Puerto Princesa Underground River, Philippines

Puerto Princesa Underground River, Philippines

Puerto Princesa Underground River, Philippines

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of the city centre of Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The river is also called Puerto Princesa Underground River. The entrance to the subterranean river is a short hike or boat ride from the town Sabang.

In 2010, a group of environmentalists and geologists discovered that the underground river has a second floor, which means that there are small waterfalls inside the cave. They also found a cave dome measuring 300 m (980 ft) above the underground river, rock formations, large bats, a deep water hole in the river, more river channels, and another deep cave, as well as marine creatures and more. Deeper areas of the underground river are almost impossible to explore due to oxygen deprivation.

It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Also Puerto Princesa Underground River was provisionally chosen as one of the New7Wonders of Nature in 2012.

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​Lake Powell (USA)

Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona.
It is a major vacation spot that around two million people visit every year.

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​Forbidden City

The Forbidden City is a palace complex in central Beijing, China.

The Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years (from 1420 to 1912).

Constructed from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 72 hectares (over 180 acres).
The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.

Since 2012, the Forbidden City has seen an average of 15 million visitors annually, and received more than 16 million visitors in 2016 and 2017.

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​Beach with the whitest sand

We already wrote about the beach with black sand #spain

And let's continue such a summer theme now. Look at the beach with the white sand. And it's not the Maldives or the Dominican Republic - it's in Australia.

Hyams Beach is located in Jervis Bay, 180 km from Sydney. The local coast consists of very fine and soft sand of white color. In addition to beauty - it is also very clean - it used for telescopes glass production. Also this place is a favorite point for weddings, photo sessions and filming.

The idea of 'the whitest beach in the world' was promoted by local tourism organizations but there are strong 'competitors' in other parts of Australia, Japan and other countries.

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​Château Frontenac

The castle is located in the city of Quebec. This is a grand hotel in the style of a medieval French castle.
The Château-Frontenac was opened in 1893. The central tower and other newer parts of the hotel were completed in 1926.

Since 1893, the famous hotel was visited by Princess Grace, Queen Elizabeth, W. Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alfred Hitchcock and others.

The hotel is generally recognized as the most photographed hotel in the world.

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​Central Park in NYC

This amazing green island among the skyscrapers often called the 'lungs' of Manhattan. The length of the park is about 4 kilometers, the width is about 800 meters, the total area is 3.41 km².

The park is visited by about 25 million people a year. Many films and television shows made the park one of the most famous in the world.

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​Mystic Newgrange in Ireland

Newgrange is the best known Irish passage tomb and dates to c.3,200BC. The large mound is approximately 80m in diameter and is surrounded at its base by a kerb of 97 stones. The most impressive of these stones is the highly decorated Entrance Stone.

The flat-topped cairn is almost 0.5 hectares in extent. It is roughly circular and is estimated to weigh 200,000 tonnes in total.

The mound covers a single tomb, which consists of a long passage and a cross-shaped chamber. The passage points to the southeast and is just less than 19 m long. A corbelled roof covers the chamber. To construct the roof, the builders overlapped layers of large rocks until the roof could be sealed with a capstone, 6 metres above the floor. After 5000 years, the roof at Newgrange is still water proof.

Of the many notable features at Newgrange, the most famous is the small opening or ‘roof box’ situated above the passage entrance. At dawn on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year (December 21st) and for a number of days before and after, a shaft of sunlight enters the chamber through an opening in the roof box.

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