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10
Apr

New York

Posted in North America  by visit on April 10th, 2010

First thing dominating in a NY holiday is the Rockefeller Center Christmas which was built in 1930 by John D. Rockefeller, and is known to be a masterpiece of the modern architecture streamlined, rich in relief works, Sculpture and Art Deco, returning to the Greek mythology, while paying tribute to American optimism before the Grand Depression. The Rockfeller Center looks best in Christmas, when a spruce Noevegian of almost 27 meters is displayed as the official city Christmas tree. Beyond it, there is the right place known to offer you a great view to this masterpiece, the best New York hotels. Don’t worry, you can be relaxed in choosing a hotel room. In NYC you have a large variety of more than 600 hotels. If you are searching for something cheap, down to USD100, choose between Belnord Hotel, Hotel Pennsylvania, Park Central New York Hotel, of up to USD100, hotels such as Excelsior Hotel, The Waldorf Astoria, New York Helmsley, Millennium Broadway Hotel.
When you visit the city you will notice the New York’s skyscrapers are threatening the streets where eight million New Yorkers go through their daily route to work. They say that New York is the capital of the world. With its official name “The City of New York” and abbreviated NYC, this is the most populous city in the United States. If you want to know more, take a ride among the most interesting sights of New York.
American Museum of Natural History-Here are dinosaurs and more than 36 million other things, starting with lunar rocks to the Brazilian topaz. Do not miss the Hall of Biodiversity. The latest piece of it is the Rose Center for Earth and Space, which houses the Hyden Planetarium, and the most powerful virtual reality simulator in the world in size, offering tourists a trip through the Milky Way.

10
Nov

Yellowstone National Park

Posted in North America  by visit on November 10th, 2009

Yellowstone is the largest national park in the world. Established in 1872 by an Act of Congress, the park was known as Yellowstone, by the way the tribe of Indians called the water Minnetaree that crosses the land: the river that springs from the yellow rock.   

Located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the park occupies an area of nearly 5470 square kilometers, along the length and the width whom the roads are arranged. Yellowstone is in the territories of three states: Wyoming, southwestern Montana and southeastern Idaho State. In the park you can get through five entries: Gardiner. West Yellowstone, Jackson, Cooly and Cooke City and is crossed by the parallel of 45 grades north latitude.

The first historical evidence of the human existence in this area dates back 12,000 years, and the problem is put over the traces which were left by the nomadic tribes. After coming of Europeans, Bannocks Indians were those to master these lands.

In the winter of 1806-1807, John Colter left the Americans Lewis and Clark expedition and began to explore one area. Colter spent three years in the wilderness area, returning, finally, to St.Louis and storying about the beauties and wonders seen in Yellowstone. Unfortunately, his stories were considered by his fellow citizens as hallucinations of a madman.

The expedition, which finally laid the important region, organized by the explorers was the Washburn, Langford and Doane, in 1870, when there were discovered the waterfalls of the Yellowstone river, mud volcanoes, Yellowstone Lake and Great Fountain Geyser. After the expedition reports were prepared, and published articles about particular phenomenons occurring in the area. Thus, two years later, the region was declared a national park and one of the expedition’s members, Nathaniel Langford, became the first manager of the park.

In terms of geology, Yellowstone crossed three active volcanoes periods, which began 2.1 million years ago, and which generated a volcanic plateau located at approximately 1.950-2.550 m altitude above sea level. The most important feature of the park is given by the geothermal phenomenon: geysers, hot springs, mud volcanoes and mofettes.

Traveler’s eyes are attracted by four major points of tourist interest: the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone river, Thermal springs of Mamut , geysers and Yellowstone Lake.

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30
Oct

Freedom Tower New York

Posted in North America  by visit on October 30th, 2009

Freedom Tower, the building that will replace the World Trade Center towers prostrate in 2001, will be completed in the Tower 2012.

Freedom Tower will lift more than 540 meters (1776 feet, a figure chosen to refer to the year of the Declaration of Independence, the year when it was signed) above Manhattan, will have a cubic base and host more than 240,000 square meters of office space. In 2012, at 11 years from the attacks of September 11, the tower will be opened. On the area where the two towers collapsed is also located a monument to commemorate the 2986 people who lost their lives in the major terrorist attack in the United States.
At the end of February 2008, 9,400 tons of the nearly 50,000 tonnes were known to ease the tower that had already been ordered.

Steel beams that will form the skeleton of the Freedom Tower are made up at the Archs factory, located in the city of Luxembourg Differendange. In October 2008, the construction has already begun to rise from the ground, falling to about 4 feet above the level of refueling. In 2006, the tower project was made public, was intended as Freedom Tower to become the tallest building in the world, but that position was already occupied by the Burj Dubai, with a height of 818 meters.
The process of building the tower meant in the same time the exhumation of remains which weren’t recovered, once with the digging of foundations which weighs 120 tonnes. Around 40% of victims of that terrorist attacks were never identified. Another little known aspect is that the remains of more than 700 people were found after September 11 on the roof of a 40-story buildings, located opposite the twin towers.

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20
Oct

The Coral Castle

Posted in North America  by visit on October 20th, 2009

In Homestead from Florida was built the well known Coral Castle which is one of the strangest man-made structures, comparable to the complex of Stonehenge, ancient Greek temples and Egyptian pyramids.

This Amazing building was conceived, designed and made by one man, Edward Leedskalnin, a Lithuanian immigrant. It seems that he discovered the secrets of the pyramids and levitation. The chosen materials for building were incredible. He used huge blocks of coral rocks, some weighing up to 30 tons. The way he managed to move them still remains wrapped in a total mystery, considering that he could not call at that time, to the aid of modern machinery.

To build the walls and the towers, there were used around 1,000 tons of coral rocks, another 100 tonnes being used for the confection of furnishing and many other art objects. The obelisk weighs 28 tonnes. The wall surrounding the Coral Castle measures about 3 feet height and is made of huge stone blocks which weigh, each, several tons. Battlements are posted on the 6 feet high walls. The heaviest block weighs 35 tonnes. Some of the pieces of stone are twice heavier than the blocks used in the Great Pyramid of Gizeh’s construction.

Edward Leedskalnin went even further with the imagination and he even thought to decorate the castle garden with sculptures, tables and chairs, all made of coral. It even exists, in the bottom called “sanctuary”, a 30-tonne obelisk, 12 m high, and a mini solar observatory, all of stone, of course. The only closed complex structure, the tower, stayed locked during the Leedskalnin’s life. In the bedroom, he placed two beds for children, a swing, a table and a chair. In the whole building there are no facilities, no pipes or cables.
Working alone for 20 years, between 1920 and 1940, to build the house that he called  the Stone Gate Park, Leedskalnin actioned so that after he was being abandoned by his fiancee because he was poor and old.
This sentimental failure turned Edward into a withdrawn individual, totally dedicated to the creation of a great thing, to embody his love. Therefore, the Coral Castle is rightly compared with another temple of love, Taj Mahal, only the latter was built in more than 20 years by thousands of slaves, while this amazing complex in Florida is the work of an only man.

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16
Aug

Public Garden

Posted in North America, Uncategorized  by visit on August 16th, 2009

The Public Garden is situated in Boston, North America, also being created in 1837.

At first, we have to say that the Public Garden was decorative specially for tourists with a lot of flowers, whose walkways were for meandering. For America, the Public Garden is the 1st public botanical garden.

The style of this park features the art of a great gardener, adopting new techniques which were available to collect. Greenhouse-grown plants could make sure that displays could be seen at their peak. The Public Garden was bedded-out in intricate floral patterns of blazing color and it has also planted several exotic trees. The person who designed all these was George Meacham, who also has won the public design competition for the Public Garden. His prize was about one hundred dollars.

This Garden is one of the greatest attractions of Boston, having in the same time a lot of critics. Sometimes, people have complained that the colorful plants which had some unnatural combinations were garish beyond the bounds of good taste.

In this garden, there are more than 80 species of plants cultivated for future plantings. The Public Garden is opened even for many weddings in the park while people are attracted and fascinated by these views.

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14
Aug

The Museum of Science

Posted in North America  by visit on August 14th, 2009

The Science Museum is located in Boston, also situated in Science Park across the Charles River. The Museum of Science features more than 500 exhibits, while a huge number of live presentations are taking place every day. This museum is a part of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. It houses around 100 animals which were rescued from several dangerous circumstances. Practically, if tourists are ready to spend various hours in the museum, this could turn into an exiting experience for them.

People are even allowed to touch a lizard, or for example to watch chickens hatching, to see lightning being created, or to enjoy of hundreds of interactive exhibits and learning something about them, meeting a new science or technology.

The history of the Museum of Science beggins with the 1830 year, when it was created. This museum has begun as the Boston Society of Natural History. It all started when the museum was seen as a place where people could store skins and trophies of their achievements in travelling to Africa or Asia.

The Museum of Science from Boston through teaching children and even adults about the New England’s animals, is performing them much similar to that of the American Museum of Natural History in NY. The first name of this museum was “New England Museum of Natural History”. In time, this name has started to grow up until it was changed in The Museum of Science.

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12
Aug

Hell’s Point Golf Club

Posted in North America  by visit on August 12th, 2009

The Hell’s Point Golf Club is situated in Virginia Beach, which was also designed by a well known architect, Rees Jones. The yard of this golf club has around 18 holes and 61 sculptured sandtraps.
This place was named the 4th scariest golf course name in the United States by a golf magazine. Hell’s Point Golf Club was opened in 1982, before the majority of newer courses from Virginia Beach.

There is also  a very scenic layout, specially for people who like swampy scenes. Definitely, you have some swampy insects that come along for the ride, for example like horseflies.

Hell’s Point continue to be a good play, the best  place surrounding, as many golfers from Virginia Beach have affirmed it. The “best of the beach” still running for 13 years. The Hell’s Point Course is kept in very good condition.

The fairways and tee boxes are lush and many of the greens are reffering to the leafy trees.

At Hell’s Point Golf Club are some challenging holes, like No. 13, a mid-length par 4 that has water dipping into the left fairway and continuing to the edge of the green. You can play it safe with a fairway wood off the tee or hit driver over the fairway mound, risking getting lost in the woods.

Without the Virginia pine forest, this course which seems to be a wonderful park, emphasizes strategy, not length. It’s so good to see the greens that are undulating and moderate in speed. In ‘94 and ‘95, the Hell’s Point Golf Club has played host to the Virginia State Open qualifier, receiving many awards while the pro shop was voted the best from America.

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9
Aug

The Alcatraz Island Surroundings

Posted in North America  by visit on August 9th, 2009

If you want to visit the Alcatraz Island, the tour is ready to begin and with a typical tourist attraction that shows you locals of the Alcatraz Island you have never seen it before.

In summer season tourists will need to get tickets in advance. If they don’t do this, another possibility is to get at many other travel companies that resell tickets at a substantial mark-up.

The Alcatraz Island is under the auspices of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area .  To know it better and to understand it, there is a park ranger that gives a quick rundown on the different points of interest.

Besides this, at the main dock visitors will come across a movie theater that will feature the Alcatraz Discovery Channel profile. You can also choose many different brochures only with 1 dollar if you are so interested by it.

Alcatraz has a restored wilderness habitat being an ornithological Mecca. Finally, visitors will come to a huge paved area which is known as a major breeding ground for shorebirds. These could be egrets or western gulls. Here, you could even enjoy of food while the seasonal upwelling that brings the water of the ocean teeming with plankton from the Pacific’s depths. From here, you can see the beautiful downtown skyline while admiring birds flying above the island.

But if you want to leave this place, be sure you take an extra moment to ponder the plight of the prisoner. Surely you will put some existential questions that likely you may never get the answer back.

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28
Jul

Freedom Trail

Posted in North America  by visit on July 28th, 2009

A kind of red path you will find it through downtown Boston.
-Situated at only 4 km away from the Boston Common, the Freedom Trail is considered one of the most popular tourist attraction from Massachusetts.

-More than that, tourists can see every historic site of this place; closer to this area, visitors can see different resources as restaurants, museums, acompanied by the green squares around and offering many extreme activities

-The Foundation of the Freedom Trail is trying to preserve its introduction to the Colonial Revolutionary Boston.

-This famous Trail leads visitors to sixteen historical sites in only 2-3 hours.

-Sometimes, there are even travellers who come around trying to study these exhibits so, a whole day can take you or even more to see all that stuff along the Freedom Trail.

- More often, visitors would like to ride, they just have to pay for one of the trolley tours, a kind of guided tours, which takes you in every site along this amazing path.

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26
Jul

San Juan

Posted in North America  by visit on July 26th, 2009

San Juan is situated in the north part of the Coastal Plains region and the west part of Carolina.

People know San Juan as a great port and tourist attraction and also being one of the oldest city from the United States Of America.

This metropolitan area of San Juan is known to have 3 areas: The Old San Juan, the resort area with the Beach and many other important landmarks as Río Piedras, Puerta de Tierra, etc. The most visited of them is Río Piedras, maybe because it was founded more quickly, in 1714. It has become a part of San Juan’s destination in 1951.

Throughout the 16th century, San Juan had an important role in the Spanish expeditions. But in the 20th century, San Juan has decided to expand itself by incorporating suburban Miramar, Santurce, Condado and Río Piedras.

San Juan is also the largest center from surroundings, an area which has several facilities for natural resources as petroleum and sugar refining. It is also important for the industry by producing cement, pharmaceuticals, metal objects,etc.
The well known port has a lot to do in the Caribbean, specially when there are a lot of tourists who come here in summer.

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