Archive for March, 2009
Vancouver Island – Canada – 2006 Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific coast of North America between 1791 and 1794. The island is 460 kilometres (285 mi) in length and 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width at its widest [ READ MORE ]
Vancouver – Canada – 2006 Vancouver (pronounced /vænˈkuːvɚ/) is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia,Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and is bounded by the Strait of Georgia, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city ofBurnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a British explorer. The [ READ MORE ]
Arabian Desert – Dubai – 2008 The Arabian Desert is a vast desert wilderness stretching from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq. It occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula with an area of 2,330,000 square kilometers (900,000 mi²)[4]. At its center is the Rub’al-Khali, one of the largest continuous bodies of sand in the world. Gazelles, oryx, sand cats, and spiny-tailed lizards are just some [ READ MORE ]
Burj Al Arab – Dubai – 2008 For the Egyptian city, see Borg El Arab. The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب, literally, Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At321 metres (1,053 ft), it is the second tallest building used exclusively as a hotel, after Rose Tower, also in Dubai.[2] However, the structure of the unfinished Ryugyong Hotel is [ READ MORE ]
Dubai – United Arab Emirates – 2008 Dubai (in Arabic: دبيّ, transliteration: Dubayy) is one of the seven emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates(UAE). It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula. The Dubai Municipality is sometimes calledDubai city to distinguish it from the emirate. Written accounts document the existence of the [ READ MORE ]
Petronas Twin Towers – Malaysia – 2008 The Petronas Twin Towers (also known as the Petronas Towers or just Twin Towers), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are twin towers and were the world’s tallest buildings, before being surpassed by Taipei 101. However, the towers are still the tallest twin buildings in the world. They were the world’s tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004 if [ READ MORE ]
Singapore – 2008 Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō; Malay: Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர், Cingkappūr), officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia‘s Riau Islands. At 707.1 km2 (273.0 sq mi),[4] Singapore is one of three remaining true Sovereign city-states in the world (along with Monaco and Vatican City). It is the smallest nation in Southeast Asia. [ READ MORE ]
Buddhism – Southeast Asia – 2006 Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religion[1][2]and is based on the teachings attributed toSiddhartha Gautama, commonly known as “The Buddha” (the Awakened One), who was born in what is today Nepal.[3][4] He lived and taught in the northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent and likely [ READ MORE ]
Bhikkhu – Southeast Asia – 2006 A Bhikkhu (Pāli), Bhiksu (Sanskrit) (Thai: ภิกษุ) is a fully ordained male Buddhist monastic. Female monastics are called Bhikkhunis (Skt: Bhikṣuṇīs). Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis keep many precepts: they live by the vinaya‘s framework of monastic discipline, the basic rules of which are called the patimokkha. Their lifestyle is shaped so as to support their spiritual practice, to live a [ READ MORE ]
Southeast Asia – 2006 An auto rickshaw or tuk tuk (auto, rick, autorick or rickshaw in popular parlance) is a motor vehicle that is one of the chiefmodes of transport across many parts of South and East Asia, especially as a vehicle for hire. It is a motorized version of the traditional rickshaw or velotaxi, a small three-wheeled cart driven by a person, and is related to the cabin cycle. Auto rickshaws are particularly popular [ READ MORE ]
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