The Central Olympic Stadium of Sochi 2014
The main emblem of the Olympic Games is not bears with the five circles on the ab and not foxes or little dancing men, but Olympic objects, or architecture.
Russian Sochi City is now being filled with awesome structures which are designed to take away the breath of the place’s visitors. There is only five years [...]
Hunyad Castle: Where Dracula Was Held Prisoner
Hunyad Castle: Where Dracula Was Held Prisoner
Now located in Hunedoara, Romania, the Hunyad Castle was part of Principality of Transylvania, and it’s believed to be the place where Vlad III of Wallachia (commonly known as Dracula) was held prisoner for 7 years after he was deposed in 1462.
The castle is a relic of the [...]
The Hell Gate – Uzbekistan
Called by locals The Door to Hell, this place in Uzbekistan is situated near the small town of Darvaz. When geologists were drilling for gas, 35 years ago, they suddenly found an underground cavern that was so big, all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep under the ground.None dared [...]
The Devil’s Swimming Pool: Swim On The Edge Of The Victoria Falls
When I was in school, I was obsessed with the Guinness Book of World Records.
Not the big glossy one they have now either; the black and white pocket encyclopedia for geeks. As part of my everlasting nerdishness, I was obliged to know the biggest and longest and oldest of as many things as I could. [...]
Sahara (North Africa) – World’s Largest Desert
The Sahara, with a size of 8.6 million km², is the world’s largest desert, covering large parts of North Africa. Around 4 million people live there.
Its maximum length is 4,800 km, running from west to east, and up to 1,200 km from north to south. Sahara covers most of Mauritania, Western Sahara, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, [...]
The Black Desert (Egypt) – The Desert With Black Stones
Located 100km northeast of the White desert, the Black Desert is a region of volcano-shaped mountains with large quantities of small black stones.
The stones lie out across the orange-brown ground, so that it is not quite as black as many people may hope for. Especially after visiting the White Desert, which has formations that are [...]
Simpson Desert (Australia) – The Red Sand Desert
Australia is home to four large deserts, popularized by Mad Max: Sturt’s Stoney Desert, Tanami Desert, the Great Victoria Desert and the Simpson Desert, which is also known as ‘The Big Red’ due to the presence of dunes of red sand.
The Simpson Desert is an erg which contains the world’s longest parallel sand dunes. These [...]
Namib (Namibia) – The Only Desert With Elephants
South of Africa lies the Namib desert. which is less vast than the Sahara but just as impressive. It forms part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park with neighbouring Angola.
The Sossusvlei sand dunes are the highest in the world, some towering at 300m high and if you are lucky enough, you can stumble across desert elephants-the [...]
Farafra (Egypt) – The White Desert
A main geographic attraction of Farafra is its White Desert (known as ‘Sahara el Beyda,’ with the word ’sahara’ meaning a desert).
The White Desert of Egypt is located 45 km (30 miles) north of Farafra.
The desert has a white, cream color (it is truly white, in clear contrast with the yellow deserts elsewhere) and has [...]
Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) – The World’s Largest Salt Desert
The Salar is one of the iconic images of Bolivia, a massive salt desert in the middle of the Altiplano. It is an expansive, virtually flat desert that reflects the sun in such a way as to create a mirror effect with the sky.
There are several lakes in the desert with strange colours from the [...]