Anheuser-Busch is on the phone and they want to talk to you.... Paradise Tanager...mostly found in South America (I know, "no trees were harmed in the making of this playhouse" ... right ? :-) At Wat Samphran ( วัด สามพราน) in Nakhon Pathom Province there is a 17 story building that has a giant dragon climbing to the roof. The head is at the top where there is a shrine and the tail is on the ground floor. The dragon is hollow and it is possible to walk up some sections of it. This house was designed by Rudy Ricciotti. The unique architecture includes a pool house, which is like a window in the living room where you can enjoy not only swimming in the water, but the person swimming in it with the effect of the outdoor landscape which is reflected through the window. Meanwhile, in China . The Aiguille du Midi cable car leaves from the centre of Chamonix . It takes visitors up to 3842m for a stunning view of the French Swiss and Italian alps. — Paradise ! Jungfrau Mountain Range , Switzerland Hallgrímskirkja (244 ft), is the largest church and the sixth tallest architectural structure in Iceland . ( floating on permafrost?) The Melisanni Cave , Greece . This beautiful cave, which was discovered in 1951 and is surrounded by forests, features in Greek mythology as the cave of the nymphs. Thermal baths inside a cave - Miskolc Tapolca , Hungary New Town Hall in Hanover , Germany . Piva Canyon , Bosnia and Herzegovina Lake Mellisani on the island of Kephalonia Greece . How many people can you get in a row boat? (just a thought) Manarola , Italy .. The Grand Canyon Skywalk The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a transparent horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge and tourist attraction in Arizona near the Colorado River on the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the main canyon. USGS topographic maps show the elevation at the Skywalk's location as 4,770 ft (1,450 m) and the elevation of the Colorado River in the base of the canyon as 1,160 ft (350 m), and they show that the height of the precisely vertical drop directly under the skywalk is between 500 ft (150 m) and 800 ft (240 m). Commissioned and owned by the Hualapai Indian tribe, it was unveiled March 20, 2007, and opened to the general public on March 28, 2007. It is accessed via the Grand Canyon West Airport terminal or a 120-mile (190 km) drive from Las Vegas , which includes a 10-mile (16 km) stretch of dirt road which is currently under development. The Skywalk is east of Meadview and north of Peach Springs with Kingman being the closest major city. Palawan Underground River or St. Paul Subterranean River – Longest Navigable Underground River in the World This is the most famous cave in the Philippines . The longest underground river was discovered a few years back in Mexico somewhere in the Yucatan . St. Paul Underground River in Palawan , Philippines may not be the longest underground river in the world anymore, but it is still the world's longest navigable underground river. The navigable part of the river inside the cave of the 4000-acre St. Paul Subterranean River stretches 15 kilometers in length (5 miles). St. Paul Cave is the 3rd deepest cave in the country — The Seven Sisters (Norwegian: De Syv Søstrene or Dei Sju Systrene, also known | |
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