Neukölln: New Hipster Heaven in Berlin. Back in the 90s and early 00s, if you mentioned Neukölln to a Berliner the probable answer you were going to get from them was a fearful one. Riddled with street crime, Neukölln was perceived as one of Berlin's roughest neighbouhoods back then, a neighbourhood that had not hopped on the train of modernity and trendy decadent like Friedrichshain had.
Contrary to most beliefs, Kreuzberg isn't the district outside of Mitte with the largest Turkish population; that would be Neukölln, a district that has one third of its population with non-German origin. However, if you had departed Neukölln 15 years ago and returned in the late 00s, you would never have believed that it was the same place. The key word used to describe Neukölln often is gentrification, because Neukölln has gone through a metamorphosis where students and creative types have taken over this part of Southeast Berlin by storm, arriving in hordes and transforming its landscape.
Oneworld365 : Is there a more beautiful city... The Ellora Caves: Cliff Temples of India [25 pics] Photograph by Girl in the Rain Located in the Indian state of Maharashtra, the magnificent Ellora Caves are 34 structures excavated out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills. An official UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Ellora Caves consists of 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu and 5 Jain temples and monasteries built between the 6th and 10th century. They stand as a testament to the religious harmony prevalent during this period of Indian history.
The Ellora Caves are the most visited ancient monument in the state and are a must-see for any tourists in the area. Enjoy the incredible photographs below with information on these historical monuments sprinkled throughout. Photograph by Raj Photography Photograph by <3 Cishore Photograph by Kareem Mayan Photograph by Xinoda Photograph by Koshy Koshy - The Buddhist caves (also called Vishvakarma caves) are the earliest of the Ellora Caves, dating from 500 to 750 AD. Photograph by Jon Baldock Photograph by A Lip Rim Toke Photograph by Kezia Cantwell-Wright. Photographing the 'nomads' who call Walmart parking lots home. Spending the night in your car is frowned upon at best — and illegal at worst — but Walmart does welcome such customers with open arms to its parking lots, per its official policy. Two Walmarts in Flagstaff, Arizona, are particularly known for their temporary residents, and Wired has published a photo series from photographer Nolan Conway that captures the unique slice of Americans found on these lots.
Pseudo-communities have even formed between the "nomads," with one explaining that on "Christmas Eve I put a note on everybody's door to come over in the morning, and I fixed Christmas breakfast for everybody. " View the full series over at Wired or Nolan Conway's website. Source Wired Image Credit Nolan Conway Related Items walmart rv parking lot motorhome nolan conway. An Abandoned America Road Trip Is Most Impressive At Night. Want to see America at its most fascinating? Would you mind if it were slightly eery at the same time?
You’ve probably never thought about a road trip like this before. Diners? Check. Motels? Check. Toll booths and gas stations? Photographer Noel Kerns has traveled around taking photos of Texas’ ghost towns at night, capturing both the beauty and the creepy. The Chuck Wagon cafe Drive-In ticket booth Carl's Corner highway sign On the famous Route 66: Kennedy in Frankfurt.
OmnesViae: Roman Route Planner- Tabula Peutingeriana and Itinerarium Antonini. Sea Of Galilee's Underwater Stone 'Monument' Puzzles Archaeologists In Israel. By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 04/10/2013 07:17 AM EDT on LiveScience A giant "monumental" stone structure discovered beneath the waters of the Sea of Galilee in Israel has archaeologists puzzled as to its purpose and even how long ago it was built. The mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders," and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons the researchers said. That makes it heavier than most modern-day warships. Rising nearly 32 feet (10 meters) high, it has a diameter of about 230 feet (70 meters). To put that in perspective, the outer stone circle of Stonehenge has a diameter just half that with its tallest stones not reaching that height. It appears to be a giant cairn, rocks piled on top of each other. The structure was first detected in the summer of 2003 during a sonar survey of the southwest portion of the sea.
More than 4,000 years old? An ancient city Future exploration. The Amazing Tehachapi Loop. Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of WW II. The Siberian taiga in the Abakan district. Six members of the Lykov family lived in this remote wilderness for more than 40 years—utterly isolated and more than 150 miles from the nearest human settlement. Siberian summers do not last long. The snows linger into May, and the cold weather returns again during September, freezing the taiga into a still life awesome in its desolation: endless miles of straggly pine and birch forests scattered with sleeping bears and hungry wolves; steep-sided mountains; white-water rivers that pour in torrents through the valleys; a hundred thousand icy bogs. This forest is the last and greatest of Earth’s wildernesses. It stretches from the furthest tip of Russia’s arctic regions as far south as Mongolia, and east from the Urals to the Pacific: five million square miles of nothingness, with a population, outside a handful of towns, that amounts to only a few thousand people.
Thus it was in the remote south of the forest in the summer of 1978. Anon. Mysterious cave found in Ecuador. Several caves have been found in Equador which display an amazing number of petroglyphs; Yet there is more. Additional secrets lie on a nearby side of a mountain where a collapsed cave remains unexcavated yet tantalizingly inviting to those who’s quest for answers are never satisfied. If all of this were not enough to spur investigations many locals insist that the area is continually visited by strange flying objects that hover out over the ocean and the ruins lying just beneath the water surface. The cave location is Ecuador and that is all that can be given at this point. Those with expertise in this area can make arrangements at some point in the future to view the cave in person.
Firstamericans.blogspot.co.uk... All cave pictures folder What is needed at once is knowledgeable opinions of what we have here and interpation of the petroglyphs or at least to establish some relation or context to other such pre-historic works. This is were we must try to oblige. Lajja Gauri. Awesome Old Moscow Panoramas. These are panoramic photos of Moscow from the album of All-Union company “Intourist” dated approximately 1961. There are pictures of Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev in the album, but today we will see only Moscow. Click on the images to see their full size. Two Things I Don't Leave Home Without & Healthy Travel At The Four Seasons Nevis. Recently, I had an opportunity to take a much needed break and go on vacation! If you follow me on facebook, you saw lots of impromptu pics and stories of my trip to the island of Nevis in the West Indies, where I stayed at the Four Seasons Nevis.
I wanted to take a moment to share more details about my trip (in case you want to go!) And specifically how I stayed healthy while traveling. First of all – staying at any Four Seasons Property, where they have the best people and service on the planet is a treat in itself. I’ve always found myself making conversation with their employees because they are so freaking nice & entertaining – it makes being on vacation that much more amazing and fun.
We arrived in Nevis on the tiniest of planes… just an 8 seater prop plane: When I go on vacation, I always follow my habit of drinking lemon water before the day starts. The first day in Nevis, The Four Seasons and The Tourism Authority arranged a tour to Manza’s Organic Farm. Food Babe P.S. The Most Remote Destinations On Earth (PHOTOS) In the age of regional hubs and connecting flights, getting away from it all isn't so easy. In order to make a break from the run of the mill, the hubbub and, well, the internet, travelers need to go farther and farther afield. Fortunately, with a little determination, the very ends of the Earth can be both reached and enjoyed. What do these places beyond the back of beyond have in common? Very little. They are very little. Each of these locations -- including the two cities -- has a number of human inhabitants that is positively dwarfed by the amount of space that surrounds them.
That said, two weeks or so inhabiting these places would probably help anyone get their head back on straight. Whether you're looking to get away to someplace comfortable like a tropical isle or someplace rugged like a rainforest outpost, there is something on the menu for the adventure-minded traveler. HuffPost's GPS for the Soul app is now available. My House This Winter. How does a house look inside when the temperature outside is -59C (-74.2F)?
Come to the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, to see it with your own eyes. Just imagine for a second how cold it is! Such temperature has been in the city for several days already! Oops! Location: Karaganda. How Times Have Changed: Iran In The 60's And 70's (20 Pics) - Caveman Circus. October 4, 2012 | 41 Comments | Topics: main Hot Stories Around The Web Friends Of Caveman Circus. Area Woman Finally Uploads All 12 Million Pictures Of Her Vacation To Europe On Facebook. WINSTON-SALEM, NC—A laborious eight-month-long task came to an end for Facebook user Arielle Stevens on Monday, as the college junior finally finished uploading the more than 12 million photos she took during her “unforgettable” six-day vacation to Paris and Madrid last spring. The online album, entitled “Eurotrip 2012!!!” Was reportedly assembled from more than 15 terabytes of data spanning 960 16-gigabyte memory cards, each thoroughly documenting the landmarks, food, drinks, streets, buildings, plants, animals, people, signage, hotels, museums, sports, modes of transport, weather, and “miscellaneous fun” that Stevens and close friend Danielle Lu encountered along the way.
“It took me a while to get my vacation pics organized, but I’ve finally gotten them all uploaded and added a caption for each one,” said Stevens, who in the course of shooting the 12 million photos went through a few dozen Nikon Coolpix digital cameras. Guatemala Excavates Mayan Ruler's Tomb. {*style:<ul>*}{*style:<li>*}{*style:<h3>*}Napoleonic Soldiers Buried{*style:</h3>*}{*style:<br>*}A Catholic priest blesses a grave during a burial ceremony for the remains of 110 Napoleonic soldiers who died in a major battle against the Russian army, near the of Studenka, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) east of Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits){*style:</li>*}{*style:<li>*}{*style:<h3>*}Mayan Tomb Discovered{*style:</h3>*}{*style:<br>*}This photo taken on May 25, 2012, released on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 by Tak'alik Ab'aj Archaeological Project shows a jade piece in the tomb of a very early Mayan ruler at Tak'alik Ab'aj archaeological site in Retalhuleu, south of Guatemala City.
Bulgaria Treasure Hunters Loot Ancient Rataria Site. ARCHAR, Bulgaria -- On the banks of the Danube, in the northwest corner of Bulgaria, lie the remnants of an ancient Roman settlement called Ratiaria, host to a priceless cultural heritage. Craters pockmark the huge site, evidence of a scourge threatening one of the world's great troves of antiquities: looters digging for ancient treasure to sell on the black market. Archaeologist Krasmira Luka, who heads a team excavating part of the 80 hectare (200 acre) site, says the area has been repeatedly raided by thieves who dig pits looking for ancient coins and jewelry. Everything else, including precious ceramic vessels and other historically significant artifacts, is smashed to pieces.
"Destroying the items is not just a crime, it's an irreparable tragedy," Luka said, looking out at a moonscape littered with shards of ceramics or glassware destroyed by the diggers. "The day after our team leaves the site, the diggers are in place. Also on HuffPost: WikiLeaks Begins Drip-feed Of US Terror Detainee Docs [RT] Germany Wants Its Gold Back From The U.S. Federal Reserve.
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