“The eighth wonder of the world!” how many times have you heard that phrase? If you’re anything like me you’ll feel it’s probably lost its charm when you read it sprawled across a ready-meal add? We may be a few thousand years late to the Babylon viewing but let me uncover some of the most breathtaking natural scope’s you never knew existed.
The Stone Forest (China)
Known as the Shilin is a magnificent instance of karst scenery. The excavation of the limestone by waters underground forms this rocky, caved terrain that is so captivating you cant help but accept the beauty of creation. From the Ming Dynasty, this one took the title of the very “First Wonder of the World”.
Rio Tinto (Spain)
Now this one looks like something from a sci-fi flick. The huge opencast mines of the Spanish Rio Tinto not only projects the deepest of red streaks in its colour but has grown so much that much like madness of a day in the life of Dr. Spock, this bad boy has taken over entire villages and mountains! The cherry on top of this space-cake is that this water is extremely acidic with a pH of 1.7-2.5 and heavy metal rich.
Socotra Island (Indian Ocean)
How can one start to tell you about the Socotra Island of the Indian Ocean? By first telling you that its part of a group of 4 islands that hasn’t been part of the geographical mainland of Africa for some 7 million years? Or mentioning its harsh hot and dry climate?
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Thousands of people die every year across the world due to of road accidents. There are different reasons for accidents, in some cases drivers are drunk or careless but it doesn’t mean all accidents are because of that some accidents are because of the roads also.
There are some roads, which can be called as “ Death Invitation” roads. In this article world’s most dangerous roads are mentioned.
Yungas Road (Highway of Death Bolivia)
This Bolivian road of death is most dangerous road in the world. This road is located between La Paz and Coroico cities. This region is called Yungas because of that this road is named as Yungas Road.
Heavy vehicles like buses, trucks, and lorries use this road. The wreckage of so many buses and lorries can be seen there. From last few years this road got great attention of cyclists and motorcyclists also. “ Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking” is one of most extreme sports, which is played on this road.
Every month more 200 people die on this road and annual figures for death toll on this road is more than 3000.
Guoliang Tunnel Road (China)
This road is well known road among the killer roads around the world. The villagers living in Guoliang region built this road. Total length of this road is almost 1200 meters and its located in Taihang mountains in China.
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