Stromboli

February 12, 2013 | Author: admin

Stromboli is an Italian island with the same name, the type of a still active volcano Strato volcano or layer. The island is located in the Mediterranean Sea north of Sicily.

Stromboli is one with its neighboring islands of Lipari, Salina, Vulcano, Panarea, Filicudi and Alicudi the archipelago of the Aeolian or Lipari Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The island belongs to the municipality of Lipari in the province of Messina.

The amount of steeply rising from the water, almost cone-shaped island is from sea level of 926 meters, in other documents are 918 meters and 968 meters specified. From the sea floor rises the cone of Stromboli at about 3000 meters. The area of the island is only 12.6 square kilometers, which is unusual for this level.

With enabled summit region is allowed to climb the volcano in the company of a mountain guide, who provides visiting groups with protective helmets, complete. The climb alone is banned from a height of 400 m officially been around for years, which is also controlled and can draw a substantial fine for themselves. The ascent is usually made from the village of Stromboli, sometimes on Ginostra. Since the volcano his fiery spectacle best seen with night sky, the climb begins usually in the late afternoon, and stay on the summit and descent will take place in the dark.

The ascent of Stromboli place usually results in a rather laborious, sweaty, but dangerous new path which was opened in late 2004. First, it goes steeply up through the scrub, then moderate, but long switchbacks through lava fields to the old summit. To descend a different path through a field of volcanic ash is selected east of the summit – it’s shorter, is suitable for promotion are not. The guides put in on-like descent before a respectable pace, which can be followed only with adequate fitness.

After the Stromboli eruptions 2002-03, the project, the old farm roads as trails set free again, tackled. So far, however, only a single, but very beautiful loop has been realized. In the first section it is identical to the way the mountain guide embark with their groups to the summit crater. He then cross to the Sciara del Fuoco and along the old route of ascent can be above the Punta Labronzo without prescribed leaders rise to the prospective height of 400 m.

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Puerto Rico

February 12, 2013 | Author: admin

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is one of the U.S. foreign territories. It also includes the Spanish Virgin Islands.

Puerto Rico means “rich port”. The people of Puerto Rico are called in English “Puerto Ricans,” in Latin American Spanish, and also on the island itself Boricua. The original name of the island of Puerto Rico is arawakisch Boriken that Puerto Ricans often call their island Borinquen.

The island nation located in the Caribbean and consists of the island of Puerto Rico and the small adjoining islands Vieques, Culebra, Culebrita, Desecheo, Palomino, Mona, Monito and Caja de Muertos.

Puerto Rico is the easternmost and smallest of the Greater Antilles. Approximately 150 km to the west lies the island of Hispaniola, 100 km east the Virgin Islands and 800 km are located south, beyond the Caribbean, is South America.

The surrounding ocean is very deep: In the north of the islands, there is the 9219 meter deep Milwaukeetief in the Puerto Rico Trench in the Atlantic, in the south of the 5649 m deep Venezuelan Basin of the Caribbean. The island is mountainous in many parts (60% of the surface), but there are also areas with rain forests and deserts.

The highest peak is Cerro La Punta (1,338 m), the longest river in the Rio de la Plata (97 km).

The island has a tropical climate with an average temperature of about 28 ° C. The north coast and the highlands are the most common reported rainfall, while the south is relatively dry.

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Ronda

February 12, 2013 | Author: admin

Ronda lies in the northwest part of the province of Málaga (Andalusia – Spain), in a deep valley, between medium-sized mountains which stand near together and generate an enchanting atmosphere. Their climatic and hydrologic qualities as well as the ground and the plant growth had a strong influence on the many-sided and many-faceted history Rondas.

This by the Tajo de Ronda bipartite place of the province of Málaga applies along both sides of this more than 150-metre-deep gulch. His Old Town was put under conservation of monuments and historic buildings. Celts, Phoenicians, Romans and Moors were home in this area which became of the Catholic kings wiedererobert. The Old Town core with maurischen relics and medieval trains spreads to the south of the Guadalevín, while the more modern part Rondas which grew up from the 16th century develops to the north of this riverbed. These two halves of one of the most interesting places of the route of the white villages are connected by different bridges with each other. Ronda has lain in the middle of the hearts of the mountains Serranía de Ronda, only few kilometres of Costa del Sol remotely.

The so-called “town of the castles” rises on a guard tower created by the nature and is guarded at her most accessible place from “alcazaba” (fortress). The town walls as well as the most important gates about which one got access to the town are received even today. Puerta del Almocábar (13. Jhdt.) embodied the southern access to the town, while Puerta de la Exijara led to the Jew’s quarter. Puerta de Carlos I comes from the 16th century.

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Bethlehem

February 12, 2013 | Author: admin

Bethlehem is a city in the West Bank with 29,930 residents. The city belongs to the Palestinian territories and borders on Jerusalem. It is home to two universities. To Bethlehem agglomeration includes Beit Dschala and Beit Sahur, the latter place as Bethlehem has biblical significance. Mayor of Bethlehem since November 2012, the Arab Christian Vera Baboun. For the 2.1 billion Christians, the city is of particular importance because it is said to have been the birthplace of Jesus Christ.

Of tourism for the city was always an important revenue source. The proximity to Jerusalem many groups used to live in rather than the cheaper hotels in the Palestinian capital. Of autonomy therefore created large hotel buildings, which were built by returned emigrants, such as Hotel Bethlehem, Nativity Hotel. The daycare has been car-free for the construction of a parking garage. The many souvenir shops also lived well from the day trippers. With great enthusiasm, the anniversary year has been prepared in 2000 and opened, but the outbreak of the Second Intifada destroyed all efforts. The repeated occupation of the city (even with siege of Nativity and St. Catherine’s Church) caused major damage. The Great Wall and the disabled tourism massively complicated crossing the border inspection post meant that the group stayed only rarely in the city. The big hotels were forced to close or reduce their capacity again. Day guests had to change on the border of Jerusalem bus and guide. The large workshops for olive wood carvings had many employees laid off. They could still sell their products in Jerusalem, but with less profit.

In 2010, the tourism situation has improved considerably: about half of the tourists stayed in Bethlehem and visit the local restaurants and many souvenir shops offer their wares. The Palestinian Authority estimates that by the year with a record of up to two million. Furthermore, since 2000, find some tourists guided tours of Israeli tour guide.

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Denali National Park

February 12, 2013 | Author: admin

Alaska was in the spring of 1867 by the Russian Tsar sold to the United States. The Russians verschärbelten its largest overseas island for a pittance ($ 7.2 million corresponding to $ 0.0004 / km ²), since this country is “not profitable” einschätzte. In addition, Alaska was for Russia in winter only “easy” access (because the frozen Bering Sea can be crossed). At that time they were also not aware of the vast resources of this wild country. Alaska can boast enormous natural resources: oil, gas, gold, copper, tin, iron and more. Today the country lives mainly through the reduction above commodities. Other sources of income are the trade of wood (paper industry in particular), with fishing (mainly salmon) and furs.

Visitors can sunshine, wind, rain and population, also quite see everything in one day. In summer, temperatures reach an average of plus 1 degrees to plus 24 degrees Celsius. Winters can be extremely cold. With temperatures between minus 40 degrees Celsius and minus 5 degrees Celsius on warmer days

- Grizzly Bears

The Grizzly – one of the biggest bears in the world – is definitely an omnivore. He eats berries, herbs, flowers, roots, grasses and honey as a “vegetarian diet”. Against insects and their larvae, he has no objection. Sometimes he even lays hands on the eggs of birds. But mostly he eats meat: mice, elk, moose, reindeer, bison and salmon.

For humans, these bears make basically not dangerous, and with a few exceptions: if the bear is surprised or provoked, it can be lebensgefärhlich for humans. But this can be prevented by noise (eg bell at the bottom). Wounded bears are scary, and engage in extreme cases, from their own fear on out. Then the bear but has no natural enemies, and this situation is extremely rare (except the bear injured anderwertig) This causes each year incidents that end in some cases fatal. Research showed, however, that in almost all cases, the person’s own fault (eg udgl due provocation.). It should be noted that even a single blow can end a bear’s paw for a man fatally – the same goes for bites.

To encounter grizzlies or sift is not uncommon in many parts of Alaska represents prove However, such encounters only for the man to be spectacular – the bear hardly takes note of people and uninterested schländert on his way. That “lack of interest” such encounters in almost all cases are indeed stunning, but completely harmless. In exceptional cases, the bear trotted to the people just to fake a “false attack”. However, this is merely a show of force. There is no evidence or records that grizzlies attack people for no reason (apart from the aforementioned exceptions).
- Caribou
- Moose
- Wolves

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