live on the long term any member of the species on two legs. It is a very large area (14 million km2), larger even than Europe (~ 10 million km2).
It is also a land of no one. Following the Antarctic Treaty, signed in 1959, the territory south of latitude 60 in the southern hemisphere is open to scientific research and any military activity is prohibited there.
Virtually, no c...
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In Xinjiang, China there is a desert called Moguicheng or devil's town. Castles at Moguicheng produce strange sounds and nobody knows how it is possible that. If you get there on a hot day, besides the gentle breeze of air, you hear a noise that resembled the 10 million or 10 milionae bells that play the guitar very gentle a beautiful song....
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At an altitude of 4000 meters in the Bolivian Andes, the ruins of ancient settlements. Aymara natives legends say that Tiahuanaco was built in one night and some giant men, whites - Sons of the Sun - owned by an alien race that would be created and all the graphics from Nazca, Peru.
Tiahuanaco people settled on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca around 400 BC The main center has developed into a lively city, where many pyramids were built t...
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Tungus Meteorite, one of the unique phenomena of the twentieth century, fell into Siberian taiga on June 30, 1908, at 65 km and 500 km Vanavara settlement of Krasnoyarsk, near the Tunguska River Podkamennaia tributary of Eniseului. "Meteora" fly above the earth as a globe of fire with a bow and tail was seen on a vast territory. When the explosion, hundreds of kilomentri the epicenter could be heard as a thunder storm shock wave produced by explosion broke taigaua an are...
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Bermuda Triangle (also known as the the Devil's Triangle) is a triangular area bounded Atlantic ends by Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Legend has it that many people, boats and planes have mysteriously disappeared in this area. How many have disappeared, however, depend on who is doing the locating and counting. Triangle size varies from 500,000 square miles to three times more depending on the author's imagination. (Some include the Azores, the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies in ...
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Nazca desert is a plateau of about 100 km long and 8 km wide, on the coast of Peru, 400 km south of Lima. Sometime before the year 1000 BC, the Nazca Valley was inhabited by a population that has developed advanced methods of animal husbandry, which enabled its members to conduct an irrigation system, to improve their crops and territorial extension to farmers. Throughout the 1,500 years that followed, these people have become masters artisans in weaving, pottery, architectu...
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Few cities evoke images of excess such as Las Vegas. Located in the middle of the arid Mojave Desert, the southern tip of Nevada, Las Vegas is an oasis of life, energy and money - a city where the only purpose in life is fun.
Over 35 million people visit Las Vegas every year is finally cazandu 150,000 hotel rooms in town. According to the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, the city registered the fastest growth in North America, with approximat...
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Chicago Art Institute exhibition offers an impressive art collection for connoisseurs and amateurs, as well as those who just want to enjoy the artistry. Here there are exhibited, among others, works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Van Gogh, Seurat, Dali. Admission on Tuesday is free, however it is very crowded!...
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Shedd Aquarium is the place for a date with the most impressive being the animal kingdom, from insects and reptiles to dolphins, sharks and penguins, swimming freely in the huge aquarium. Includes the largest collection (in a closed space) of aquatic mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, etc.....
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Museum of Science and Industry includes a coal mine and functional scale and a model of normal human heart, which throbs and by 4.87 m high. Henry Crown Space Center in the museum allows visitors to experience a simulated ride with a spacecraft....
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Navy Pier is one of the top attraction in Chicago and it is a large pier on Lake Michigan, close to Chicago downtown. It consists of 50-acres of parks, gardens, shops, rides, restaurants and attractions. Anually, it is visited by over eight and half million people.
Navy Pier was built in 1916 and then renovated in the 1990’s, the total costs exceeding $200 million. At the Navy Pier you can ride the 15-story tall McDonald’s...
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Millennium Park is an award-winning project for his combining art, music, architecture and design into one center located outdoors. The most famous and attractive park objectives are: Jay Pritzker Pavilion is an outdoor space arranged to support concerts, winning a National Gold Medals and is unique in the U.S., Crown Fountain is a modern replica of wells with human faces It consists of two rectangular walls that are designed ostensibly a thousand inhabitants, building feeling lik...
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It is generally accepted by everyone that skyscrapers were discovered in Chicago, the third largest city in the U.S. For the construction of Sears Tower, 2400 workers worked for three years, the building was completed in 1973. Skeleton tower consists of new pipes that cross section of rectangular shape, forming the basis of a huge square of side 69 meters. Everything was made of concrete, sits on pillars filled with chunks of rock, they are set by the layer of earth...
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Hotel President Wilson offers a range of 230 rooms at the Junior Suite Lake View Room. Hotel President Wilson has all services of a five star hotel in Geneva: Restaurant, Room Service, Bar, 24/24h, Newspapers, Non-Smoking Rooms, Business Centre, Laundry, Breakfast Room Service, Express Check-in / Check-Out, TV, air conditioning, satellite television. This hotel has a luxurious style. Is 47 Quai Wilson Geneva Street in the north-east of the city, just 18 minutes walk from the cente...
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They say it's one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with so many glaciers, volcanoes and waterfalls. Although just a small island, Iceland has a huge impact on defense environment. Because of its location, Iceland uses its geothermal resources in order to obtain electricity and heat. The most common source of heat and electricity is hydrogen, and the country hopes to pass entirely on hydrogen consumption.
Even Mercedes-Benz A-cl...
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Switzerland has a rich history of eco-friendly attitudes. In some cities, cars are banned, is possible only cycling and walking. Although you may seem a bit strict country imposed a charge for garbage disposal, even if it is symbolic of just 1 euro. Are paid, of course, and waste treatment services.
Here and hotels are environmentally friendly. For example, a very popular hotel in Switzerland, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, offers discounts to hot...
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Costa Rica is a country with high goals when it comes to environmental attitudes. 2021, Costa Rica hopes to be one of the few countries who will not use fossil fuel at all, preferring instead renewable energy. The very location of this country is its advantage, its people does not need to worry about heating their homes, because the fit temperatures generally between 20-25 degrees C. Costa Rica and the strong focus on afforestation as reduced pesticide use....
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While the rest of the world is faced with fluctuating prices of gasoline, Sweden plans to stop using fossil fuels or territory until 2020. Efforts of these countries have started since the '80s, the oil crisis era, and now 28% of the energy used in Sweden is renewable and eco-friendly. Country has focused on the use of hydropower, nuclear power and the wind to get electricity and other necessities....
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Until 2030, Norway intends to be a country that no longer use coal deposits. That means it will not emit greenhouse gases at all. In addition, Norway has decided to use money in research to discover new methods, eco-friendly fuel. Those who still use diesel fuel will have to pay higher taxes for the environment....
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Mauritius is an island belonging to the coasts of Africa, near Madagascar. Although a small country, it has a strong positive impact on the environment of the world. Country has a policy that strongly supports recycling and reuse of various things, but the use of renewables. Currently, Mauritius is based on wind energy use and the sugarcane, which is fuel for boilers....
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France has won a reputation for eco-friendly country. President, Nicolas Sarkozy has pushed for the enactment of legislation in the field to conserve energy and the environment. His plans include: forbidden and renovating buildings to reduce heat consumption, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, increasing the percentage of renewable energy from 9% to 20-25%, increasing the number of organic farms, creating organizations to study genetically modified crops. If this will...
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Austria encourages the building of "passive houses, which heat and cool themselves, that regulates its own optimum temperature, without the need for heat. Everything happens through a system that takes into account the air flow and needs perfect insulation of windows. It is said that these houses consume only 10% of energy consumed in an average home....
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Despite the Cuban communist government, which controls everything that moves, the country looks gorgeous. Many residents of Cuba travel by bicycle or on foot and many of them live on the money crops and animals. The government discourages the use of harmful pesticides and encourages the use of organic farm products. While other countries are focused on obtaining nuclear power, Cuba decided to make every effort to only depend on hydroelectric power....
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Among the few things that are known worldwide about Colombia is excessive deforestation due to expansion of palm plantations for their oil, but also flourishing drug business news is covered here.
Somehow though, this country managed to recover afloat, it learned from its past and started to change things for the better. Colombia is home to 10% of animal species worldwide. Scientists have discovered that all be hiding in Colombia 10 new spe...
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Racism is the main problem in the country, social differences between blacks and whites are very large. It is the first country in the world ... regarding rapes and car thefts. Capital, Johannesburg, is one of the most dangerous cities, each family owning a gun to feel safe. South Africa recorded about 50 murders a day in a country with a population of 47 million....
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This island country has made a very bad reputation even when they saw a large tourism development, especially in the capital Kingston.
Gangsters and the police are the reasons that civilians often revolt, these demonstrations ending with gunfire. Daily in Kingston, according to statistics, about five people die, a staggering figure, considering the small population of the city - only 2.6 million.
Corruption an...
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Political tensions and the large differences between social classes are the main reasons why the crime rate is very high in Venezuela.
This increased by 67% in 1999, the year Chavez took power. People are so corrupt law, that are unable to maintain public order, police are themselves criminals dressed in uniform. All these things have brought civilians to the point where they are right with your own hands. Stupid reasons people are sho...
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Divided into pro and anti-Syrian forces, Lebanon is struggling to resolve political tensions. The assassination of important military leaders and battles with Israel in southern Lebanon made it cumbersome and difficult. Fighting with Israel ended last year, but tension remains high in Lebanon. Grouping the Hezbollah army is still present in some areas and other dangerous and extremist groups are active in Tripoli Sidoon and refugee camps. In the southern area you come across unexp...
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Here the Somali federal government recently took control of the country's Islamic Union that held power which proves regional instability. Clan fighting and attacks on foreigners are frequent. Abductions are a constant danger for foreigners. Here pirates have eye and is not covered swords, but guns. The northern part of Somalia is not as dangerous as the south where heavy artillery still terrorizing the population. Even late last year, the capital Hargeisa was destroyed by explosi...
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Despair, death and destruction are synonymous with the name of Sudan. Terrorism is the key word in this country which was controlled by the Islamist military regime before its independence.
Some of the most notorious terrorists of the world were born in Sudan, ending his studies in the detonation of car, fatal shootings genocide.
From 2003 until today 230 000 Sudanese have fled into Chad, and more ...
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Conflicts in the Middle East dates back decades. Development of the group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has created a precarious political and military situation in the relationship with Israel. Do not get close to the border with the Gaza Strip or Lebanon. Bethlehem is still a safe place, just and Ramallah, Jericho and Jordan Valley. Regarding Jerusalem, the situation changes from day to day....
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