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Friday, December 25, 2009
world's most dangerous roads
I've just read an article about the world most dangerous roads and decided to share it with u guys:
We all know local roads which can be considered 'dangerous' - poorly lit lanes, potholed tracks, stretches of motorway and so on... But what are considered the worst roads if you're travelling overseas? Below, in reverse order, is a top 10 of the world's worst roads.
These roads will have you driving among the clouds, along fast-eroding cliff tops with 3,500m drops, across deadly streams, through bandit territory and more. Suddenly, our local drive looks a whole lot less stressful...
10) Grand Trunk Road (India) 'GT', as it's often called, was built about 500 years ago to connect the east and western regions of the Indian subcontinent. The 2,500km road is full of trucks and rattling buses manned by drivers without much respect for their lives - or yours. And then there's the cyclists, the pedestrians, the salesmen, the ox carts, the cows, the buffalos....
9) Patiopoulo-Perdikaki Road (Greece) This dirt track leads from Patiopoulo down to Perdikaki in the Agrafa region of Greece. It's steep, busy, full of huge potholes and extremely slippery (due to the gravel surface). It's also very narrow in places, with no lines or guard rails on the edges. That's less than ideal given the sheer drop... on both sides.
8) A44 (United Kingdom) Much of the A44, a major road which runs from Oxford in southern England to Aberystwyth in west Wales, is fairly innocuous, but a 40km section between Leominster and Worcester has several blind corners. A quarter of accidents here involve vehicles leaving the road, and even more are head-on collisions. Nevertheless, the route is popular with thrill-seeking bikers.
7) Luxor-al Hurghada Road (Egypt) Egypt's most dangerous road links two tourist locations - the ancient city of Luxor in the south, and Hurghada, a hub for diving schools on the coast of the Red Sea. The route is well-known bandit territory, with travellers facing a high risk of ambush and hijack. To avoid detection at night, the vast majority of drivers opt not to use their headlights. And that has a rather predicable side-effect...
6) Cotopaxi Volcan (Ecuador) This 40km-long dirt track, one of countless dangerous roads in Ecuador, connects the Pan American Highway with the Cotopaxi Volcan National Park, which boasts one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. The treacherous route is peppered with holes, but the 'highlight' of the journey comes when you need to cross a bridge-less stream. It's particularly dangerous during flash floods... and flash floods seem to occur here even in the lightest of rains. You won't find that mentioned in any travel brochure.
5) Coastal roads (Croatia) The Croatian coast makes the list due to the narrow and twisty nature of the roads, and a general lack of markings, lay-bys and side rails. The scenery on the jagged coast is absolutely stunning, but if you're driving, it's probably best to watch where you're going - and keep your fingers crossed that others do too.
4) Pan American Highway (Costa Rica) The Pan-American Highway system, the longest drivable road in the world, runs an incredible 48,270km from Alaska to the lower reaches of South America. Several stretches can be considered 'tricky', but the most infamous section is a high mountain pass called 'Cerro de la Muerte' in Costa Rica. It's steep, narrow, twisty, full of holes and susceptible to flash floods and landslides. The name translates as 'Hill of Death'.
3) Sichuan-Tibet Highway (China) At least 100,000 people are said to die on Chinese roads each year - or one person every 5 minutes. You'll want to avoid the 2,000km-long (but not very wide) Sichuan-Tibet Highway, which traverses at least a dozen different mountains with an average height of 4,000-5,000m. The high altitude means you'll be driving among clouds, and there's a high risk of landslides and avalanches to boot.
2) BR-116 (Brazil) Brazil's second longest road runs 1,550km from Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro. The middle section, which covers around 400km from Curitiba to São Paulo, has steep cliffs, poor conditions and unstable weather. Officially it's named Rodovia Régis Bittencourt, but it's known locally as 'Rodovia da Morte'. That's 'Highway of Death'.
1) The North Yungas Road (Bolivia)Some of the choices here may seem a little quirky, but few will deny that Bolivia's 'Death Road' is the most dangerous in the world. North Yungas Road snakes across roughly 70km of the Andes, with drops of up to 3,500m... and dozens of wrecked vehicles at the bottom. Drivers need to contend with crazy hairpins, oncoming traffic (often rushing to beat you into bends), an almost constant layer of fog and, during tropical downpours, high risk of landslides too. Tourist companies cash in on the road's notoriety by offering extreme bike tours down it. We'll give that a miss, thanks.
We all know local roads which can be considered 'dangerous' - poorly lit lanes, potholed tracks, stretches of motorway and so on... But what are considered the worst roads if you're travelling overseas? Below, in reverse order, is a top 10 of the world's worst roads.
These roads will have you driving among the clouds, along fast-eroding cliff tops with 3,500m drops, across deadly streams, through bandit territory and more. Suddenly, our local drive looks a whole lot less stressful...
10) Grand Trunk Road (India) 'GT', as it's often called, was built about 500 years ago to connect the east and western regions of the Indian subcontinent. The 2,500km road is full of trucks and rattling buses manned by drivers without much respect for their lives - or yours. And then there's the cyclists, the pedestrians, the salesmen, the ox carts, the cows, the buffalos....
9) Patiopoulo-Perdikaki Road (Greece) This dirt track leads from Patiopoulo down to Perdikaki in the Agrafa region of Greece. It's steep, busy, full of huge potholes and extremely slippery (due to the gravel surface). It's also very narrow in places, with no lines or guard rails on the edges. That's less than ideal given the sheer drop... on both sides.
8) A44 (United Kingdom) Much of the A44, a major road which runs from Oxford in southern England to Aberystwyth in west Wales, is fairly innocuous, but a 40km section between Leominster and Worcester has several blind corners. A quarter of accidents here involve vehicles leaving the road, and even more are head-on collisions. Nevertheless, the route is popular with thrill-seeking bikers.
7) Luxor-al Hurghada Road (Egypt) Egypt's most dangerous road links two tourist locations - the ancient city of Luxor in the south, and Hurghada, a hub for diving schools on the coast of the Red Sea. The route is well-known bandit territory, with travellers facing a high risk of ambush and hijack. To avoid detection at night, the vast majority of drivers opt not to use their headlights. And that has a rather predicable side-effect...
6) Cotopaxi Volcan (Ecuador) This 40km-long dirt track, one of countless dangerous roads in Ecuador, connects the Pan American Highway with the Cotopaxi Volcan National Park, which boasts one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. The treacherous route is peppered with holes, but the 'highlight' of the journey comes when you need to cross a bridge-less stream. It's particularly dangerous during flash floods... and flash floods seem to occur here even in the lightest of rains. You won't find that mentioned in any travel brochure.
5) Coastal roads (Croatia) The Croatian coast makes the list due to the narrow and twisty nature of the roads, and a general lack of markings, lay-bys and side rails. The scenery on the jagged coast is absolutely stunning, but if you're driving, it's probably best to watch where you're going - and keep your fingers crossed that others do too.
4) Pan American Highway (Costa Rica) The Pan-American Highway system, the longest drivable road in the world, runs an incredible 48,270km from Alaska to the lower reaches of South America. Several stretches can be considered 'tricky', but the most infamous section is a high mountain pass called 'Cerro de la Muerte' in Costa Rica. It's steep, narrow, twisty, full of holes and susceptible to flash floods and landslides. The name translates as 'Hill of Death'.
3) Sichuan-Tibet Highway (China) At least 100,000 people are said to die on Chinese roads each year - or one person every 5 minutes. You'll want to avoid the 2,000km-long (but not very wide) Sichuan-Tibet Highway, which traverses at least a dozen different mountains with an average height of 4,000-5,000m. The high altitude means you'll be driving among clouds, and there's a high risk of landslides and avalanches to boot.
2) BR-116 (Brazil) Brazil's second longest road runs 1,550km from Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro. The middle section, which covers around 400km from Curitiba to São Paulo, has steep cliffs, poor conditions and unstable weather. Officially it's named Rodovia Régis Bittencourt, but it's known locally as 'Rodovia da Morte'. That's 'Highway of Death'.
1) The North Yungas Road (Bolivia)Some of the choices here may seem a little quirky, but few will deny that Bolivia's 'Death Road' is the most dangerous in the world. North Yungas Road snakes across roughly 70km of the Andes, with drops of up to 3,500m... and dozens of wrecked vehicles at the bottom. Drivers need to contend with crazy hairpins, oncoming traffic (often rushing to beat you into bends), an almost constant layer of fog and, during tropical downpours, high risk of landslides too. Tourist companies cash in on the road's notoriety by offering extreme bike tours down it. We'll give that a miss, thanks.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Australia ( a little bit bout Perth ) - Part 2
Perth is the capital and largest city in Western Australia with a population about 1.6 million. Perth is the most isolated city in the world but still managed to declares itself as a city on 20 September 1856. Perth is just like other cities in the world, with shops, cars, streets everywhere.....
I would said Perth is a small but with complete modern facilities and relaxing city. It is surounded by a big river called Swan River and 20km away from the Indian Ocean as well. People here are friendly and nice, we can just say a simple Hi to strangers on the streets and they will reply back to u + a big smile as well...keke.... they are very environment friendly as well, most of them will bring their own bags when do grocery shopping and they will keep the surrounding clean as well, which i think v can learn from them. Besides working, they know how to enjoy themselves, they love to drink, they will go pubs or clubs few times a week. If not they will make day trips with their caravan to outback area for camping and stuff. For those people who love nature will just hang around at the river or go to the beach and BBQ, swimming, surfing during weekends.
For weather, Perth has 4 different seasons per year, which is spring, summer, autumn and winter. Anyhow, most of the time will be sunny and fine.
Perth is also home to four public universities: the University of Western Australia, Murdoch University, Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University. There is also one private university, the University of Notre Dame.
Next stop will be my university. stay tuned....
I would said Perth is a small but with complete modern facilities and relaxing city. It is surounded by a big river called Swan River and 20km away from the Indian Ocean as well. People here are friendly and nice, we can just say a simple Hi to strangers on the streets and they will reply back to u + a big smile as well...keke.... they are very environment friendly as well, most of them will bring their own bags when do grocery shopping and they will keep the surrounding clean as well, which i think v can learn from them. Besides working, they know how to enjoy themselves, they love to drink, they will go pubs or clubs few times a week. If not they will make day trips with their caravan to outback area for camping and stuff. For those people who love nature will just hang around at the river or go to the beach and BBQ, swimming, surfing during weekends.
For weather, Perth has 4 different seasons per year, which is spring, summer, autumn and winter. Anyhow, most of the time will be sunny and fine.
Perth is also home to four public universities: the University of Western Australia, Murdoch University, Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University. There is also one private university, the University of Notre Dame.
Next stop will be my university. stay tuned....
Monday, September 21, 2009
Australia - part 1
Hi everyone....is been a while i ignored my blog....and i think is time for me to blogy again...
First of all let me update a bit where am i now?doing what and etc... I would love to start from a place called Australia. Yes...Australia...i am now in Australia.
The name Australia came from a latin word called 'australis', meaning southern. This is where Australia is located. Australia is the 6th largest country, but has the lowest density population in the world. It consists of 6 different states, as below:
Western Australia is the largest state in Australia. There are about 2.1 million people staying in WA, where 1.6 millions are in the state's capital city called Perth. Perth, who alsi known as 'City of Lights', is tied for 5th place in The Economist's 2009 list of the World's most livable cities. Not bad huh.....
Friday, October 17, 2008
It seems that everybody is blogging these days. Grandmothers, children, school teachers, Hollywood stars, political figures and etc. Blogs allow everyone in the world to have a voice, no matter what it is that they wish to say. Some people even blog at great personal risk, such as the risk of going to prison, or potential death. But why do people blog?
The reasons are numerous - Definitely too numerous to list them all. But there are some pretty standard reasons why people blog. Here are some of those reasons:
People blog instead of writing in a personal journal. Some of those blogs are locked up tight and not accessible by the public. Some are accessible by the general public, but since these types of bloggers rarely use their real names, using screen names instead, they dont mind if strangers read their personal thoughts. Often, they even encourage readers to leave comments.
People blog because they feel passionate about a particular topic, and they want to express their thoughts and opinions on that topic. They may blog in the hopes that it will somehow change a situation related to the topic, or to bring public awareness to a situation or topic.
People blog for the purpose of networking with other people. This is often called social networking. One of the newest blog sites/social networking sites is MySpace, which is geared more towards teens as well as to the 20 something and 30 something crowds. Its used as a way to meet other people while publicly expressing themselves.
Blogs are used among family members to keep in touch, or to journal special events so that distant family members dont miss out on the event, such as when a young couple living far away from their families is going to have their first baby. People also blog about particular personal experiences, such as spouses of military personnel who are separated due to war or tours of duty.
People blog for money, using advertising that is related to their topic to monetize their blog. A popular way of monetizing a blog is to use the Google AdSense program.
Again, people blog for numerous reasons. Maybe its just something to do. Maybe it is done for very important reasons, or even for financial gain. Whatever the reason is really doesnt matter too much. If you feel like you have something to say, or just want to keep a personal online journal, you can start a blog of your own in a matter of minutes at no cost even if you dont have any technical skills at all.
For me, the reasons why i decided to blog is because i hope my voice can be hear..not only among my friends,someone which is very important to me(u know who am i mentioning),people from every corner as well..Besides that, i hope i can update my readers with the latest news which happened around us.(so people,when u are free please drop by my blog k?keke..).
I think thats all from me, stay tune for more!! Cheers!
The reasons are numerous - Definitely too numerous to list them all. But there are some pretty standard reasons why people blog. Here are some of those reasons:
People blog instead of writing in a personal journal. Some of those blogs are locked up tight and not accessible by the public. Some are accessible by the general public, but since these types of bloggers rarely use their real names, using screen names instead, they dont mind if strangers read their personal thoughts. Often, they even encourage readers to leave comments.
People blog because they feel passionate about a particular topic, and they want to express their thoughts and opinions on that topic. They may blog in the hopes that it will somehow change a situation related to the topic, or to bring public awareness to a situation or topic.
People blog for the purpose of networking with other people. This is often called social networking. One of the newest blog sites/social networking sites is MySpace, which is geared more towards teens as well as to the 20 something and 30 something crowds. Its used as a way to meet other people while publicly expressing themselves.
Blogs are used among family members to keep in touch, or to journal special events so that distant family members dont miss out on the event, such as when a young couple living far away from their families is going to have their first baby. People also blog about particular personal experiences, such as spouses of military personnel who are separated due to war or tours of duty.
People blog for money, using advertising that is related to their topic to monetize their blog. A popular way of monetizing a blog is to use the Google AdSense program.
Again, people blog for numerous reasons. Maybe its just something to do. Maybe it is done for very important reasons, or even for financial gain. Whatever the reason is really doesnt matter too much. If you feel like you have something to say, or just want to keep a personal online journal, you can start a blog of your own in a matter of minutes at no cost even if you dont have any technical skills at all.
For me, the reasons why i decided to blog is because i hope my voice can be hear..not only among my friends,someone which is very important to me(u know who am i mentioning),people from every corner as well..Besides that, i hope i can update my readers with the latest news which happened around us.(so people,when u are free please drop by my blog k?keke..).
I think thats all from me, stay tune for more!! Cheers!
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