"Fitz Roy" Argentina and Chile.

Human nature is always looking for something different and incredible, like Fitz Roy, which is covered by heavy snow actually a breathtaking mountain. Monte Fitz Roy is also popular as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or Mount Fitz Roy is a mountain located near El Chaltén village, in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile. This is extremely popular tourists destination including Laguna de Los Tress Lagooon, Torre, and the nearby climbing the Cerro Electrico. It is also famous for mountain trekkers which circuits and departure from El Chalten offering amazing mountains views.

There are 15 routes to reach the mountain peak, and challenging indeed for climbers, and it remains among the most technically challenging mountains on Earth for mountaineers. In winter, snow scenery is on their peak with the clouds surround them must be one of unique natural phenomenon. Fitz Roy mountains range is very popular among the tourists of different countries, to watch the real beauty of mountains and sky. The climbers and trekkers are really inspired with the beauty of Fitz Roy. All tourists’ facilities are available here along with food restaurant, who are always in action to offering you delicious and tasty foods. It’s a safe and sound place for your winter holidays with your family. The mountain is first climbed by French Alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone in 1952.  

Francisco Moreno unearth the mountain on March 12, 1877, and named it Fitz Roy, well inspired from Robert FitzRoy, who was captain of the HMS Beagle had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted large parts of the Patagonian coast. Fitz Roy was only one of a number of peaks the Tehuelche called Chaltén. Fitz Roy has a reputation of being “Ultimate” in spite of its average height, but sheer granite, and long stretches makes him arduous technical climbing mountain. The weather of this region is exceptionally inclement and treacherous. World’s famous photographers really inspired the beauty of this area due to its otherworldly shape. Despite of recent development of El Calafate international airport and El Chalten village, the area is still fairly accessible.  

Source: Charismatic Planet

 

 

Gardens by Bay Singapore

Garden by the Bay is a park spanning 101 hectares is a key project which is located in Marina Bay. Singapore Government’s vision is transforming Singapore into a “City in a Garden”, and raises the quality of life by enhancing greenery and flora in the city. This is beautiful park comprising three waterfront gardens:   Bay Central Garden is a link between Bay South and Bay East Gardens, it stands at 37 acres with a three KM waterfront promenade which permits for scenic walks stretching from the city center to east of Singapore.

·        Bay East Garden is 79 acres in size and has a 2 KM promenade frontage that embroiders the Marina Reservoir. An interim park was developed at Bay East Garden in support of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. It designed as a series of large tropical leaf-shaped gardens, each with its own specific landscaping design, character and theme. There will be five water inlets aligned with the prevailing wind direction, maximizing and extending the shoreline while allowing wind and water to penetrate the site to help cool areas of activity around them. Bay East Garden will provide visitors with an unobstructed view of the city skyline. Upcoming developments of Bay East Garden will be based on the theme of water.

·       Bay South Garden is the largest of the three gardens at 130 acres and aims to showcase the best of tropical horticulture and garden artistry. The overall concept of its master plan draws inspiration from an orchid as it is representative of the tropics and of Singapore, being the country's national flower, the Vanda 'Miss Joaquim'.

The project was announced in August 2005, and primary aim was behind to Gardens by the Bay is Singapore Premier urban outdoor recreation space and a national icon. In Jan 2006, an international competition of design held, and over 70 entries submitted by 170 firms from 24 countries. Eventually Grant Associates and Gustafson Porter were awarded the master plan design for the Bay South and Bay East Gardens respectively. The Gardens by Bay has proven extremely popular for event planners, with demand so high that the park has to limit the number of events to three per week.

Joal-Fadiouth Village Made of Sea Shells

At the far end of Petite Côte, a stretch of coast in Senegal, lies a sleepy fishing village called Joal-Fadiouth.  Joal village lies on the mainland, although Fadiouth, linked by a thin 400-meter wooden foot bridge, lies on an island build exclusively of seashells. Over 100 years the inhabitants have been harvesting molluscs, scooping the meat out and applying the empty shells to make their little island. The seashells have amassed over several years and held composed by the roots of mangroves, reeds and giant baobabs. Heaps of empty shells lie everywhere, on streets and building facades and on trinkets sold by street hawkers. 

Fadiouth village is famous largely for its cemetery, which is also made out of shells. The inhabitants of Fadiouth Island are generally Christian, but they also have a substantial Islamic population, and the close-knit community takes enormous pride in an atmosphere of religious tolerance. These sea shells are also used in local architecture and crafts; moreover the village has no motorized transport evidenced by the sign on entering. The origin of village is remains disputed, and assumed to have started when the advance of Almoravids in the 11^th century, which were forced them to leave the country. Few more stories are famous and claimed that Fadiouth have been discovered by the Guelowar when they were expelled from the Kindong of Kaabu.  A community of Portuguese Jewish lived in the village projected in the era of early 17^th century. The first famous personality belongs to this village is first president of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor, was born at Joal.

Hovenring, the Floating Circular Cycle Bridge in Eindhoven

You might not be hearing before that; there is a special bridge made for pedestrians, and cyclists in the Dutch City of Eindhoven. The Hovenring cable stayed circular bridge diameter is 72 meters is suspended from a 70-meter pylon situated at the center of the roundabout by 24 cables and seems to float over a big novel junction for motorized traffic.  The bridge is with thin decks and conspicuous lighting, purely amazing landmark in the city. When in night, the slender bike ring lit from below to further enhance that floating effect, similar to flying saucer. The steel bridge hoovers over the Heerbaan-Meerenakkerweg intersection. The bridge is impressive pylon marking the entrance way to the cities of Eindhoven and Veldhoven. There is a level crossing which is local housing estate inquiring changing in order to cope with the growing traffic. As Eindhoven City Council refrains from cyclist underpasses and didn’t want a level crossing roundabout either, they asked Dutch bridge specialist IPV Delft to consider at possible solutions. A circular cable-stayed bridge soon appeared to be the right option. Constructing the circle bridge proved to be more difficult than expectation, because Hovenring Bridge was opened for public in Dec 2011, but closed due to suspension cables vibrated too much, and it has to closed for safety point of view. After some adjustment it was finally opened for public on June 29, 2012.