Luxusním vlakem po Indii
Featuring 14 carriages, two fine dining rooms, a bar and lounge, ornate and sumptuous interiors, as well as a vibrant exterior design, the Maharajas’ Express luxury train must be the fanciest and most exciting way to see quite a bit of India. The tour packages map out “journeys” for train guests, so you won’t have to do much planning. The 7-night “Royal Sojourn” package offers tours starting from Delhi and continuing on to Jaipur, Kota, Ranthambore, Agra, and back. Besides conveniently seeing many parts of this vast and majestic country, simply being a passenger within the Maharaj Express is a magical experience in itself. The Maharaja is unarguably reminiscent of a different era – with decadent upholstery, dark cherry-wood furniture, exotic plants and gilded turban sporting staff. If traveling by train was the only form of transportation as it was once long ago, something tells us we would not complain if all the trains were like the Maharajas’ Express.
Luxusní RED DRAGON jachta
We don’t usually feature yachts here, but we just couldn’t pass up The Red Dragon – a 52-meter sailing yacht with ultra-luxurious, contemporary interiors. Constructed by Alloy Yachts and designed by Wilmotte & Associates, the epic yacht is as sturdy as it is beautiful, with the ability of “fast passages” and “long periods of autonomy,” according to Alloy’s website. It was deemed a finalist in the 2008 Boat International World Super Yacht Awards, but surely anyone that catches a glimpse of this yacht on the water would find themselves in awe of its beauty.
its beauty.
Okouzlující dům u pobřeží Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian architect Fernanda Marques thrills us again with this spectacular home set in Rio de Janeiro’s coastline. Located in the posh Laranjeiras neighborhood of Rio, this picture perfect paradise looks more like a resort than anything else. The floor to ceiling glass panels and the open layout help the house make best use of the views it is blessed with. That clean flow between the interiors and exteriors shouldn’t really surprise you if you have seen Fernanda’s work before. Just check out these gorgeous images.
Fukushima – fotografie z místa katastrofy
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In this March 24, 2011 aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released AIR PHOTO SERVICE, the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant seen in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. From top to, Unit 1 through Unit 4.(Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) Pokračování–>
Nyiragongo – aktivní vulkán
All Photos © Carsten Peter/National Geographic. Above: The lava at Nyiragongo is made of an alkali-rich volcanic rock; its unusual composition may be a factor in the lava’s fluidity.
Photographer Carsten Peter descended into the fiery center of Nyiragongo—an active volcano towering over a city of one million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—for the April issue of National Geographic magazine. See Carsten and his team explore the depths of Nyiragongo in Man vs. Volcano on the National Geographic channel. To see more of Carsten Peter’s work click here.
A member of the expedition walks on the caldera’s cooled lava floor, turned red by the reflected glow of the lake. “Down here you feel the volcano,” says photographer Carsten Peter. “It’s a low-frequency rumbling that pulses through your body – like being inside a giant subwoofer.”
Traders ferry logs and charcoal 12 miles from the forests around Nyiragongo to Goma, which continues to swell with refugees fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s war-torn east. The plume rising from the mountain reminds residents of yet another threat: eruption.
Many of the porters were local women, who huddled in the cold at the crater rim.
Rising gas bubbles explode, splattering lava up to 60 feet in the air over Nyiragongo’s fiery lake.
Constant bubbling sends waves of lava lapping over the rim. Scientists aren’t sure of the lake’s depth, though recent lava samples indicate the magma originated in the Earth’s mantle more than 46 miles below.
Photographer Carsten Peter tests the thermal suit that Sims used to get close to the lava lake. “It can protect you from the radiant heat, but if you get hit with a lava splatter, the force will likely kill you,” he says. For 30 years Peter has explored volcanoes around the world. “Seeing at close range the primal forces that shaped the planet can be hypnotic. You cannot allow yourself to fall under a volcano’s spell, especially one as unpredictable as Nyiragongo. That can be a fatal mistake.”
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Život v akváriu
This property, made famous by the movie ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’, was designed by architects A. James Speyer and David Haid in 1953, and has recently been put on the market for $1.65 million. If storing your cars in style is high on your list of priorities then this may be the house for you. With a capacity for six cars this garage appears more like a showroom.
Každodenní život v Pákistánu
The wire services regularly send images to their member papers that feature the phrase „daily life.“ They send them from such places as India, Thailand, Japan, China, the Philippines, Syria, Nepal, Britain, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. With the exception of just a couple, the images in this post feature daily life in Pakistan by Associated Press photographer Muhammed Muheisen. The images document what we might call in newspaper terminology, „slice of life“ photography – ordinary daily scenes that give us a glimpse of something that we might not ordinarily be able to experience. The images, again with a few exceptions, focus on children. They are generally from Islamabad, Pakistan, or from a slum on the outskirts of the city. There wasn’t much information or details supplied for captions. In this case, the adage „A picture is worth a thousand words“ might just be the most apropos phrase. — Paula Nelson
