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The Grand Canyon Railway – Guide to Grand Canyon Train Tours
A 19th century geologist called it the most sublime of the earthly spectacles. Most of today’s visitors will agree. Most visitors to Grand Canyon go by car. However, there is another interesting way to visit Grand Canyon – Grand Canyon Railway. Another entranceway to Grand Canyon is at Williams, which is a half an hour’s drive west of Flagstaff. Visitors can catch 9.30am departure of the Grand Canyon Railway which takes until lunch-time to make the 65 mile trip through forests, high-desert plains, and small canyons. Arriving at the South Rim near the famous El Tovar Hotel, it allows stopover before getting back to Williams at the decent time of…
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Extra-terrestrial runways at Nazca Desert – Part 3
The most damaging theory about the Nazca lines came seven years earlier, when Erik Von Daniken published Chariots of the Gods, in which he proposed that the pampa was part of an extra-terrestrial landing strip – an idea that Reiche discarded impatiently. Von Daniken’s book drew thousands of visitors to the lines, but newcomers in search of the drawings set out across the pampa on motorcycles, four-wheel-drive vehicles and even horses, leaving inerasable marks of their visits. Now it is illegal to drive or even walk on the pampa – Reiche used the profits from her book – Mystery on the Desert to pay four guards to keep a constant…
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Unraveling the mysteries of Nazca Lines – Part 2
Reiche, who died in 1998 at the age of 95, devoted her life to studying the Nazca lines, which she measured, cleaned, analyzed and charted daily from the air and from a 15-meter high platform she built. She developed the most widely accepted theories on the hundreds of drawings that cover a 50km belt between Nazca and Palpa, describing them as an “astronomical calendar”. “This work was done so that gods could see it and from above, help the ancient Peruvians with their farming, fishing and all their other activities, “ said Reiche. For example, she speculated that he drawing of the monkey was the Nazca symbol for the Big…
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The mysterious Nazca lines – Part 1
Until the 1930s, Nazca was like any other small Peruvian town, with no claim to fame except that you had to cross one of the world’s driest deserts to reach from Lima. But that desert has since drawn thousands to this tiny, sun-bleached colonial town, which was devastated by an earthquake in 1996. The pampa or plain, north o the city has become one of the greatest scientific mysteries in the Americas. The Nazca lines are a series of drawings of animals, geometric figures and birds ranging up to 300 meters in size, scratched on to the arid crust of the desert and preserved for about 2000 years, owing to…
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Holiday B&B of Choice in Victoria Australia
In Victoria region, you can experience Australia’s most romantic city – Melbourne. It offers a perfect self-drive holiday – scenic drive along the spectacular Great Ocean Road, food and wine trail especially the famous Yarra Valley, nature and wildlife at Philip Island where you could catch the Little Penguins parade at dusk, and the list goes on and on. The next most important item on your travel plan would be accommodation. We have compiled here a list of holiday B&B in Victoria region. They are some of the top choices of bed and breakfast stays in Melbourne and surroundings. Melbourne City Center Georgian Court Bed & Breakfast Melbourne Situated in…