Trivias, Tourist spots in your Country

[kaiziken_pinas2]

Dinagyang tomorrow!

 

[Handlez732]

Egypt !!!

 

[LordOfLeyte2]

Leyte Gulf (Palo), Philippines

Leyte Gulf (Palo), Philippines

The monument is in commemoration of General Mc Arthur's historic and iconic landing in Palo, Leyte as delivered by Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid.

I'm proud to share the historic Leyte Gulf where the greatest naval battles of human history has happened. Never again will battleships face muscle to muscle.

The neighboring Surigao straight, San Bernardino and the Samar Sea have seen the likes of great American Aircraft carriers such as the USS Enterprise: CV(N)-6 USS Essex, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS North Carolina. Also, the menacing aircraft carriers of Imperial Japan such as Zuikaku and the super battleships: Yamato & Musashi.

The forgotten hero of Leyte Gulf campaign is Ernest E. Evans of USS Johnston where he openly engaged the much larger Japanese Imperial Navy with a significantly smaller fleet composed of only Jeep or Escort Carriers and several small destroyers along aging aircrafts such as the F4F Wildcats. His bold attack despite the mis-match in biblical proportions has saved the ground forces of Leyte Gulf in which the larger Japanese fleet though that they were engaging Admiral Halsey's main fleet.

Leyte Gulf is historical indeed.

 

[durden_tyler2]

From the Camsur Watersports Complex website:

The link: http://www.camsurwatersportscomplex.com/about_cwc_philippines

About CWC
Camsur Watersports Complex is a unique watersports park designed for wakeboarding, wakeskating and waterskiing. For beginner riders to the professional wakeboarders and skiiers from all over the world, CWC offers a 6-point cable ski system, coupled with restaurants, sand bars, spas, pro-shops and grand stands to hold guests. Riders can also enjoy their favorite water sports at night as the park will be equipped with spotlights that allow for it even to be open on evenings.

 

[rensquared2]

Boracay, Coron (Palawan), Amang Pulo (Palawan), Batanes

Enough said. hehehe

 

[kaiziken_pinas2]

Maguindanao is the best place for action-seeking visitors!

 

[satria_muda2]

no.1 Bali
no.2 Bali
no.3 Bali
no.4 Bali
no.5 Bali
no.6 Bali
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the rest

 

[gazara2]

Beirut ...

this is the new Beirut (2000 till now ...)

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Beirut Before 2000 ,In War...

 

[rikhardur2]

Beirut looks like a great city to visit gazara

 

[gazara2]

hehe yeaa ... Lebanon in all is tourist region ... we many tourist sites Beirut , Saida , Jezzine , Sour , Zahleh , Baalbeck ,Anjar , Jbeil (i saw a lot of fillipinos there as tourists ) Junieh ...

you see beirut @ all but you didn t see the Nightclubs in Beirut and hot nights lol

 

[than112]

Batanes, Batanes Batanes!..I'll keep coming back..wheew!

 

[LordOfLeyte2]

Three Gorges Dam: Visible in Outer Space.

Three Gorges Dam: Visible in Outer Space.

from anhra news:

Till now, the Great Wall of China was the only manmade structure visible from outer space, but not anymore. It is soon going to lose that exclusivity to the Three Gorges Dam along Chinas Yangtze River, which is being hailed as the worlds largest hydroelectric power generator.

Washington, June 13 : Till now, the Great Wall of China was the only manmade structure visible from outer space, but not anymore. It is soon going to lose that exclusivity to the Three Gorges Dam along China's Yangtze River, which is being hailed as the world's largest hydroelectric power generator.

Also known as the eighth wonder of the world, upon completion in 2009, the dam will be, together with the Great Wall, few of the man-made structures big enough to be actually visible to the naked eye from space.

NASA's Landsat satellites have provided detailed, vivid views of the dam since construction began in 1994.

At a construction cost of at least 625 billion dollars, The Three Gorges dam is roughly 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometres) long and 607 feet tall, five times larger than the Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border.

Engineered to store more than five trillion gallons of water, the Three Gorges Dam is designed to produce more than 18,000 megawatts of electricity when all 26 turbines become operational in 2009-twenty times the power of Hoover Dam.

The reservoir will also allow 10,000-ton freighters to enter the nation's interior, opening a region burgeoning with agricultural and manufactured products, increasing commercial shipping access to China's cities.

However, despite all anticipated advantages, construction of the dam has not been free of controversy.

While the reservoir's flood storage capacity will lessen the frequency of major downstream floods in the future, the dam's reservoir will eventually be flooded to 574 feet (175 meters) above sea level, submerging about 244 square miles (393 square kilometres) of land - including the three gorges that give the dam its name: the Qutang, Wu Xia, and Xiling.

As a result, more than one million people have been or will be relocated.

Dozens of architectural and cultural sites will also disappear under the reservoir.

There are environmental concerns as well.

The dam is designed to weather floods of a once-in-a-century severity, but some researchers say a greater concern is earthquake activity in the area, which might result in a breach of the dam.

Read more: http://www.andhranews.net/Intl/2007/June/13/China-Three-4479.asp#ixzz0r9s53100

The target opening is next year 2011. I would definitely visit as I am growing old.

 

[sinobball2]

the dam will be, together with the Great Wall, few of the man-made structures big enough to be actually visible to the naked eye from space

Don't believe this at all. You can try Google Earth

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-chinas-great-wall-visible-from-space

 

[CKR132]

I have never been to China.

Would like to see Fu Hao's tomb. Legendary Shang Warrior who decapitated captured enemy generals' torsos in half as ritual sacrifice to the Shang Ancestors with her bronze axe. (Well, atleast according to legends)

Watched it on Discovery Channel's "Blood for the Gods: Human Sacrifices"

Fu Hao's portrait is usable in ROTK XI game.

Would also love to visit the Great Wall and Beijing's Forbidden Palace.

 

[dxjayrock20082]

I have never been to China.

Would like to see Fu Hao's tomb. Legendary Shang Warrior who decapitated captured enemy generals' torsos in half as ritual sacrifice to the Shang Ancestors with her bronze axe. (Well, atleast according to legends)

Watched it on Discovery Channel's "Blood for the Gods: Human Sacrifices"

Fu Hao's portrait is usable in ROTK XI game.

Would also love to visit the Great Wall and Beijing's Forbidden Palace.

The Middle Kingdom's greatest treasures.

 

[b3lowzro2]

Batanes, Batanes Batanes!..I'll keep coming back..wheew!

how much would it cost me for trip to Batanes and normally how many days would you recommend? That's the only place in Philippines where you can experience winter

 

[dxjayrock20082]

From the Camsur Watersports Complex website:

The link: http://www.camsurwatersportscomplex.com/about_cwc_philippines

About CWC
Camsur Watersports Complex is a unique watersports park designed for wakeboarding, wakeskating and waterskiing. For beginner riders to the professional wakeboarders and skiiers from all over the world, CWC offers a 6-point cable ski system, coupled with restaurants, sand bars, spas, pro-shops and grand stands to hold guests. Riders can also enjoy their favorite water sports at night as the park will be equipped with spotlights that allow for it even to be open on evenings.

My home region, Bicolandia.

 

[CKR132]

Pampangga: Kamikaze "Divine Wind" Shrine

Pampangga: Kamikaze "Divine Wind" Shrine

I trace my roots to Pampangga as my mother hails from there and this is the only tourist spot I know so far. Home to the Suicidal Japanese Pilots during World War II. where they built their shrine before performing one of Bishamon's Ultimate Act of Sacrifice.

JBL player Shinsuke Kashiwagi nicknamed "Kamikaze" once visited in 2004 to pay homage.

 

[sinobball2]

I trace my roots to Pampangga as my mother hails from there and this is the only tourist spot I know so far. Home to the Suicidal Japanese Pilots during World War II. where they built their shrine before performing one of Bishamon's Ultimate Act of Sacrifice.

JBL player Shinsuke Kashiwagi nicknamed "Kamikaze" once visited in 2004 to pay homage.

That's ridiculous for your government to still have imperial Japanese flag up in the site and let Japanese people "pay tribute". Just my opinion.

 

[CKR132]

That's ridiculous for your government to still have imperial Japanese flag up in the site and let Japanese people "pay tribute". Just my opinion.

Up to this day, the site attracts Japanese Tourists as well as another shrine for the Kamikazes in somewhere in Visayas. To my knowledge, our government has made no diplomatic protest regarding this site. I can understand the sensitivity of the matter to the Chinese people though. If you find it offensive, I will gladly remove the post.