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Dubai Miracle Garden: The world’s biggest natural flower garden …

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The opening of Dubai Miracle Garden has transformed the parched desert landscape of Dubai into the world’s biggest natural flower garden.

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“Arid Dubai isn’t where you’d expect to find the world’s biggest natural flower garden, but then again the state specialises in superlatives and the unexpected – as well as the world’s tallest building and the world’s tallest hotel, it includes such incongruous attractions as the substantial ski resort Ski Dubai, which is chilled all year and comes complete with real snow.

Located in Dubailand near the Arabian Ranches and opened on Valentine’s Day, Dubai Miracle Garden contains over 45 million flowers over a 72,000 sq metre site and, as well as traditional flower beds, it features topiary-style displays with blooms fashioned into the shapes of hearts, stars, igloos, pyramids and so on. Intended as a tourist attraction which should attract one million visitors a year once fully established, the site was developed by the landscaping company Akar. Floral displays will change each season so that repeat visitors will have a new experience each time.

Speaking to Gulf News, developers of the garden have said that it has been possible to develop this oasis in the desert “through judicious reuse of waste water, through drip irrigation.”” Telegraph Travel

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Creative English and Chinese Hotel Hospitality …

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Chinese Hotel Hospitality

China have been trying to push international tourism to greater heights. The government has asked all hotels, tourist guides and restaurants to provide all best possible services and proper guidance to tourists in English. The hotels have surely adopted an aggressive approach to attracting and guiding tourists; Example:

Welcome letter:

Getting There:

Our representative will make you wait at the airport. The hotel bus runs along the lake and you will feel pleasure in passing water. You will know the hotel is near, because you will go round the bend. As you come into the hotel, our beautiful manager will offer welcome drinks and then have intercourse with all new guests.

The Hotel:

This is a family hotel, so adultery and children are welcome. Nurses are available in the evenings to put down your children..
Guests are invited to mate in the bar and expose themselves to others.
It is good to have intercourse with others and become fast friends.
But please note that ladies are not allowed to have their babies in the bar. With our help they can be delivered in the baby center.
We organize social games, so no guest is ever left alone to play with himself.

Your Room:

Every room has excellent facilities for your private parts.
In winter, every room is on heat.
Each room has a balcony offering views of outstanding obscenity.
All your needs are from room service. Please feel free to ring for the chambermaid and take advantage of her.

Hospitality:

When you leave us at the end of your holiday, you will struggle to forget it …

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Note: My suspicion is they are relying on Google to do their translation for them!

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Impressive video of Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Brazil …

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I subscribe to milosh9k on YouTube. This is a most impressive video both the falls themselves and the quality of the video. It is a must watch and so had to share …

Published on 5 Apr 2013
“Iguazu/Iguaçu Falls are shared between Argentina and Brazil and are arguably the most beautiful falls on the planet.
Recorded March 2013 in HD with Panasonic TM900.
Visit my channel to see more of the most beautiful places on our planet.”

“Iguazu Falls, Iguazú Falls, Iguassu Falls or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentinian province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River rises near the city of Curitiba. It flows through Brazil for most of its course. Below its confluence with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the boundary between Argentina and Brazil.” Wikipedia

Bet you enjoyed as much as I did. Hope I am able to visit there one day.

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Botanical Gardens of Bellagio …

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I subscribe to bellamoonnature on YouTube they publish some wonderful videos. I had to share this.

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360Cities – 20 Places in Iran that you’ve never seen, in 360 degrees …

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I had to share this with you. One of the great joys of the internet being to able to see all these images that you would probably never see …

360Cities – Panoramic Photography Blog » Blog Archive » Great Beauty of the World – 20 Places in Iran that you’ve never seen, in 360 degrees.

I particularly enjoy this one …

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You see I collect Persian carpets, well as much as I can afford. I am absolutely obsessed with the beauty of them. The rug they are moving in the image I think is to die for.

Please view the panoramas I think you will totally enjoy!

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Rocca Calascio …

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“Rocca Calascio is a mountain top fortress or rocca in the Province of L’Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy.

At an elevation of 1,460 metres (4,790 ft), Rocca Calascio is the highest fortress in the Apennines. Built of stone and masonry exclusively for military purposes and intended only to accommodate troops and never as residence for nobles, the fortress overlooks the Plain of Navelli at one of the highest points in the ancient Barony of Carapelle.

Construction of the fortress started in the tenth century as a single watchtower. A walled courtyard with four cylindrical towers at the corners around a taller inner tower was added in the thirteenth century. The lower half of the fortress is built with distinctively larger stones than its upper half. It is believed that this feature was to make its base impenetrable to invaders. The fortress was never tested in battle. However, it was badly damaged in November 1461 by an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7 to 8 on the Richter Scale. While the town of Calascio, which lies below the fortress, was rebuilt, the fortress was not.

Near the fortress, at a slightly lower elevation, is Santa Maria della Pietà, an octagonal church built in the seventeenth century.

Rocca Calascio was the location for the final scene of Richard Donner film Ladyhawke. Rocca Calascio lies within the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park and alongside the high plain of Campo Imperatore.” Wikipedia

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Amazing images of waterfalls …

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I have collected these absolutely amazing images of waterfalls. You can click an image to view a full slide show …

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I love great photography hope you enjoyed.

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Japan’s cherry blossom season …

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“A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese Cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is sometimes called sakura after the Japanese (桜 or 櫻; さくら). Many of the varieties that have been cultivated for ornamental use do not produce fruit. Edible cherries generally come from cultivars of the related species Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus.

“Hanami” is the centuries-old practice of picnicking under a blooming sakura or ume tree. The custom is said to have started during the Nara Period (710–794) when it was ume blossoms that people admired in the beginning. But by the Heian Period (794–1185), cherry blossoms came to attract more attention andhanami was synonymous with sakura. From then on, in both waka and haiku, “flowers” (花 hana) meant “cherry blossoms”. The custom was originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court, but soon spread to samurai society and, by the Edo period, to the common people as well. Tokugawa Yoshimune planted areas of cherry blossom trees to encourage this. Under the sakura trees, people had lunch and drank sake in cheerful feasts.

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji and cherry blossom from 36 Views of Mount Fuji by Hiroshige.

Every year the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the public track the sakura zensen (cherry blossom front) as it moves northward up the archipelago with the approach of warmer weather via nightly forecasts following the weather segment of news programs. The blossoming begins in Okinawa in January and typically reaches Kyoto and Tokyo at the end of March or the beginning of April. It proceeds into areas at the higher altitudes and northward, arriving in Hokkaidō a few weeks later. Japanese pay close attention to these forecasts and turn out in large numbers at parks, shrines, and temples with family and friends to hold flower-viewing parties. Hanami festivals celebrate the beauty of the cherry blossom and for many are a chance to relax and enjoy the beautiful view. The custom of hanami dates back many centuries in Japan: the eighth-century chronicle Nihon Shoki (日本書紀) records hanami  festivals being held as early as the third century CE.

Most Japanese schools and public buildings have cherry blossom trees outside of them. Since the fiscal and school year both begin in April, in many parts of Honshū, the first day of work or school coincides with the cherry blossom season.

The Japan Cherry Blossom Association developed a list of Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots with at least one location in every prefecture.” Wikipedia

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Yellowstone in winter by bellamoonnature

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I follow “bellamoonnature” on YouTube they produce some wonderful videos. I had to share this.

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Published on Mar 15, 2013.

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