Showing posts with label Big Cities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Cities. Show all posts

Friday, February 18, 2011

The 10 Hottest Buildings of Mexico City


Visitors to Mexico City are often surprised by its breadth of architectural styles, from 16th century churches to oddly shaped skyscrapers of the past decade. Here, take a virtual tour of some of Mexico City’s architectural head-turners.
2. Conjunto Arcos Bosques

3. Calakmul

4. Hoteles Fiesta Inn y Fiesta Americana Santa Fe


5. Hotel Habitá
6. Fire Station “Phoenix Bird”

7. Torre Mayor
8. The Santa Fé campus
9. Plaza Juarez Complex
10. BBVA-Bancomer Headquarters

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Top 10 Longest Roads in the World

Top 10 Longest Roads in the World - Here’s the list of 10 longest roads in the world. A road is identifiable as a way, route, or path between two places which may or may not be available for use by the public such as public road. A road can connecting from one place to another places. Every roads has different long of road, here’s a list of the longest roads that ever in the world.
10. Highway 409

King’s Highway 409, also known as Highway 409 and colloquially as the four – of – nine, is a series of highway 400 in the Canadian province of Ontario that extends from Highway 401 in Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport, west of Highway 427, in Mississauga. It is a short highway that is used primarily as a bypass for traffic approaching the airport to the west or north of Highway 427 from Highway 401 west.
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Highway 409
9. The Tarim Desert Highway
The Tarim Desert Highway is also known as the Cross-Desert Highway (CDH), across the desert is not too long from north to south. This highway connects the city Luntai and Minfeng in south and north edge of Tarim Basin. The total length of this highways is 552km, about 446km of highway traffic uninhabited areas covered by shifting sand dunes, so that as the longest highway in the world.
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The Tarim Desert Highway
8. Pan-American Highway

The Pan-American Highway route in North America is part of a network of nearly 48 000 km road journey through the American mainland countries. Because the government of the United States and Canada has never formally adopted any specific routes as part of the Pan-American Highway and Mexico officially has a lot of branches that connect to the U.S. border, then there is no definitive length. But the total length of the North American highway approximately 16 000 miles (26,000 km).
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Pan-American Highway
7. Australia ‘s Highway 1
Australia’s Highway 1 is a network of highways that surround the entire continent of Australia, joining all mainland state capital. At a total length of approximately 14 500 km (9000 miles) is the world’s longest national road, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway (more than 11,000 km/6800 miles) and the Trans-Canada Highway (8030 km/4990 miles). Every day there are more than one million people travel on some part of this way.
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Australia Highway 1
6. Interstate 80 (I-80)
Interstate 80 (I-80) is the second longest after the Interstate Highway 90 in the United States. This road connects downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey.

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Interstate 80
5. Interstate 90 (I-90)
The longest Interstate Highway 90 in the United States, this highway extends to 3,099.07 miles (4987 km). Running parallel to U.S. Route 20 for most. End of Boston and east is at the west end in Seattle. It crossed the Continental divide just east of Butte, Montana.
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Interstate 90
4. 401 or MacDonald Cartier Freeway
The 401 or the MacDonald Cartier Freeway starting at the Detroit-Windsor Ambassador Bridge and ends at the Quebec border near Montreal. This road is located in the center of town was built on the side of the country although initially. Length of 816 km (507 miles).
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MacDonald Cartier Freeway
3. Route 6
Route 6 was founded in 1925 extended from Province town, Massachusetts, to Brewster, New York. Then it referred to as the “Roosevelt Highway,” the name given to the entire Route 6. This road extends further to Greeley, Colorado in 1931. It extended from the south to Long Beach and west to Bishop, California with the overall length of 3940 km.

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Route 6
2. The Trans Siberian Highway
The Trans Siberian Highway includes some federal highway that extends throughout Russia from the Baltic Sea from the Atlantic Ocean to the Sea of Japan in the Pacific Ocean. AH6 is called on Asian routes. More than 11,000 kilometers in length and extends from Saint Petersburg to Vladivostok.
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The Trans Siberian Highway
1. Trans Canada Highway
This highway has a length of 4860 miles in Canada. This path begins on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and across the Continental Divide, 10 provinces, five time zone and ends in St. John’s, Newfoundland. This road was built in 1962 and completed in 1970. The longest national highway in the world across North America from St. John’s, NL, to Victoria, British Columbia.
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Trans Canada Highway

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Most Dangerous Cities in the World

Most Dangerous Cities in the World -If you are travelling alone or decide to backpack to a far away place with your friends, there are some locations you should be weary of. These cities have been mentioned by top news and crime sites with some pretty shocking statistics.

1) Caracas Venezuela – Latin America is by far the most dangerous place in the world. If you searched dangerous places on the internet, you would find at least 20 south American countries on the list. With drug cartells, and poverty, Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, ranks the highest for murder and crime in the world. per 100,000 people this city has the highest rate of murders, kidnappings, and rapes in 2009. 130 murders and 537 reported kinappings. They have nicknamed the city the “murder capital of the world”. Not to mention Venezula is the world leader in drug trafficing mainly cocaine. The country has increased its poverty level since the 1970’s 300%. In In the last 5 yrs Caracas has topped the list for homicides by population. You better be a mobster if you plan on visiting Caracas.



2) Cuidad Juarez, Mexico – This place has a serious problem with robbery, kidnapping, sexual assault and drug-related crimes. 120 killings per 100,000 residents. Cuidad Juarez is located just across the USA border. It has 1.5 million people and a really bad reputation. Recently drug Cartells have started a war against one another, making it very dangerous for travellers. This place is Violent. They are the number two city in the world for murders, most of them drug-related. 50% of all murders in Mexico come from Cuidad Juarez.



3) Mogadishu Somalia – Its really hard to find statistical information on this city, but I know I’ve seen it on then top of many lists. Even with no data to report on this city, the governments warning to travel here is extremely high.Mogadishu has one of the highest terrorist populations in the world. There is an ongoing civil war going on in Somalias capital, which poses a huge risk to anyone travelling there. Hundreds of people are wounded everyday in Mogadishus empty streets. No one knows how many people are actually killed there, but the numbers would be outrageous. Looting, Prowling, kidnapping, gunfire,etc.. makes Mogadishu one of the top 3 most dangerous cities.


4) Capetown South Africa – Murder and robbery stats have been very high for many years in Capetown. In one year they had 71,500 sexual offenses, 18,400 burglaries and 13,900 business robberies. There are approximatly 50 murders a day in South Africa, and more than 1/2 of those murders are in Capetown. The city is in a huge recession making robberies very common. Capetown is in a great state of poverty, making crime a part of the peoples everyday life. Going out at night is not advised.


5) Bogata – Columbia – Bogata is the main port for drugs and guns coming up from colombia to panama. People get murdered in plain daylight every day. Forget going out at night. you need to be packing heat. It beats most south american cities by far. I think that carrying a machete around on your back, is a very good way to avoid a mugging. It’s also easily explained to immigration, as long as there’s some jungle around. Speaking the local language and knowing a little about fighting is a good idea, just in case. I would avoid Bogata if traveling to South America.



6) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – If your planning on travelling to Brazil, think twice. Its not a matter of where your mugged its when. When you get off the plane in Rio, they hand you a pamphlet that tells people they should have a no jewelery no wallet policy when they walk around. Crime rates have soared over the past 2 yrs. A drug cartell, called the Pirahnas, reside in Rio, and they are responsible for many murders and abductions. There was 8000 murders in Rio last year, thats close to 20 murders a day. Most of the murders happen in the poverty stricten areas, but the city as a whole is growing in severe poverty problems.


7) Grozny, Chechnya, Russia – There is more Russian Mafia in this place than police. This city is not run by government officials, but by gangsters. A russian is murdered here every 20 minutes. Thats almost 85 murders a day. Sure there is 100’s of millions of people in Russia, but thats an astonishing stat. Prostitution and drug trafficing run by the russian crime syndicate or definitly real in this place. Kindnappings, pickpocketters, and rapes, just to name a handful of tests you will face when you visit here. Chechnya is absolutely a third world city. Foreigners should think twice before visiting here.



8) Baghdad, Iraq – It doesn’t matter who you are, you’re not safe in Iraq. It is a ruined nation that is rittled with crime and violence. A lot of despair in Baghdad. Since the war started in 2003, the US has been in Iraq which has led to a civil war. More than 650,000 civilians have died. Hussein has destroyed this countries reputation. Al-Qaeda and Kurdish rebels, and criminals are involved in violence that goes on everyday. Explosives and mines are a constant threat, as are suicide bombers who have killed thousands. Kidnappings and random killings happen everyday. Since the US got there in 2003, millions of Iraqis have fled to other countries and millions more in Iraq remain displaced. Nuclear devices to poison the people there and the inherent gunfire killing civilians everyday makes Baghdad truly hell on earth.



9) Guatemala City, Guatemala – The government is very corrupt, they get paid off everyday by the drug lords. Guatemala city is a hot spot in South America for drug smugglers, and foreign mobs. There is a high crime rate in this capital city, and many tourists are victims of armed robbery, rape and even murder. Do not walk the streets at night, and forget about your wallet and jewelry. This place is just not safe for the average Joe. Maybe Chuck Norris!



10) Bangkok Thailand- Thailand is the #1 producer of opium and heroin in the world. A major transit for those drugs is the capital Bangkok. Therefore making it unsafe. Last year they had, 20,000 assaults, 13,500 burglaries, and 5,000 murders. That ranks top in south east Asia. The violence and crime due to social unrest makes Bangkok top 10 for sure.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Shanghai night


  • Name : Shanghai night
  • Author : Muqeet Soomro