September 26, 2007 – 8:52 pm | Written by KiwiPulse
I remember when I first saw those rocks, it appeared on the cover of the Led Zeppelin album “Houses of the Holy“. I can’t believe such hexagonal shaped rocks could exist in this world. The Giant’s Causeway is the results of volcanic eruption formed 60 million years ago. Today you can see approximately 40,000 columns of basalt rocks on this land. It’s one of the fourth greatest natural wonders in the United Kingdom. The Causeway become widely known as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ in the 1700s when large numbers of visitors came to view this amazing array of basalt columns. The Causeway came into public ownership in 1963 when it was bought by the National Trust.
Mythology
“Long ago, an Irish giant named Finn MacCool roamed the north coast, where he could look across the narrow sea of Moyle to Scotland. A Scottish giant, Benandonner, was Finn’s greatest rival, challenging his strength and reputation.
As the two giants had never met, Finn decided to invite Benandonner to Ireland, to engage in a decisive battle. There was no boat large enough to carry giants, so Finn built a causeway of huge stones across the water so that the Scottish giant could travel on dry land; thus he would have no excuse to avoid the confrontation.”
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September 24, 2007 – 8:47 pm | Written by KiwiPulse
“Veni, vidi, vici”, which means “I came, I saw, I conquered” was a famous Latin phrase by Julius Caesar. Today we gonna take a walk in the city of Rome. Did you know that the city of Rome was founded by the twin brothers, Romulus and Remus in 753 BC? Rome was the largest city in the world at the time of Emperor Augustus, and probably the largest ever built until the nineteenth century. After the fall of the Roman Empire, then followed World War II, Rome continued to expand. The official population stands at 2.7 million of residents. One of the chief industries of Rome is tourism. We can count numerous notable museums. The city is also the center for banking as well as electronics and aerospace industries. The original language of Rome was Latin, which evolved during the Middle Ages into Italian. Let’s continue our visit of Rome, and please stay with the group.
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September 17, 2007 – 6:44 pm | Written by KiwiPulse
The US Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea that are an insular area of the United States. The islands were named by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493. The islands normally host 2 million visitors per year. If you are looking for the finest accommodations in the Caribbean. The St Thomas island, one of the main islands, is the place for those seeking a vacation of elegance, serenity and privacy.
The Villa Nicoletta is the perfect luxury waterfront villa for whom “getting away from it all” is the point of their vacation. The villa has 4 bedrooms and can be rented to a maximum of 10 people. Each room has a king size bed with nightstands, a HDTV flat screen TV with DVR, a large shower and tub, and a spectacular Ocean View Window. The outdoor deck is fully equipped with a private swimming pool, beach chairs, coolers, and a Tiki bar furnished in Tiki-style bamboo. Many activities can be enjoyed at the St Thomas Villas such as the 18 Holes Mahogany run golf course, an active beach with lots of water sports or simply spend the whole day diving and exploring the underwater of the Caribbean Sea.
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September 17, 2007 – 3:37 am | Written by KiwiPulse
Today, I’m taking you to the second largest, longest, widest and tallest passenger ship ever built, the Queen Mary 2. The ship has a casino, a ballroom, a theater, five swimming pools, fifteen restaurants and bars, and a planetarium. What is the planetarium doing in this boat? The Queen Mary 2 can serve 2,620 passengers and 1,253 officers and crew. It costs US $900 million and 3,000 craftsmen necessary to build it, and approximately 8 million working hours. In total, 300,000 pieces of steel were used. The QM2 took it’s first sea voyage on 21 March 2003.
Can you imagine that the ship contains 3,000 telephones? The passengers consume annually more than 1.5 million of drinks. They also order 230,000 bottles of wine, 55,000 pounds of coffee, 7,000 boxes of strawberries, 38,000 pounds of smoked salmon, 198,000 pounds of pineapples and enough beef to supply a small city for a whole year.
I couldn’t find the price for a holiday cruise with them. I hope it’s free, I want to go! 
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September 5, 2007 – 2:12 pm | Written by KiwiPulse
One of my favorite things that rock my world is to watch movies. I saw the trailer of the movie “Silk” which will be released this month. I wanted to know more about the history of Silk. Then I found the Silk Street, The Place, in Beijing. I know the movie is about a French man traveling in Japan and he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron. Nothing to do with Beijing, but the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is coming soon. As we all know, Olympic games will greatly stimulate economic development.
The Silk Street is a shopping center that can accommodates over 1,700 retail vendors. The street is very popular among the international tourists for their wide selection of counterfeit designer brand apparels. Two new retail centers is in development in Beijing’s central business district. You can see between those retail centers a huge suspended LED screen. Five individual displays have been combined to form the giant screen. It was built with an investment of RMB 250 million ($32 million). The Skyscreen is 250 m long and 30 m wide. It was designed by Jeremy Railton, president of Entertainment Design Corporation, who was designer of the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas.
I have added some videos from YouTube. I hope that will amaze your eyes!
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