The Trunk Bay Beach in the United States Virgin Islands is one of the favourite beaches of travelers around the world. Apart from the charms of a beach that one is attracted to, there are plenty of diversions as well that makes it a place worth exploring. To begin with, the ambience itself is very tourist friendly, with all the amenities that you would need at a beach and snorkeling place. There also are historical sites and other such places not far from the beach that is worth a visit. Location On the Island of St. John, on the western coast of The United States Virgin Islands is the popular beach of Trunk Bay. It is at a distance of about 0.6 miles from Peace Hill and in proximity to the Cruz Bay. The United States Virgin Islands are in the Caribbean and the North Atlantic Ocean.  The main islands other than St John here are Saint Croix  [...] 

There is a lot to see and do at the Rock Tail Bay. The months from November to March of course have the highlights here with the endangered loggerhead and the Leather back turtles coming to the shore to nest and lay their eggs.  There are after dinner drives and walking tours at the beach here during this season that covers about 16 kilometers. Tourists can also accompany the experts here on their research drives to monitor the behavior of turtles. Scuba Diving, snorkeling and cruising are other attractions of this place. You of course, need to be a licensed diver to dive here.  The Rock Tail Bay Lodge and the Rock Tail Bay Camp, both have arrangements for divers. Fly fishing, snorkeling off the shore, swimming and drives to Black Rock – a 60 foot fossil sand dune that offers great views from its top, the nearby Hippo Pool and the surrounding  [...] 

“Full of deep sympathy for the good of the world, so as to bestow on men the ambrosia of remedies to win them immortality….By virtue of these good works would that I might rescue all those who are struggling in the ocean of existence.”….. Are the statements made by Jayavaram VII during the construction of Angkor Wat. Location The two of the most enormous structures of the older temples located in the Southeast Asia. One is located at Bagan in the Burma while the other temple at located at Angkor in the Cambodian region. The Khmer civilizations were the one who were involved in the construction of the temples of Angkor which were built during 802 and 1220 AD. The temple of Angkor symbolizes one of mankind’s most astounding and stable architectural accomplishments. The Khmer kings used to rule the vast province that covered the  [...] 

The Bandiagara Escarpment is a steep descent or declivity located in the Dogon state of Mali. The sandstone cliff rise high at about 500 meters above the lower level which has all sand laid flat on the ground in to the southern direction. The length of the cliff is roughly 150 kilometers. Today the location of the escarpment is populated by the Dogon people. Before the inhabitation of the Dogon, the escarpment was occupied by the Tellemand Toloy. Many constructions have stayed behind from the Tellem. The Bandiagara Escarpment has occupied a place in the UNESCO World Heritage List in the year 1989. The Cliffs of Bandiagara are nothing but the sandstone chain which ranges from southern direction to northeastern direction and stretches an area over 200 km which extends up to the Grandamiamassif. At the end of the massif the Hombori Tondo is located.  [...] 

Country Info Mexico is located in the southern part of North America and is the fourteenth largest state in the world (with an area of nearly 2 million square kilometers). It has the United States in the north and Pacific Ocean in the south. In the south-west it has the Central American states of Guatemala and Belize as its neighbours. The Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico wash its shores in the east. Mexico is one of the 18 megadiverse countries in the world for it is home to some of the most diverse fauna and flora species in the world. Common Info Oaxaca is a constituent state of Mexico located at the southern most region of the country. The fifth largest state of Mexico with an area of 95,364 sqaure kilometres, Oaxaca is located in the west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (short land distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific  [...] 

The Atlantikwall is also referred as the Atlantic wall in English. The Atlantikwall was a widespread arrangement of coastal defenses. Also it was built by the German Third Reich. The construction of the wall started in the year 1942 and was continued up to the year 1944. It was constructed during World War II at the length of the western coast of Europe. The major reason for the construction of the wall was to protect against a likely Allied attack of the mainland from Great Britain. On March 23 in the year 1942, Führer Directive Number 40 ordered for the official construction of the Atlantic Wall. When St. Nazaire Raid, in 1942 on April 13, Adolf Hitler controlled submarine and naval bases to be protected with the great deal. Protection walls stayed intense around the various ports till the late 1943 when military protection were amplified  [...] 

Location Xochimilco is one of the 16 delegations or region that lies in the Mexican Federal District. It is situated at a distance of 17 miles towards the south of the city center in the Mexico City. The cities that are located to the north Xochimilco are Tlalpan, Iztapalapa and Coyoacán. Also the city that is located to the west of Xochimilco is Tláhuac. And the city located to the southeast region of Xochimilco is Milpa Alta. The area covered by Xochimilco is around 122 sq km, which makes it the third largest delegación in the country History Xochimilco is very much famous for the various comprehensive series of canals that are located in the country. These canals are the remnants of an older Lake Xochimilco. Xochimilco has been extremely successful in maintaining the age-old customs and traditions of the city. The region of Xochimilco  [...] 

Carcassonne which is also known as Carcassona is a equipped French settlement located in the Aude département, of which it is the region, in the previous region of Languedoc. It is separated into the equipped Cité de Carcassonne many other expansive lower city such as the ville basse. The folketymology which involves a châtelaine which is known as the Carcas, a trick that’s used to end a blockade and the merry sound of chimes. The castle was systematically restored in the years 1853 by the well-known theorist as well as an architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. Carcassonne was been placed in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in the year 1997. During the medieval fiefdom, the county of Carcassonne used to control the city and its surrounding environments. Most of the time, it has been united with the County of Razès. The beginning of  [...] 

Location The Kennedy space center is located on Merritt Island in Florida. Also the center located in the northwest direction of Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Ocean, in the middle connecting Miami and Jacksonville. It is length is around 55 km and is hardly around 10 km wide. The space center covers an area of around 570 square kilometers. Around 13,500 people had been working at the center up till 2008. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex was earlier known as the Spaceport USA. It was been operated by Delaware North Companies. A number of displays as well as exhibitions took place here. The various activities that take place in the space center the Shuttle Launch Experience, two IMAX theaters, a reproduction ride into space and a variety of bus tours allowing visitors a closer look at various constrained areas that would not have possible  [...] 

The Ypres Salient is the region located near Ypres in Belgium. Ypress has experienced many of the biggest wars during the I World War. If stated in the terms of military a salient is described as a battlefield characteristic that missions into rivals area. Thus the salient is mostly enclosed by the opponents on almost three sides of the region, thus forcing the crowd to occupy the salient defenseless. The rival’s line that faces the salient is mostly stated as the re-entrant. A profound salient is weak to being “haggard out” crossways the bottom, form a shape of a “pocket”, in which the protector of the salient become spellbound, remote and also easier to conquer. This provides the aggressor an overpowering lead that is the protectors are at a risk of being attacked from almost all sides with huge artillery as  [...]