Posts Tagged ‘Asia’

  • Information On Tsunami
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    Information On Tsunami
    Over and again, world has been facing varied natural disasters in which millions of people have died up to now and losses amounting to billions of dollars, but what we can do about natural disasters when they hit us, the least we could do is to predict them and take steps to avoid the loss of life and property. I never knew of the word called Tsunami unless for the event which took place on 2004 Indian ocean earthquake, it was under the sea earthquake which occurred at 00:58:53 UTC, December 26. The under water earthquakes are called Tsunami, it happened at the epic centre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. I still remember the days of December 2004 in which nearly 230,000 people died in over 11 countries, the major cause of the quake as the research says was due to subduction, which triggered a series of tsunamis, which were  [...]
    Posted at August 12th, 2009 at 09:08 pm
  • Splendour Beyond The Great Wall Of China – Part III
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    Splendour Beyond The Great Wall Of China – Part III
    Bund, an emblematic quintessence of Shanghai’s past got christened from a deserted beach located outside old Shanghai city. Sauntering through Shanghai is like penetrating a maze of varied world structural design that echo the insight and effort of its developers. The tree lining walkway of Bund alongside the west bank of the Huang Pu River was in the past the significantly famed street in Asia with key Far East firms having their head offices in the sea- facing buildings. One is enthralled by the plethora of sights on the Bund like the splendid Pudong skyline located on the east and several quaint buildings tracing back to the colonial times. The sights of Bund at night is a feast to all senses with buildings on either side being illuminated, rendering a spectacular sight. The indubitably novel icon of Shanghai, the Oriental Pearl  [...]
    Posted at August 8th, 2009 at 05:08 am
  • Guide to South America
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    Guide to South America
    South America Introduction & History Around 70,000 years ago, the foremost traits of human occupancy in South America occurred when they moved from Asia passing the Bering Land Bridge and eventual spanned all areas of the continent as they made their way southwards. Widespread farming activities have been recorded in the Amazon Basin from 2000 BC, with animal husbandry becoming prevalent in 3500 BC in Andes and close by regions. There were many upcoming civilizations that sprung up like the Canaris, the Norte Chico, Amazon, Cara Supe, Chavin, Moche of which Inca also called the land of the four regions was the significantly urbane. Christopher Columbus’s momentous, incomprehensible discovery of the Caribbean islands en route to seeking new-fangled ways to reach Asia- the esteemed spice paradise, finally did led him to his coveted  [...]
    Posted at July 29th, 2009 at 06:07 pm
  • Nagoya – The City With A Unique Design
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    Nagoya – The City With A Unique Design
    In spite of its reputation of being conservative and provincial, Nagoya has won a place in the list of UNESCO’s creative cities. It is centrally located and serves as a crossroads for the nation. It is the fourth largest city in Japan in terms of population, as well as the nucleus of the third largest metropolitan area in the nation. Nagoya developed as the castle town of the Owari, one of the three branches of the ruling Tokugawa family during the Edo Period.  However, much of the city, including most of its historic buildings, was destroyed in the air raids of 1945. Despite all this Nagoya is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and the principal city of the Nobi plain Nagoya is known for the vastness of the underground shopping centers around Nagoya Station–including Unimall, Terumina, Meichika, and Sun Road. The size of this  [...]
    Posted at June 5th, 2009 at 04:06 pm