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Norse Atlantic Airways, For The First Time On An Antarctica’s Ice Runway In Queen Maud Land, Landed The Largest Aircraft, A Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Carrying Scientists And Gear For The Norwegian Polar Institute, The Flight Departed Oslo, Stopped In Cape Town, And Showcased The Aircraft’s Efficiency, Marking A Milestone For Antarctic Research Efforts.

The World’s Largest Hindu Temple, Outside India, Was Inaugurated In Central New Jersey. The Hindu Temple, Akshardham, Is The Second Biggest Globally, Spanning Over 183 Acres And Taking Over 10 Years To Construct. The Temple Involved Extensive Stone Extraction, Skilled Artisan Work, And Over 12,000 Volunteers Dedicating Millions Of Hours To Its Creation.

A Company, Adventures Overland, Is Organizing The World’s Longest Bus Journey, In August 2023, Which Would Cover 12,000 Km For $24,300 Per Traveler. Up To 30 Passengers Can Join The 56-Day Trip From Istanbul To London, Crossing 22 Countries. The Guinness World Record‘s Longest Bus Route Is 6,200 Km Between Lima And Rio De Janeiro.

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The ~2073 Ft Long Pedestrian Glass Bottom Bridge, Which Was Built In Vietnam, Has Been Deemed The Longest Glass Bottom Bridge In The World By The Guinness World Records. The Bach Long Bridge, Which Has 3 Layers Of 40 mm Of Tempered Glass That Can Support 450 People At A Time, Is Suspended ~500 Ft Above A Valley.

The World’s New Longest Suspension Bridge Has Been Built In The Dolní Morava Vacation Resort, NE Of The Czech Republic. The Bridge, Named Sky Bridge 721, Spans ~721 m Long (2,365 Feet), And Hangs 95 m Above The Valley Floor. The Bridge, Which Officially Opened On May 13th, 2022, Can Be Accessed By Cable Car. Adult Tour Ticket Starts At $14.60.

The Recently Opened Deepspot Pool, At 45m Deep, Is Deeper Than The Current Guinness World Record Holder For Deepest Pool, The Y-40 Diving Pool (42m Deep) In Italy. The Deepspot Pool In Poland, Which Caters To Scuba Divers And Freedivers, Could Fill More Than 24 Olympic Sized Swimming Pools. The Pool Also Has A Transparent Viewing Tunnel For Non-Divers.

Germany, In A Global Poll, Has Been Ranked As The Most Admired Country In The World For The Third Year In A Roll. The Rank Was Derived From A US-Based Gallup Poll Survey Of 1,000 Adults In 134 Countries In 2019. The US, China, And Russia Were Ranked The 2nd, 3rd, And 4th Positions Respectively.

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The Belgian Government Will Hand Out Free Railway Tickets To All Its Residents To Encourage Domestic Tourism, To Stimulate Their Economy After The Coronavirus LockDown. The Tickets Will Entitle Each Resident To Ten Free Journeys Of Any Length On The Country’s Railways. This’s Cool, But There Are Concerns Of Overcrowding Of The Trains.

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The Largest Waterfall In Ecuador Has Seemingly Disappeared After Part Of Its River Source Was Diverted By A Large Sinkhole. The Waterfall, Known To Be A Major Tourist Attraction, Will Be Closed And Has Since Been Removed As A Tourist Destination. The Ecuador Tourism Ministry Does Not Plan To Reconstruct The Waterfall.

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Netherlands Has Dropped The Name Holland, And Also Changed Their National Symbol. This Move Is Expected To Bring In The Right Kind Of Visitors As Part Of Their Tourism Rebranding Effort, By Emphasizing On The Country’s Commerce, Science, And Arts, Instead Of Being Known Negatively For Things Like Holland’s Drug-Culture Capital Amsterdam.

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Quatas Made History Again By Being The First Airliner To Fly Nonstop For 19.5 Hrs From London To Sydney, Covering A 17,800 km Distance With A Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft. Quatas Previously Flew The Same Route Nonstop In 1989 Using A 747-400 Ferry Flight, Which Took 20 Hrs and 9 Mins, Making It The World’s Longest Commercial Flight.

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So Cool That In This Indian Village Of Kongthong, Mothers, In Addition To Formal Names, Also Compose Tunes (Jingrwai Lawbei) As Names For Their Babies. And Villagers Can Use The Tune To Call Out To A Person. I Guess Villagers Can Tell Who Is Calling, From A Saved Tune, Without Looking At The Caller ID.

More Progressive Transformation From Saudi Arabia, As It Is Now Okay For Only Unmarried Foreign Couples To Rent A Hotel Room Together. Previously, Foreign Folks Were Asked To Show Proof Of Their Relationship As Married Couples To Rent A Hotel Room. Even Women, Including Saudis, Will Now Be Allow To Stay Alone In Hotel Rooms.

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There Is A Global Liveability Index Of 140 Cities Worldwide, Which Ranks The Most Livable Cities Based On Parameters Like Stability, Culture And Environment, Education And Infrastructure, And Health Care. And This Year, 2019, Vienna Is Top-Ranked, With Melbourne Sydney, Osaka, and Calgary, In This Order, Subsequently Making The Top 5.

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It’s Beautiful, But Also Dangerous To Come In Contact With. I Am Referring To The Popular Bright Blue Lake Nicknamed The “Siberian Maldives” In Russia’s Siberia, Where Thousands Of Novosibirsk Residents Go Take Selfies For Instagram. The Blue Color Is Due To Toxic Waste Elements From A Local Power Station.

Switzerland, In 8th Position In 2018, Has Been Ranked As The Best Place To Live And Work In 2019. This’s The First Time In 5 Consecutive Years That Singapore Did Not Win The Title, Coming In At Second Position. The Ranking Was Conducted By HSBC Expat’s Annual Survey Of 18,000 Expats Across 163 Markets.

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Bahrain, In August 2019, Will Lunch The World’s Largest Under Water Theme Park, Covering An Area Of ~100,000 Square Meters. It Will Comprise The Largest Intentionally Submerged Plane, A Boeing 747. The Plane Was Sunk To A Depth Of 20 Meters To Create An Artificial Reef To Promote Marine Life And Revive Local Ecosystems.

Are You Looking For The Best State To Live In The USA Based On These 8 Categories: Crime And Corrections, Economy, Education, Environment, Fiscal Stability, Healthcare, Infrastructure, And Opportunity? Then, According To The U.S. News & World Report Surveys, Washington State Ranks As The 2019 Best State To Live In.

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France Is Currently The Most Visited Country In The World, But It Is Projected That By 2030, China Will Be The Most Visited Country In The World. And This Is In Thanks To China’s Economic Growth, The Ease Of Traveling To The Country, And Improved Tourism And Tourism Friendly Initiatives.

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When Various Reputable Blogs/News Outlets Keep Listing Similar Places To Visit, Especially During Different Seasons, Then You Really Get Curious About These Places. I Would Recommend That You Compare Previous Posts In The eFor-Real.com Group, Travel, On Great Places To Visit To Make The Best Informed Decision.

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