Apostle Islands National Lakeshore...
Friday, September 26, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Venice of Africa!!
The city of Ganvie is built on stilts in lake Nokoue, also known as the "Venice of Africa"
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Slums in Mumbai!!
Notice the number of trees...the jungle of concrete and tin encroaches the land. Even the hillock is almost covered with huts.
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda (Burma)!!
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda also known as Golden Rock) is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. A small pagoda (5.5 m (18 ft)) sits on top of a golden rock, a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees. The rock itself is precariously perched and seems to defy gravity as it perpetually appears to be on the verge of rolling down the hill. The rock and pagoda are at the top of Mt. Kyaiktiyo
According to the legend associated with the pagoda, the Buddha, on one of his many visits to earth, gave a strand of his hair to Taik Tha, a hermit. The hermit, in turn, gave the strand to his adopted son King Tissa, an 11th Century Burmese king, with the dying wish that the hair be enshrined in a boulder shaped like the hermit's head. Tissa, with the help of the Thagymin, the king of the Nats found the perfect place for the pagoda at Kyaiktiyo where the strand was enshrined. It is this strand of hair that, according to the legend, prevents the rock from tumbling down the hill.
The village of Kinpun (16 km (10 mi)) at the base of Mt. Kyaiktiyo is the closest village to the pagoda. There are numerous other granite boulders on the mountain, some rocking and some not.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Ayers Rock!!
Uluru, also referred to as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It lies 335 km (208 mi) south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs; 450 km (280 mi) by road. Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and Uluru are the two major features of the Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area. It has many springs, Waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.
Da Fo!
Da Fo (Grand Buddha) with staircase in cliffside and river in the background. Leshan, Sichuan, China
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!!
Cabo San Lucas (popularly known as just 'Los Cabos' - along with San José del Cabo - in Mexico and 'Cabo' in the United States) is a small city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.
Kjeragbolten!!
Kjeragbolten, a 5 m³ boulder wedged in a mountain crevasse by the edge of the Kjerag mountain(59°2′10.57″N 6°35′31.52″E / 59.0362694, 6.5920889) It is possible to walk onto the rock without any equipment, but there is a direct 1000 m drop below down to Lysefjorden. The name means "Kjerag Boulder" or "Kjerag Bolt".
Mont Saint-Michel !!
Mont Saint-Michel (St Michael's Mount) is a rocky tidal island in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometer off the country's north coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches.William de Volpiano, the Italian architect who had built the Abbey of Fecamp in Normandy, was chosen as building contractor by Richard II of Normandy in the 11th century. He designed the Romanesque church of the abbey, daringly placing the transept crossing at the top of the mount. Many underground crypts and chapels to be built to compensate for this weight; these formed the basis for the supportive upward structure that can be seen today. Today Mont Saint-Michel is seen as a Gothic-style church.
In shallow waters!!
What does that look like? Pretty cool, wonder how long she was lying there before she was found.
Ship in a desert!
Just goes to show how much the world is changing. How did a ship come to be in a desert? What is now the desert must once have been the sea.
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