Tourists have started to flock to this unusual tree in Limpopo, South Africa, not because this tree just might be one of the largest and oldest living things on the planet, but because there is always a frosty brew waiting for those who come inside.
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This bar in the trunk of a Baobab has been created in a huge 72ft high tree in this garden in Limpopo.
The age of that Baobab Tree is around 6,000 years – roughly older than the Pyramids of Giza-Egypt. When Baobabs are about 1,000 years old they begin to hollow naturally and it’s within this hollow.
Oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough.
The Following list makes up the most beautiful oases on our planet:
Huacachina Oasis
Huacachina is a village in the Ica Region, in southwestern Peru. Huacachina is built around a small natural lake in the desert. Called the “oasis of America,” it serves as a resort for local families from the nearby city of Ica, and increasingly as an attraction for tourists drawn by the sports of sand boarding and taking dune buggy rides on sand dunes that stretch several hundred feet high.
Erg Awbari Oasis
Umm Al-Maa, which means Mother of Water, is one of the biggest lakes situated in the oasis. It is located deep within the sandy dunes of the Ubari Sand Sea hidden in the Libyan Sahara. There are 16 more lakes in the surrounding area. Some of them vanish from time to time but some exist constantly in the embrace of the desert. This salt lake is a famous trade center for the local people. While the water gets dirty, salt levels are becoming larger and even the same as in the Dead Sea, which makes swimming there quite easy.
Maranhao Oasis
This beautiful desert lake is located in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Maranhao, Brazil. Formed as part of a freshwater lake system that comes from rain during the first six months of each year and then will gradually evaporate and the water next year will rise again. In some of these lakes, there are palm trees, while others are just barren.
Chebika Oasis
Chebika is a part of the collection of stunning oases in northern Tunisian mountain chain. Less famous than the rest of them, Chebika offers perhaps the most unforgettable view you have ever seen or experienced. This beautiful oasis is probably the widest one in the world. Eventually the oasis’ name has been taken from one of the famous characters – Chewbacca because it is where Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was shot. So, in the heart of the mountains and sands there is a small oasis with a blue crystal lake and a small waterfall that will leave you breathless.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, age 80, was born on March 02, 1931. His horoscope sun sign is Pisces and Chinese zodiac sign is Goat.
Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the Soviet Union, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991. He was the only general secretary in the history of the Soviet Union to have been born during the Communist rule.
Gorbachev was born in Stavropol Krai into a peasant Ukrainian-Russian family, and in his teens operated combine harvesters oncollective farms. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1955 with a degree in law. While he was at the university, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and soon became very active within it. In 1970, he was appointed the First Party Secretary of the Stavropol Kraikom, First Secretary to the Supreme Soviet in 1974, and appointed a member of thePolitburo in 1979. Within three years of the deaths of Soviet Leaders Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, and Konstantin Chernenko, Gorbachev was elected General Secretary by the Politburo in 1985. Before he reached the post, he had occasionally been mentioned in western newspapers as a likely next leader and a man of the younger generation at the top level.
Gorbachev met his future wife, Raisa Titarenko, at Moscow State University. They married in September 1953 and moved to Stavropol upon graduation. She gave birth to their only child, daughter Irina Mikhailovna Virganskaya, in 1957. Raisa Gorbachova died tragically of leukemia in 1999.
In 2006, Raisa Gorbachev Foundation has been established to help find a cure for cancer in children.
Gorbachev 80th Birthday Party
The 80-years-old politician Gorbachev announced that he had recorded an album in which he sings the songs himself with the leader of one of Russia’s most beloved rock bands, Andrey Makarevich. The album contained seven of Raisa’s favorite songs and was entitled ”Songs for Raisa” .The album was sold for $164,940 to an anonymous British bidder at a charity auction to raise money for the foundation he established back in 2006.
‘There will be no bulk selling of the album. We’ve put it on our charity auction in London,’ Gorbachev said.
I have always thought that this man is great .. and yes he is :)
PS: this post is a dedication for all of my Pisces readers ;P
Kuwait Oasis is an environmental voluntarily project which calls on people who go camping during the winter time to plant 10 trees of certain type and irrigate it during the winter season. By the end of the season this tree will be able to survive and year after year our deserts will be our kid’s oasis. My older brother started this cause back in december 2010,
It was a small idea back then and maybe a wild dream, today the became true ! and turned into a national cause which is supported by many individuals and companies. The first oasis was created in Nuwaiseeb city currently the oasis contain 600+ trees, in the near future it will have 3000+ trees ! Imagine how it will look in 5 years !
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This German company is engaged in furnishing Kasch luxurious bathrooms that look more like a sophisticated mini-pools. My dream bathroom would look like these artistic spaces !
This bridge is called the Fairy Bridge (Xian Ren Qiao) or Bridge Fairies, it was formed when the limestone karst mountain cut through the river Buliu. Bridge Fay is about 40 km (straight line) northwest of Fengshan in the northwestern province of Guangxi, China. Until recently, this place was not known outside of China.
A dog is man’s best friend, specially when you live at one of the most remote corners of the world. The pictures show guard dogs in Bely Island located near the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia. They are risking their lives chasing a hungry polar bear away from Siberian weather station just to.
