Rocky MountainIt's some of the world's most beautiful and fertile ranch land, and the area along the Rocky Mountain front near Seebe is simply an incredible place to go horseback riding.It stretch more than 4,800 kilometresfrom the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico. Hop on and ride along the edge of the Great Plains, where it nudges up to the face of the Canadian Rockies.The Rockies were formed about 70 million years ago in the Cretaceous, by the Laramide orogeny. Since then, erosion by water and glaciers have sculpted the mountain range into dramatic valleys and peaks. At the end of the last ice age, humans started to inhabit the mountain range. Europeans, such as Sir Alexander MacKenzie and the Lewis and Clark expedition, started to explore the range. Minerals and furs drove the initial economic exploitation of the mountains, although the range never became densely populated.Rocky Mountain National Park was first discovered in 1859. While on a hunting trip, Joel Estes and his son came across the area that would eventually become Estes Park. In 1860, Joel Estes moved his family to the area in order to raise cattle. In the years that followed, settlers and homesteaders staked their claims in the Estes Park region.
Ancient upheavals, volcanic eruptions and glacial scouring cut and carved great diversity and incredible beauty into this multi-faceted gem, Rocky Mountain National Park, fittingly set midst Roosevelt and Arapaho National Forests and Colorado State Forest.Century-old ranches here welcome guests to join in old-fashioned riding holidays with lodging in cabins and mountain lodges. For serious adventure, multiday trail rides take you deep into the backcountry of Banff National Park or other Rockies parklands. You'll spend a couple nights in tents or in rustic lodges, and while you'll probably end up saddle-sore and sunburned, you'll see lots of wildlife and remote mountain landscapes.Wildlife such as:* Elk* Deer* Bighorn Sheep* Moose* Mountain Lion and Bobcat* Bear* Coyote and Fox* Marmots and Picas* Squirrels* BirdsIn winter season:Winter means snow in the Rockies and snow means fun. Snowshoeing and crosscountry skiing in the lower valleys, winter mountaineering in the high country, downhill skiing ar Eldora and Winter Park, sledding and tubing at Hidden Valley. Access roads are kept open and provide the winter traveler with a panorama of the high mountains. So that, skiing become a famous activity in Rocky Mountain.Here some nice views of Rocky Mountain:
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History of Independence about Namibia:
South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory.In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region.Namibia won its independence in 1990 and has been governed by SWAPO since. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule.Kalahari:
Kalahari Desert is Africa's "other" great desert, should not be written off just because it is the next-door neighbor of the Sahara. A grand and elevated (always more than 3,000 feet above sea level) interior plain that covers most of Botswana, huge swaths of Namibia, and a part of northern South Africa, the Kalahari extends for more than 360,000 square miles. The mostly featureless, gently rolling surface is blanketed by red (iron oxidized) sand that can reach depths of over 200 feet.The Kalahari was once much wetter than it is today. Pans, or "dry lakes," are evidence of this. Water once flowed into landlocked depressions where evaporation has left only the mineral and salt-rich silt. These sun-baked basins glow a blinding white.Since the mid-1970s, improved car access has opened the Kalahari's gleaming serenity to tourism and study. The best time to visit the Kalahari is between December and April when the rains bring the area to life and the harsh plains are transformed into swathes of lush grassland.Previously havens for wild animals from elephant to giraffe, and for predators such as lion and cheetah, the riverbeds are now mostly grazing spots, though leopard or cheetah can still be found.Animals can be found in Kalahari Desert:Cheetah
Gemsbok
Kalahari Desert Lion
Springbok
Eland
Pangolin
Blouwildebees
Hyena
Jackal
Meerkat
Anteater
Tortoise
Brown Hyena
Porcupine
Here some Views of Kalahari Desert :
Guanajuato, Mexico
Guanajuato is a state in the central highlands of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital city, Guanajuato, Guanajuato. Guanajuato means "place of frogs" in the local indigenous language. The local Tarascan Indians believed that the frog represented the god of wisdom. A rock formation outside of Guanajuato, looks like frogs. "Las Ranas" is the way to reference anyone from this state as frogs are their state animal. Guanajuato is the home state of former Mexican president Vicente Fox Quesada, and famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera and singer-song writer Jose Alfredo Jimenez
After central Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico coast, Guanajuato was one of the first areas of Mexico colonized by the Spanish, in the 1520s, for its rich silver deposits. Guanajuato's colonial architecture is very well preserved along with over 35 old churches in its capital alone, and is very European in nature.In addition to the state capital city of Guanajuato, the state includes the cities of San Luis de la Paz, Acámbaro, Celaya, León, Salamanca, Irapuato, San Miguel de Allende, Salvatierra—the first city of Guanajuato, Cortazar, Tarimoro, and Dolores Hidalgo, the cradle of Mexican independence.The first battle in Mexico's war for independence resulted in a march from Dolores Hidalgo upon the capital of the state and the subsequent burning of the granary which held all the Iberian-born Spaniards (approximately 500 men, women and children), by peasants of pure Amerindian or mixed (Mestizo) descent who had been put to work in very harsh conditions
The city played a major role in the Mexican War of Independence since it is the capital of the State Guanajuato in which Miguel Hidalgo started the independence movement. The Statue of El Pípila and the Alhóndiga de Granaditas still remind of that time.
Today, Guanajuato's mines are still among the richest-producing silver mines in the world (historically one of the largest). The state also produces tin, gold, copper, lead, mercury, and opals. Guanajuato also leads the nation in shoe production and various farm products such as lettuce and potatoes. The state's main export products are motor vehicles and autoparts, footwear, leather goods, chemicals, electric machinery and materials, fruits and vegetables.
The city was originally built over the Guanajuato River, which flowed through tunnels underneath the city. However, after years of raising buildings to accommodate repeated flooding, in the mid-twentieth century, engineers built a dam and redirected the river into underground caverns. The tunnels were lit and paved with cobblestones for automobile traffic, and this underground road network carries the majority of cars driving through the city today. It is one of the most noticeable features of the city.Here some nice view in Guanajuato:
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