Tiger Temple Thailand, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, is a Theravada Buddhist temple in Thailand that was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for wild animals, among them several tigers that can be petted by visitors. It is located in Thailand's Kanchanaburi province, 38 kilometers from the border of Myanmar.
The first cub was received in 1999, but unfortunately it died soon later. After that, several cubs were brought to the temple, and the total number of tigers in May 2012 was more than 100.
Play with tiger.
Sleep with tiger.
Feed the tiger.
The Buddhist monks are responsible for tigers care and breeding, and appears as one with them. They just like a family, "they eat together, walk together and pray together". This temple is one of the most visited tourist sites in Bangkok due to the unique place to see and visit. Visitors or tourist can take picture and play with the tigers in the temple too.
Lotte World is a huge multi-purpose or a major recreation complex in the Seoul, South Korea. There are plenty of attractions in Lotte World. Lotte World have two sections, indoor and outdoor theme park. Almost everything are under it, which include of the largest indoor theme park, an outdoor amusement park "Magic Island", an artificial island inside a lake that linked by monorail, shopping malls, a luxury hotel, a Korean folk museum, movies theaters, and sport facilities. Lotte World is opened on July 12, 1989.
The Lotte World open for 365 days a year. Festivals are held all year round with themes like Christmas, Halloween, Rio Samba Carnival and many more, tourists can enjoy without having to worry about the weather.
The Eiffel Tower is located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, and is the Eiffel Tower is one of the most well known structures in the world. The French name for the Eiffel Tower is La Tour Eiffel, it also has the nickname La dame de fer which means the iron lady.
The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair to celebrate the 100th anniversary of French Republic. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel led the team that developed the plans. He also designed the metal framework of another landmark, the Statue of Liberty.
Post card of the tower.
Construction began in February 1887. The base pillars are oriented with the four points of the compass. Base is 410 feet x 410 feet. There are 132 workers assembled 18,000 parts on side. There are 2.5 million rivets connected all the iron pieces. The construction time too about 2 years, 2 months, 5 days. It was the world's tallest structure for 40 years, until 1929. The original height is 1023 feet. After the construction of Chrysler Building in New York City, which the height is 1047 feet, the Eiffel Tower had added the high with the current height is 1063 feet. That's twice as high as the Great Pyramid at Giza.
The Eiffel Tower is made of iron and the total weight is equal to 10,100 tonnes. The elevators travel on a curve with an angle of 60 degrees. The tower gets a new coat of paint every 7 years, it took 60 tonnes or about 12,000 gallons of paint to paint all the building. The tower was lit by gaslights until 1909. Today, it is illuminated by 336 spotlights. The tower can sway up to 5 inches in heavy wind. As iron expands in heat, it leans away from the sun-up to 7 inches. The tower relayed zeppelin alerts in World War I and coded messages sent by Nazis in World War II. Today, it is still a vital communications link.
Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower, and the tower has become an icon of Italy. In Italian the Leaning Tower of Pisa is Torre Pendente di Pisa. The tower have a high of 56 meters. Leaning Tower of Pisa is world famous, not only for its beautiful looks, but mainly for its heavy tilt. It is one the the most heaviest leaning tower in the world. This tower has listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also as the world's most famous tower, where many tourists going there to travel.
The main purpose of the construction of the tower is to show the world the wealth and power of the city of Pisa. The Leaning Tower of Pisa took almost 200 years to build, beginning in August 1173. It took long time to complete the construction because of the interrupted several times by wars, debt and while engineers worked on solutions to correct the lean.
The tower started to lean during construction because the tower was built on soft ground. It began to lean in 1178 once construction on the second floor had begun. Over the years several renowned architects put their heads together to come up with a solution to stop the tower from leaning further. Finally they decided to remove the ground from under the high side, instead of trying to add ground under the low side and several cable . The restoration work performed in 1990 and closed to public and open again in 2001, the tower learned at an angle of 5.5 degrees before, but now it leaning to more stable about 4 degrees. They believe after the restoration work, the tower can take another 300 years of live.
It is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square. There are eight floors in the tower and the weight is 14,500 metric tons. There are seven bells in the tower. There is 300 steps of spiral staircase inside the tower leading to the top. It is unique for me by seeing through the history of construction of the tower and it is leaning during the beginning of construction.
